Well guys I have decided to pull trigger and start working on my rims. I am in the process of stripping the gun metal paint off. Next will be taking the tires off(i kno maybe should have done it in reverse but eh well). Then on to the sand blasting, after that will be cleaning and prep. Finally I will be powder coating them. Will take a bit of time as im doing 1 at a time as my oven is small. But the end result should be great. Going to do high gloss white.


Side effects of drifting lolz, it's ok thought ditching the 205-55-16's going to 225-50-16's

 

And the rim after cleaning a bit more and having the tire removed. The rest should come off with ease with the sand blaster

 

Brian, I know yesterday I told you I think my factory rims were a little different than yours when you said you may have a bent one, but now that I see them, they are the same

 

Im having the rim fixed, they said should be easy. But if it fails ill let u know. Thanx

 

Well all are stripped, just gotta blast the one with the tire off, coat it ten have the tire put on. And then on to the next one. Should be fun

 

At what temp do you bake wheels? I heard it's much lower than the "normal" baking temp. I. Might do this to my stock wheels and want to make sure I buy the right powder for it.

 

baking is backing for powder coating., I do 450 for 7 mins to get the flow out then 400 for 13 or so mins.

I just sand blasted one rim today took freakin 45 mins. Shesh

 

Blazin do u powder coat? If not i could help u out. Could do some trading out.
But I just finished one of the rims it looks so sick i must say.
Here is a peek.

 

I bought the Eastwood kit, but haven't picked up an oven yet. As soon as I get one large enough for wheels, I'm coating my stockies too. Probably in the OEM silver.

Those turned out really nice. Are you just going to spray paint the center caps? The problem I have is getting a silver that matches the silver powder I have. White will probably be pretty easy.

 

Looking good so far

 

I dont recommend doing time first practice on small parts then work your way up. White is harder to do as it covers like crap. N yea gonna paint caps

 

this is gonna look awesome!!!

 

More shots

 

Looks good,pics on car?

 

Doin one at a time so gonna take a few days. Also car in ur Sig is hot

 

Thanks

 

Well all tire shops r closed today which sucks. But oh well i needed to get caught up on customers items anyways.

 

Well I powder coated another rim so it's 2 down 2 to go. Also had the tire mounted. Hopefully I will find 2 more 225/50/16" tires so I can have them put on when the other 2 rims r done

 

Looks good. I think I like the white.

 

i really like the way the white looks on there, good choice and good execution!

 

Well guys got another rim done that makes 3 so now my left side looks good lol. Next is the 4th rim and planning on a 1.8 drop just need to get with blazin