Rims?

furyolds · Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2004 12:31 pm

hey is was thinking that i might want ot paint my rims black for some weird reason..i was wondering what you people thought of it..heres a pic of my rims...think away :p

92BravadaAWD · Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2004 3:45 pm

that wouldnt look bad IMO, but i would probably just polish them up instead of coverin that pretty aluminum

furyolds · Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2004 4:24 pm

but they have like rim cancer on spots of them that was why i woulda done that...i could get them re done by people who know how do do it..but thats mega money...anyone have paint shop and wants to try to tint them black...

73Delta88 · Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2004 6:28 pm

try some fine grade sandpaper on the rough spots then do the whole wheel with some good cleaner wax.

88 Coupe · Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2004 8:08 pm

73Delta88 wrote:

try some fine grade sandpaper on the rough spots then do the whole wheel with some good cleaner wax.

Hi furyolds, Hi all
Makes sense to me. Why pay someone else to do what you can do yourself. Painted aluminum would best be reserved for a sleeper.
But if you still want to go with black, change 73Delta88s recipe to use semi-gloss spray cans instead of polish.
Regards, Norm

strokercutlass · Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2004 9:56 pm

I've done this in the past with several sets of factory aluminum wheels...while its kinda a pain in the ass, they look nice when done...I've stripped the factory clearcoat using aircraft stripper, then did as 73delta said and used sandpaper (starting out with a somewhat fine grade and getting more fine as I went), then polished the wheels using Mothers mag and aluminum polish, and if I felt like it, recleared them....is it time consuming? Yes....BUT, you can say you did it yourself, and think of it as a learning experience...just my .02 cents

88delta88 · Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2004 8:31 am

my brother painted the rims on his car black, from an aluminum color... It looked horrid! The look of black steelies just couldnt be helped! I would recommend you at least dont paint them black...

furyolds · Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2004 11:42 am

well i cant really paint them a different color cause my whole car is black and silver

88delta88 · Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2004 11:05 pm

do like they've been recommending and polish em! Those are nice rims man... And if you look in GM's catalogue, they're more like 500 bux a piece...

Its up to you though...