Winter is almost here. Soon it will be time to remove the 18s and throw on the stock rims. I think it will be cool to paint them. They really look like shit the way they are. Scratched, scraped and paint it faded. I havent really decided on a color but I will need to start this project next week. I was thinking sanding them down one at a time. Primering them painting then clearcoating them. This is what I think i should do. I'm afraid of the paint chipping. I would also like for the finish to last as long as I maintain it. What do you guys think?? How should I do this?

 

that's a really good idea it will look pimp

 

only one answer. powdercoat

 

Hehehe u read my mind. Color looks sick. How did you do em?? Share your secret.

 

step1) bring wheels to metal restoration place

step2) leave metal restoration place

step3) call the guy repetitively because he wont call you and give you updates

step3) repeat for 3 weeks because the color that I picked was out of stock (dark gold flake)

step4) pay the man and bring the merchandise back to the house
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i paid 440 bucks for the rims to be resurfaced and coated.

i forget how much I payed for the grille, but i had a grille powdercoated as well,

the guy also polished my spinners and made them look brand new.

i have fresh ventus tires on the stockers, but the car is not insured so i wont be driving

it, i suggest that you save your money, buy a beater 200-600 bucks to drive around

and save money on insurance, i love the feeling of being able to drive the car into a

wall and not really be at a loss. shit, i've spend at least 10 times as much as i spent

on my beater as i have spent on modding my acura. EDIT: buying mods for my acura:

about 75% of my mods are sitting in my garage or basement

 

same here

 

Ive had my wheels powdercoated before. I looked in the yellow pages under "powdercoating" and found a few places. I called around and acutally fould a place that only charged $50 per wheel (18") So it was only $200 to get my 18"s re-painted. He handed my a thick ass ppg/house of colors book and said "pick any color"....it was sweet.

BTW: make sure you call around because theres one store here called "The Hubcap, Tire, & Wheel Store" and they wanted $150 each wheel...then thats when i called this other business and they wanted only $50 per wheel. When I dropped my wheels off to get them painted, i told them about the "hubcap" store that wanted $150 and they guy told me that he does the "hubcap stores" work.

They charge you $150 and then take your wheels to the guy I went to who only charges $50....So make sure you call around