Painting STock SE rims in Gun Metal ??????????????

[Nissan-S14]

Ok i have a question i want my stock SE S14 rims painted gun metal i went to a shop they gave me a $200 quote, I think its too much for just 4 rims? Can I do it myself with some spraint paint. I know how to paint, ive bee doing it for 10 years. But my question is, do rims need as much care as the body of the car, sand, blast, prime and few layers of paint, or just some spray paint will do? Anyone here did that? I think i saw some people with black se rims, i wonder how they did it.

Thanks

[240sx95]

its easy to paint the wheels, just...

sand with 200then sand with 400wash rimsspray paint about 3 coatsthen clear coat about 2-3 coats

i did them with my old se-r rims came out real nice

[Nissan-S14]

hmm now i need to find 2 extra set of wheels, and tires

[240sx95]

i also have been looking for some... can't find any s14 se rims... they are had to find....

[Nissan-S14]

i also have been looking for some... can't find any s14 se rims... they are had to find....

oh, no

I have the SE rims, on my car now. But i need something else while i paint them.

[offtheline]

I painted my wheels one afternoon. I didn't have any replacements or anything.

All I did was lightly sand down the wheels and then sprayed them with rustoleum paint. Worked like a charm.

Look at the page in my sig to see how they turned out.

[thelinja]

I used a $4 can of Duplicolor wheel paint back in Dec. To prep then, I just cleaned them with wheel cleaner and a brillo pad for about 10 minutes a wheel. Everyone was telling me that they would peel and chip like no other since I didn't sand them....Well it's been 6 months now (3 or which the wheels were covered with salt because of winter) and 5000 miles are on them and they still are chip free. Here's a pic of the wheels with the $4 paint I got at autozone:

[Nissan-S14]

I painted my wheels one afternoon. I didn't have any replacements or anything.

All I did was lightly sand down the wheels and then sprayed them with rustoleum paint. Worked like a charm.

Look at the page in my sig to see how they turned out.

what color paint did u use

[Nissan-S14]

did you guys take the tires off when you painted them?

[thelinja]

no, I just busted out the masking tape

[Nissan-S14]

no, I just busted out the masking tape

which paint did use and what color?

[240sx95]

which paint did use and what color?

gunmetalat autozone, ask for wheel paint.

[thelinja]

which paint did use and what color?

Did you even read my first post? The one with the big picture?

[offtheline]

I busted out the masking tape as well. And the color I used is called black night metallic #7250. It has sparklies in it.

[nlzmo400r]

i wanna do the same for my s13 rims, but they have that finish to em, they're like brushed aluminum look, paint doesnt stick to that, how do i get it off?

[Touchdown038]

The paint won't stick to it because it's too smooth. Rough it up a little bit with sandpaper or a sanding wheel, just make sure you do the whole wheel or else you'll have spots.

[nissanrcer240]

I painted my stock alloys with a gunmetal rustoleum too, they turned out good, here they are...

[Touchdown038]

So you guys all just taped off the tire and painted the wheel?

[offtheline]

thats what i did

[nlzmo400r]

I painted my stock alloys with a gunmetal rustoleum too, they turned out good, here they are...

]that looks good, im gonna do that too

[Nissan-S14]

yea im going to do this, probably next weekend

[Touchdown038]

Did you guys at least take the wheel off the car and do it? Or did you just tape over the lugnuts?

[Nissan-S14]

that was my next question

[nlzmo400r]

id just take off the wheels when i spray em, that way it doesnt drip at all. As long as u do it light enough and with enough coats, it shouldnt drip even on the car, but id rather not take the chance of getting black overspray on my white car anyway

[flohtingPoint]

i also have been looking for some... can't find any s14 se rims... they are had to find....

Did you try car-parts.com? Thats where I got my set.

offtheline: Dude, your wheels look hot as hell! I love how they came out, slick job Brother.

[thelinja]

Did you try car-parts.com? Thats where I got my set.

offtheline: Dude, your wheels look hot as hell! I love how they came out, slick job Brother.

Off topic, but does the GAFB in your location stand for Grissom Air Force Base?

[nissanrcer240]

I took the wheel off the car, one at a time(took me like 5 or 6 hours on night), then put masking tape over the tire and used a razor blade to cut the excess tape from around the silver lip, if your doing the whole wheel you dont really have to tape the tire off b/c once the paint dries on the tire it just flakes off.

btw the wheels look alot better when they're clean and have some tire shine on, theyre really dirty in that pic

[Touchdown038]

Do you have to sand or anything once they're painted? Or what do you do about overspray?

[thelinja]

There is no overspray if you mask it right.

[Touchdown038]

By overspray I mean paint particles that dry before the paint hits the wheel, which gives it an orange peel texture. How do you keep that away?

It happens all the time for me when I use spraypaint, even with light coats.