Painted the wheels..

[Swifty1638]

I finally got my Kosei K1 wheels. 16x 7.5", each weighing in at a heavy 15 lbs. Anyway, yes they are NOT perfect, by ANY means. When I recieved the wheels, they where quite beat-up. I also don't expect the wheels to stay the condition they are in now, but I couldn't afford to PC them right now, as other things are needing funding. So, with about 16 bucks in my hand, this is what I came up with. They get mounted on my stock tires tomorrow, till I can get some tires I want.

-A. Swift

First starting..


Katelyn's sanding?!

WHY WON'T YOU STOP RATTLIN' BALL!?!?!

First Coats..

Polished rim, and BLACK lip anyone?

After the paint, and 2 coats of clear..



They get mounted tomorrow. Still trying to find jackstands so I can paint the calipers Red (I know, ricer..whatever).

[HiImBrian]

Haha you made your gf sand! Adda boy swifty! btw those wheels look pretty good. Don't drive through gravel or any rocks cus they will own your wheels.

[Swifty1638]

yea, I'm afraid of that. I still want them powdercoated, so I figure if they last over the summer, it's good. I'll PC them over the winter, or I'll get other wheels.

-A. Swift

[HiImBrian]

Yea I painted my wheels on my last car and they lasted a full summer and then some. How many coats did you do?

[Swifty1638]

2 of color, 2 of clear.

-A. Swift

[HiImBrian]

You should be ok. I did like 3 or 4 coats of black and no clearcoat. Heres some pics when I did it. http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a98...nf20/my%20car/

[Swifty1638]

lol, I remember the days of that car! I wish I had jackstands so I can finish out the wheel project.

-A. Swift

Wow sanding those wheels was sooooo much fun!! And the fumes from all the paint in a closed garage only killed a few brain cells and made me half high. But besides that, it actually was kind of fun, and they look a lot better, especially the ones I did tee hee!

[Swifty1638]

Ones you did? LOL! You did 1 Wheel, I did 2! Then, we both did that last one.

-A. Swift

Yeah, and they one I did was damn good!!

[polishmafia]

looks good swifty. if you find jackstands, let me know. i wanna paint my calipers too

[A//// Guy]

Looks sweet! Nice work!

[TalonTSI95]

they look good swifty

[HiImBrian]

Hey hey I got 4 jackstands. Lets have a caliper painting party.

[asshanson]

I painted my calipers two years ago with the special ceramic caliper paint or whatever that stuff is. Now they are cracking/flaking and look like shit. I even used a wire brush and brake parts cleaner to get the rust off them beforehand. I'd stay away from the brush on paint, I'm going to powdercoat.

[Swifty1638]

Find me some powdercoated red calipers, and I'm game.

-A. Swift

[Swifty1638]

UPDATE: Got them on the vehicle finally. Tires rubbed..quite a bit, actually. Started eating into the rubber, but meh. I swapped suspension, and for ONCE in this car's LIFE, it doesn't ride durty! Anyway, some newer, dirty slut pics to enjoy!

-A. Swift

[Kougar]

Mmmmm. All black 1g FTW

[polishmafia]

looks really good swifty.

[Kracka]

Time to tint the head/taillights