Painted my wheels BRONZE

[sip]

I had these wheels powdercoated in oct. I didn't post pics because i was so embarassed about the colour they turned out. This was not the colour i chose on the sample. Lesson learned, do not pay someone to powdercoat your wheels. Do them youself. You will save money and if the tire people fack your wheel finish when they mount your tires, you can easily fix it.

Enough foreplay, time for pics:

Old colour UGLY:

Note the tire mounting damage.

sanded down, 3 hrs of prep work.



BRONZE:





I really should have dusted them off before taking pics. They have been sitting in the basement for a few days.



Nice when sun hits them.

[Driftless240]

At first I liked how they were first, then I decided that Bananaish Yellow was actually not that good lookin', lol.

I do like the Bronze now, good choice to redo.

What color is your 240 that these are goin' on again?

[notslow]

ya that is really well done. Great job, I might just have to do the same shortly.Shame that tire shop doesn't know how to mount stock alloys . Whoever did that must have been a total newb.

[jrg82187]

what paint did you use?

[sip]

what paint did you use?

I used dupli-color "high performance" wheel paint + their clear coat.

It also comes in silver and graphite.

Thanks for the compliments.
Modified by sip at 4:43 PM 6/3/2007

[s13fOr_me]

that actually turned out pretty nice. Post up pics of them installed!

[Razi]

Nice color, they turned out nice.

Thanks for the comliments.

I thought you said "Thanks for the condiments"

[sviellvoicae]

looks good. i also thought they looked good at first but the bronze is very nice

[wa-chiss]

I thought you said "Thanks for the condiments"

HAHAHA, That makes 2 of us that are Dislexic <-spelling?

O.P., I like the bronze better. The old ones look like someone peed on your rims.

[sip]

HAHAHA, That makes 2 of us that are Dislexic <-spelling?

O.P., I like the bronze better. The old ones look like someone peed on your rims.

They were kinda Tonka yellowish, but darker. They were to "ghetto fabulous" for me. Thay were actually supposed to be a bronze candy.

I'm thining of doing my Work equip's in this color.

[ianae86]

OMG! Not to thread jack but I have the exact same on mine:

[sip]

^ ^ Cool, bronze dupli-color?

Post better pics. Side-on?

[ianae86]

^ ^ Cool, bronze dupli-color?

Post better pics. Side-on?

Actually I just got it and the guy who had it before me did it. Not sure what paint was used. I have a few pics in my thread here:zerothread?id=255035

I'm already thinking about stripping them and doing a time attack (black w/red lip) paint scheme. I don't know though.

[HeckYes]

how much is it for someone to powdercoat rims bronze....anyone konw?

[sip]

how much is it for someone to powdercoat rims bronze....anyone konw?

Around here it is $75-90 a wheel. That is what it cost me to get that ****ty yellow color. Don't waste your money. Do it yourself. If you have any questions i will answer them for you.

[srpowered240sx]

not bad for a couple bucks worth of rattle cans.

[sip]

not bad for a couple bucks worth of rattle cans.

Yeah, i'm pretty happy with the results. I spent $25 and 6 hrs. The finish seems very durable, but we will see what they look like after a canadian winter.

[truckmtr240]

Yeah whats what I was wondering about. I was thinking of powdering mine or painting them as my snow tire wheels. Would the paint hold up to the salt and snow?

[wendysricer]

what did you use to do the sanding?

[S14.5silvia2009]

did u sand blast them befoe u painted them ur what

[EnjoiNismo]

Post pictures once on the car, looks good though.Good job on the prep work.

[SAMURAI_DSR]

Verrryyyy nice i think i'm about to do the same for mine but white :P i just finished painting the car black gloss ( roll-up & can job ) but came out pretty good i'm new here and will post up pics soon but i <3 your wheels there pretty sick! gd job

[adrianfromthecastle]

dang... this threads like 2 years old.

iirc, Sip doesn't even have his 240 anymore.

btw, another helpful tip for removing old paint for prep:



works wonders... just spray it on, wait like 15 minutes, then just hose the paint off

[Papi Chulo]

works wonders... just spray it on, wait like 15 minutes, then just hose the paint off

Just hose it off? That is very uncalifornian of you. The proper way to do this would be to collect the runoff and dispose of it as local law allows. Just like when you use brake clean........

........

....right?

[numbnuts240]

i didn't notice an egr in the video you posted yesterday

[adrianfromthecastle]

Just hose it off? That is very uncalifornian of you. The proper way to do this would be to collect the runoff and dispose of it as local law allows. Just like when you use brake clean........

........

....right?

um... yeah... that's what i meant!

[Papi Chulo]

i didn't notice an egr in the video you posted yesterday

uhh yea well, that's because, my car runs on water.