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Painting rims any tips? - 5/22/2008 11:21:56 PM

LittleKatie410

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Instead of getting new rims ($$$) for my H3 I'm thinking about getting them powder coated, glossy black, I'm new to the whole modifying cars thing and I don't know much so if anyone can share some advice or anything, it would be much appreciated.

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RE: Painting rims any tips? - 5/23/2008 9:15:50 PM

veves

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Your gonna do the work?
if not remeber you have dismount and remount them.
Thats adds to the cost alittle bit

what color is your truck?
I am thinking about the same before i get my tires.

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RE: Painting rims any tips? - 7/3/2008 9:50:19 PM

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Here''s a link to a post when I did the rims on my Monte SS: http://www.montecarloss.com/community/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=88797&page=1

Three years later and they still look great.

JR

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RE: Painting rims any tips? - 7/4/2008 12:54:22 PM

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what paint did you use

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RE: Painting rims any tips? - 7/4/2008 6:32:56 PM

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I would check on total cost from dismounting, remounting, tire removal and mounting and re-balancing. Compare too purchasing new rims.

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RE: Painting rims any tips? - 7/4/2008 9:04:09 PM

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From post on montecarloss.com:

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Quote:My wheels are begging for that same look.
Did you clear coat them? what kind of paint/clearcoat did you use? I used Duplicolor HWP104 for the color and cleared the painted area only with HWP103. I didn''t clear the polished areas because, as 85_SS pointed out, clear has a tendency to flake off of a highly polished surface.

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RE: Painting rims any tips? - 7/4/2008 9:07:44 PM

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On the cost issue, I did all 4 rims for under $40. If you''re willing to put the time into it, this is not a high dollar upgrade. I would not let that disuade you. One other thing to note, I really was impressed with the Duplicolor paint. I typically hold to the attitude that any paint from a spraycan is second rate compared to something applied with a gun. This stuff is tough. You''ll be happy with it.

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RE: Painting rims any tips? - 7/5/2008 5:00:35 AM

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08, those look great!!!

I was also thinking about getting my rims all done up in black, as new rims are quite costly :P

So you just bought a spraycan of paint and it has stayed on for 3 years? That''s pretty good quality and it looks great too!

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RE: Painting rims any tips? - 7/5/2008 8:46:42 AM

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Yeah, it was from a spray can. You need to make sure you get a product specifically for wheels. I seriously doubt stuff from the 99 cent bargain bin would hold up. I had heard a lot of good things about the Duplicolor products and was thoroughly impressed. One thing I may not have mentioned prior is that I stripped all of the old paint first. No primer is necessary. Right now I''m doing a second set of SS wheels and plan on using the same process.

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RE: Painting rims any tips? - 7/5/2008 10:03:43 AM

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So would I need to do anything at all before I just took this can straight to my cheap aluminum stock rims??

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RE: Painting rims any tips? - 7/6/2008 7:43:15 AM

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I bought a complete set of 5 OEM rims that were powder coated on Ebay for cheaper than what it would have cost me to have mine done.

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RE: Painting rims any tips? - 7/6/2008 7:31:45 PM

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You probably wouldn''t need to go to the extreme of stripping them. Probably just sand out and nicks and remove any paint that might be flaking (not likely on something this new), clean with soap and water really well and then shoot ''em.

JR

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