My sunday afternoon activity

[rose0529]

This is what I did this Sunday afternoon. They are still getting good and dry/hard so no on car pictures yet. Nothing to exciting but I have wanted these painted since I got them so I'm glad to get it done! excuse the crappy cell phone pics!

[scheides]

No red lip?

tsk tsk.....

[rose0529]

haha... yeah i'm lazy what can i say.... they are for winter...

[FattyBoomBatty]

Weren't they black before?

[rose0529]

Originally Posted by FattyBoomBatty

Weren't they black before?

my summer wheels are



These are my winter ones, they are evo 8 enkies. this is what they used to look like

[Kracka]

Sexy. I want to rub on them.

[Project2G]

I like the all black look. Too many cars here have black with red lip.

[Shotgun!]

Looks really good! I love that you have the good taste to black out the winter wheels!

[SnoEclipse]

I used duplicolor 1634 high-temp/low-gloss engine paint on top of a layer of their self-etching primer. Before all that I wet sanded the wheels with 400 and then 1000 grit sandpaper. I also sanded lightly with 1000 grit after the second coat of primer and second coat of paint. In all there were three light shots of primer, four light shots of paint, and then two 'medium wet' shots of paint. The paint was all applied within an hour. Looks pretty good.

This is the basic pattern I've been using on the car; calipers, front bumper center, rear lower 1/4, etc. Been slowly getting rid of all the chrome on the car replacing it with low-gloss black.

If I can figure out how to open up the headlight capsules next spring, the headlights get this treatment internally. Otherwise I'm grabbing a cheap set of after-market projectors and play with them.

[rose0529]

Originally Posted by Project2G

I like the all black look. Too many cars here have black with red lip.

The red lip wheels are my summer wheels... the all black are just for winter!

I also used a High temp engine paint, semi gloss..

[Goat Blower]

Rattlecan doesn't last long on wheels.

[Swifty1638]

Seems to work fine on mine! But i used duplicolo wheel paint. Been fine for over two summers now even with washing. It's all in the prep.

[SnoEclipse]

Lots and lots of prep. Cleaning & degreasing, wet sanding, drying, taping off, proper use of a good primer, proper use of a good paint. Lots of thin coats.

If you don't take most of a day to do 4 wheels, you're doing it too fast.

[rose0529]

If it looks like ass after the winter, i'll strip them down and do a better job when its nice out! I just wanted to get them done so I can get them on!

[turbotalon1g]

Now they look like mine, nice.

[polishmafia]

Looks damn good.