I wasnt sure how they would come out, but they came out pretty good. thought id share with you guys here!i accidently deleted the prep process, i WAS going to do a little write-up. -scuffed them up with a very fine grit sanding block and paper.-3 coats of black primer, 10min break between coats.-4 coats of black low gloss engine enamel, 15min break between coats. NO CLEAR COAT. . . what do you guys think?
(i also paint my calipers(red) and rotor hubs(black) in an earlier post,w/ pics)
Modified by blackteam02 at 12:16 PM 8/3/2009
painted stock wheels
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Re: painted stock wheels (blackteam02)
Looks good man! Just be ready to touch up whenever you need to get new tires or tire repair. I painted some my old rims on a different ex-ride, and the f*ckers at the tire place chipped the out edges when i had to get a nail repair done. Just touched it up with spray afterwards but still....
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great job. if someone told me those came black from the factory i'd believe them
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Re: painted stock wheels (blackteam02)
btw how did you deal with the nissan logos? i want to paint my stock 16"s black for winter when i take off my 18's and i was wondering how to deal with them
Re: painted stock wheels (Jeffblue)
they just pop off the center capJeffblue wrote:btw how did you deal with the nissan logos? i want to paint my stock 16"s black for winter when i take off my 18's and i was wondering how to deal with them
Re: painted stock wheels (ncc1701)
lol. i forgot about that. the whole time i was thinking...damn...this guy's gooood haha.ncc1701 wrote:
they just pop off the center cap
looks GREATi think i want to paint mine too now
Re: painted stock wheels (blackteam02)
how do you get the nissan logo off of the center caps? please i need help asap
Re: painted stock wheels (coderedk)
It should easily pop off with some heat on it since I think they are stick on with double stick tape.