Started on the wheels today and I wanted more of a GTR gunmetal wheel color than the Duplicolor graphite wheel paint which almost looks bronze/brown. So I chose Duplicolor Storm grey and this is what I have so far. And sorry for the cell phone pics.

Before:


After first coat of paint:


After three coats of Duplicolor wheel clear:


Now 3 more wheels to do...

 

Looks good, in for pics on the Z.

 

Question: Is that coat going to hold in daily driving conditions?

 

nice job. I just took my wheels off tonight to do the same thing

 

The Z is not a daily driver...

Gonna be a while since I work stupid schedules at work and not even sure when I will have time to do the other 3. Just a work in progress...

 

Grrr! I guess I'll pay a shop to powder coat mine then till I get my new set.

 

very nice color, hopefully they look good mounted. What color is your Z?

 

Wow - that REALLY makes the stockers look good

keep updaitng with how it holds up

{when you get to the other 3 etc...}

Good Job!

 

what a waste of tape LOL

 

I have no clue what your talking about LOL!

Freshly painted Redline thanks to some douche at Walmart that keyed my car, stole my emblems, antenna and ripped up my 30 day tag.

 

just wondering, why didn't you just do all 4 at once? I just have all my wheels prepped, and then 1 coat to each of em... wait a bit, then another coat to all of em, etc.

BTW, to save some tape (and probably time), I just get a bunch of note cards and line them up along the edge of the rim. Works great for me.

 

looks pretty good man...updates pics with them on the car

 

in for final pics

 

Color looks great. Hopefully it will hold up.

 

I only have one jack to do the work with and I figure I will just take my time since I am in no hurry anyway. I took a sick day today to work on them though. The first one is mounted on the car and I have started on another... this time its more challenging since I am having to repair curb damage thanks to the mindless girl who used to own it. Oh and this pic sucks I know but the sun was coming into the garage and freaking out my camera... thats the only angle I could get at the moment.

 

Good call! Very nice.

 

that sure makes them look a lot better. hope it doesn't chip off easily.

 

I love the color but I really have to say I hate the stock wheels. Guess I will finish the other 2 and keep saving up for wheels.

 

man your doing fine...

pat yourself on the back for a job well done...

spacers won't hurt, keep saving your money

 

looks pretty good for a rattle can job, can you take some super close up pics\macro pics. i want to see the orange peel up close, my friends about to use the same paint on his extra set of z06 rims. thx