OEM Wheel Modification Thread
Originally Posted by tambat
hey guys, where do you purchase the duplicolor rim paint? seeing how amazing all these results are, i think im going to go ahead and paint my rims too. cant wait!
Originally Posted by Jun
You can find it at your local advanced auto parts/pep boys/auto zone/etc.
I got my duplicolor wheel paint from pep boys. I personally am not happy with the finish. I cleaned, de-greased, sanded, and primed the wheels before painting. Each wheel got around 5-7 coats of color and about 5 coats of clear. Still, it feels like you can fart on the wheels and the paint will chip.
The paint ended up MUCH softer than I ever would have expected, even letting it cure to the exact times recommended. I think I'll get them powder coated now for a more uniform, longer lasting finish.
Originally Posted by skidmarks
Wow, looks like you took a lot more time than I did but my paint took fine and haven't had any problems with it yet. How long before the paint started chipping?
Within a few days. I got crazy orange peel from the inconsistency of the spray, so I first tried wetsanding with some 1500 grit. With one light pass, it pretty much took the finish down to the primer
I know I must have done something wrong in my methodology, but I thought I prepped it correctly.Oh and a week after painting, I had to get new rear tires put on. The techs at the tire place I went to use a leather strap so their pry bar wouldn't make contact with the wheel itself...the pressure from the leather was enough to pull some paint off.
i painted flat black with clear over it, so it turned into a nice semi-gloss/satiny finish. I think I would get them powdered the same way...not too flat, not too glossy.
The problem with completely black wheels though is they accentuate exactly how doo-doo brown your tires are.
The problem with completely black wheels though is they accentuate exactly how doo-doo brown your tires are.
Originally Posted by jtabraham
I got my duplicolor wheel paint from pep boys. I personally am not happy with the finish. I cleaned, de-greased, sanded, and primed the wheels before painting. Each wheel got around 5-7 coats of color and about 5 coats of clear. Still, it feels like you can fart on the wheels and the paint will chip.
The paint ended up MUCH softer than I ever would have expected, even letting it cure to the exact times recommended. I think I'll get them powder coated now for a more uniform, longer lasting finish.
The paint ended up MUCH softer than I ever would have expected, even letting it cure to the exact times recommended. I think I'll get them powder coated now for a more uniform, longer lasting finish.
Originally Posted by BRAIN_Z33
HERE'S ANOTHER OF MY O6' WHEELS AND MY BEST FRIEND'S (RIP) 06' GTO WHEELS TOO... BOTH OF US PAINTED EM THE SAME WEEK WE GOT OUR RIDES...
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Originally Posted by Rick06Z
Here are a few pics. Was fairly easy to refinish.
Put car on jackstands. Most of the time was spent cleaning the rims. Used 400 wet sand paper to remove factory clearcoat. Was able to smooth out minor curb rash on one rim with coarse sandpaper (started with 80 and went finer). Quick mask off of the tires. Spray painted front and back of rims with a few coats. Spray painted on clearcoat to finish. Used a red touchup brush to highlight the raised lettering (Rays Eng. and Forged) and valve caps.
Used Duplicolor rim paint - graphite and clearcoat.
The only problem was lack of consistent spray from cans (some spattering/little uneven coloring in a few spots). Would be nice to try again over the winter with proper spray gun/compressor.
Waiting for Rays Eng. (Volk Racing) emblems (black lettering with white outline). If emblem quality is good...may put one or both on...
Overall, fairly happy with result and fun to see how easy it was to do this myself and really change the appearance of the car.
Put car on jackstands. Most of the time was spent cleaning the rims. Used 400 wet sand paper to remove factory clearcoat. Was able to smooth out minor curb rash on one rim with coarse sandpaper (started with 80 and went finer). Quick mask off of the tires. Spray painted front and back of rims with a few coats. Spray painted on clearcoat to finish. Used a red touchup brush to highlight the raised lettering (Rays Eng. and Forged) and valve caps.
Used Duplicolor rim paint - graphite and clearcoat.
The only problem was lack of consistent spray from cans (some spattering/little uneven coloring in a few spots). Would be nice to try again over the winter with proper spray gun/compressor.
Waiting for Rays Eng. (Volk Racing) emblems (black lettering with white outline). If emblem quality is good...may put one or both on...
Overall, fairly happy with result and fun to see how easy it was to do this myself and really change the appearance of the car.
Rick those rims came out awesome.
DAMN! so i got real excited about this thread and decided to do this mod first thing in the morning tomorrow, and i rushed out to the 24 autozone all the way in the city, bout 25ish minutes away in a nasty thunderstorm, and it turns out they cant sell spray paints and aerosols in the city of chicago now! such a waste of time and excitement, guess il just go get the shtuff tomorrow, cant wait! o and, do you all think bronze on the oem 18's from 03-05 would look good with db? i was thinking that or graphite. hmmm suggestions needed
Thanks, I want to drop it but I also want exhaust, still deciding im leaning towards drop now that I painted my wheels. Yours came out nice, wish I had the forged, looks good on that silver
