Painting my rims black

Hi all,
So I've been looking to buy some new black rims, but being a poor person, I decided to paint mine. My son did most of the work. (90%)



We did two at a time as that's all the jacks I had.



After the wheels were off, the first step was to go over them with a 3" wire brush.


Followed by a once over with some 320 grit sand paper to get any rough parts off.



Then we cleaned them off with some paint thinner and a rag.



Now that they are ready, we tapped off the tire with some newspaper.


No photo, but after the tapping off, we cleaned the rims once more with tack paper.

Ok, now we are ready for some paint. We used "self-etching" primer first, let it dry for 30 mins then used filler primer.



Once the primer had dried for 30 mins, we put a light coat of the black on. (Dupli-color high heat with ceramic)


Again, after 30 more mins we put the thick coat of black on. This time we let it dry for more than an hour.


We did not tighten the nuts until the next morning. (This one.)




I cannot take 100% credit for this work as I followed some instructions off youtube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5eK5OnHfqA


He sales a kit for about $90, but I did my whole thing for about $30.

Looks good. I like black rims better and have considered this for mine.


Need more backspacing so I will be selling them though.

Looks good!!!

Damn good job. Looks great!

Mr.RonGilbert wrote:

Damn good job. Looks great!

X2

very nice!! I need to repaint my fiancee's wheels....does this stuff seem to be pretty durable and long lasting... I dont want the stuff to flake off with a pressure washer...

Jeepbronco1 wrote:

does this stuff seem to be pretty durable and long lasting

First time painting them... ask me again in 6 months.

Nice job I've been thinking of doing mine as well but will be using 240 grit and blasting mine to bare aluminum

Mr. El Cucuy wrote:

Nice job I've been thinking of doing mine as well but will be using 240 grit and blasting mine to bare aluminum

Show off! just josh'n

No no show off just to lazy to put that much work in to it lol

Mr. El Cucuy wrote:

No no show off just to lazy to put that much work in to it lol

My bad. Didn't think of the difference in the work involved, DOH! Lazy, then!

I'm sorry Johnny, I just can't help myself, can't seem to pass up a chance to rass ya!

The wheels look well done, kudos to your boy! Future jeeper, I'm sure. Tell him chicks DIG jeeps!

good looking paint job.

Ok stace
But she right chicks do dig jeeps

Did I ever tell ya the story about a blond my rearview mirror and how it got fliped up sidedown hahaha now keep in mind its just a story names and hair colors may change to protect the guilty

Mr. El Cucuy wrote:

Ok stace
But she right chicks do dig jeeps

Did I ever tell ya the story about a blond my rearview mirror and how it got fliped up sidedown hahaha now keep in mind its just a story names and hair colors may change to protect the guilty

Guilty, guilty of what?! oooops, did I give something away.........................well, now that does sound naughty!

Looks Professional to me! Good Job. I have used Duplicolor rattle can to paint the whole rear end of my jeep including tailgate and front fenders. Been a couple of years now...as long as you prep good and follow directions it should last quite a while. Decided to paint my bike with the same stuff after i saw how it turned out. Here are a couple of pics...
About 2 years after paint

About 1 year after paint

Sorry for the hijack !

IntenseBlue wrote:

Looks Professional to me! Good Job. I have used Duplicolor rattle can to paint the whole rear end of my jeep including tailgate and front fenders. Been a couple of years now...as long as you prep good and follow directions it should last quite a while. Decided to paint my bike with the same stuff after i saw how it turned out. Here are a couple of pics...
About 2 years after paint

About 1 year after paint

Sorry for the hijack !

That bike is sexy! Hijack excused!

Great job.... Its great showin your son the correct way to do things!

i did the same thing today to my chromies