White Wheel Chop

[aschroeder92]

Hmm. Well I think I'll paint them white temporarily, leave them white if it looks good, or respray them in silver when I get a chance. What would be the best way to paint my wheels if I don't have another set to ride on while they are being done?

[32.5i]

do you have 4 jackstands?

-get all wheels off
-sand each wheels fairly well (at least scuff em up so the paint will stick
-WASH them VERY well..
-dry
-tape off tires
-lay down 1-2 coats of primer
-1-2 coats of color
-1-2 coats of clear (if desired)
-let dry and re-install

[Stephen]

^ i jut did that, but one at a time.. dont even need jackstands

[aschroeder92]

Anyone feel like chopping the other things I asked for? (sidemarker delete, moar low in the back, these in white if you feel like it :D)

[87e30]

do you have 4 jackstands?

-get all wheels off
-sand each wheels fairly well (at least scuff em up so the paint will stick
-WASH them VERY well..
-dry
-tape off tires
-lay down 1-2 coats of primer
-1-2 coats of color
-1-2 coats of clear (if desired)
-let dry and re-install

I used four jackstands. Steel wool, some aircraft paint stripper, a lot of scrubbing. Then got the surface fairly smooth (My wheels have HUGE gouges in them ) to get the paint off.

Then I did 3 coats of white primer. 2 coats of base. 2 coats of clear. I'm pleased. I've heard not to get the cheapest shittiest paint too.

[aschroeder92]

I used four jackstands. Steel wool, some aircraft paint stripper, a lot of scrubbing. Then got the surface fairly smooth (My wheels have HUGE gouges in them ) to get the paint off.

Then I did 3 coats of white primer. 2 coats of base. 2 coats of clear. I'm pleased. I've heard not to get the cheapest shittiest paint too.

So how many cans of paint, steel wool, etc. did you use? How would this work if there is already paint on the wheels... One last question. Would it be fine to just paint them with the tires on? I wouldn't want the stripper to mess anything up

[87e30]

So how many cans of paint, steel wool, etc. did you use? How would this work if there is already paint on the wheels... One last question. Would it be fine to just paint them with the tires on? I wouldn't want the stripper to mess anything up

I did 2 cans of primer and one can of base and one can of clear. I used duplicolor wheel paint I believe.

The stripper takes the paint off the wheel, although you don't need ALL of it off, just smooth the wheel out. The steel wool roughs it up, I sprayed the stripper on with a spray bottle and then used steel wool to rub the paint off.

And yeah, I painted with the tires on and masked the tires off. I did a bad job though and put stripper on a rag and rubbed off the paint that got on the tires.

It's just bottle caps dude, if you don't like the results try again!

[Stephen]

Dont use steel wool on bottlecaps, might rough it up too much, sandpaper will be fine

[aschroeder92]

I did 2 cans of primer and one can of base and one can of clear. I used duplicolor wheel paint I believe.

The stripper takes the paint off the wheel, although you don't need ALL of it off, just smooth the wheel out. The steel wool roughs it up, I sprayed the stripper on with a spray bottle and then used steel wool to rub the paint off.

And yeah, I painted with the tires on and masked the tires off. I did a bad job though and put stripper on a rag and rubbed off the paint that got on the tires.

It's just bottle caps dude, if you don't like the results try again!

Sounds good man thanks. I absolutely love your car BTW :D

[87e30]

Dont use steel wool on bottlecaps, might rough it up too much, sandpaper will be fine

Since when is steal wool more rough than sandpaper?

[87e30]

Sounds good man thanks. I absolutely love your car BTW :D

Thanks man.

[Stephen]

try scuffing anything with grit over 600

The point being sandpaper is treid and true

[87e30]

try scuffing anything with grit over 600

The point being sandpaper is treid and true

Steel wool worked well for me and the guy who helped me always uses steel wool. I dunno it's just easy and scrubs the old paint off really well.

[aschroeder92]

try scuffing anything with grit over 600

The point being sandpaper is treid and true

Just out of curiosity, do you have any more pictures of your wheels? On the car or not doesn't matter much.

[87e30]

Just out of curiosity, do you have any more pictures of your wheels? On the car or not doesn't matter much.

Umm... I'm waiting for some better pictures. I don't have any good ones that show the wheels. I need to take a shoot soon.