hey guys has anyone painted there stock 18' rims to gunmetal???? i wanted to see a pic on how it would look like if i were to paint my rims gunmetal.....i think it would look hotttt :D

 

I've seen it before. Can't remember who did it, and didn't save the picture.

 

but was it okay looking???? b/c im serious about doing it this weekend

 

i did it on aftermarket rims its not easy and u need good paint, becuase if u dont tehy will chip

 

it's probably why..
1. you didnt prepare the surface properly
2. you didnt use etch primer before the paint

 

I'm planning on painting them gunmetal or dark bronze this weekend also. I think I might have to go with bronze, because since my car is black, painting it gunmetal without a polished lip might not look good. No contrast. But if I decide to do gunmetal, I'll post pics up for you. Good old Home Depot Rustoleum paint usually does the trick.

 

Here they are. It has only 1 layer of clear coat, so it will look a lot shinier after I add some more layers. In the sun, it is gunmetal...but under white light, they have an almost bronze characteristic. I'll post pics up when I mount them on my car.

 

looks HAWT!!!

 

don't forget to post pics with them on the car!

 

https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.p...=1#post1005658

 

did u get them powder coated???

 

I spray painted them with paint bought from Home Depot.

 

I'd spend the extra money and get them powder coated.

 

powder coated wheels from sti done at a local shop

they were gold before, just to give an idea of what can be done

 

Not a great picture (I'm totally side-on, and the white balance is off) but if should give you the right idea.
I had them powdercoated anthracite with a layer of clear.

 

yea man thats HOTTTT....yea ima pay the extra $$$ and get them poweder coated...thanx for that pic :D

 

Nice. It turned out really well. How much did it cost?

 

I'm really happy with the way they came out. Looks even better in person.
I've had people chase me down in traffic to ask what kind of wheels I had. One guy was even driving a blue Z06 Corvette... at first, I was too busy checking out his car to realize his was pacing me in traffic yelling over to find out where I got my wheels done.

I'm in Canada, so the price info probably won't be too useful to you, but it ended up costing me about $80 Canadian or so per wheel to have them powderblasted down to bare metal and then powerdercoated. The actually powdercoated on the clear. Pretty cool.