What happened to that one guy (don't remember forum name of person) who was gonna paint there 'rims' black? I was considering painting the OEMs and was hoping that guy would come through so I could see how they turned out.

Anyone know what/who i'm talking about?

 

I know nothing.

uh huh

https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.p...ted+OEM+wheels

https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.p...ted+OEM+wheels

 

dammit. Now I feel stupid. Oh well, at least you were cool about it. Thanks tiggerlee

 

Another one.https://www.rx8club.com/series-i-wheels-tires-brakes-suspension-55/just-got-my-wheels-painted-glossy-black-63128/

 

uh, like u know, like search is hard.

look dolphins.

beers

 

weeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

 

i am the king of black rims...i pwns you all

 

^yup

he painted his TE37s himself. lol

 

heres mine for ya...

Shitty pic on a camera phone, and since then the hubs and clipers have been painted silver (looks much cleaner ) Oh and I painted the insides of the rim black, didnt like the two tone look as much as I had thought I would.

enjoy... btw I did the job myself using Duplicolor metal primer, black detailing paint, and rim clear coat. Total it was a 2 day job by myself, sanding, washing, preping, and painting. The end result is great though, and for about $40 in materal cost, the look is hard to beat for the money.
GL!!

 

^^^very nice. I'm still contemplating on whether i should leave the center alone (logo) or masking the logo, but paint the backround. any suggestions? thoughts?

 

here's mine, and no i didn't paint them myself..haha

 

^very nice. I'd get black wheels but, i'm on a budget... Plus i love the OEM wheels, so hopefully they turn out good with paint. Not really feeling the PC version, and i'll prolly end up getting lowering springs so it'll look better.

 

here mine not painted but black none the less

 

Cesar from the San Bernardino thread powder coated his black (for his Yellow 8). Look pretty good. Lemme go get him to post a pic.

 

Just a little bit of wisdom: If you are going to DIY paint them like I did I have a few tips that I learned while doing mine.

1. Some people say you dont need to prime the rims... DO IT. Sand with high grit lightly, then wash VERY well, then prime. This will ensure the black goes on nice and flat.

2. Make sure you wait for each layer to COMPLETELY dry. At least 10 minutes between layers, enough time to where the paint isnt tacky to the touch.

3. Wipe down the rims after EVERY COAT with a shammy cloth. If you dont, you'll notice by the time you start clear coating the paint will have a dusty resudue, and when you spray over that it looks bad (not smooth and shiney). This is especially important when applying the clear coat, as it has more of a tendancy to get chalky with overspray.

4. I know it will be hard to resist putting them on the car, but LET THEM CURE FOR A DAY at least. If not the paint will still be soft enough to get flaked off. Youll notice this especially when putting the lug nuts on, it will strip the paint right off if its not cured.

5. Use LOTS of clear coat for the center (lug nut area) and lip of the rim. This will help with the flaking of paint near the lugs (after repeated removals of the rims) and the clear coat on the lip will help defend any minor curb-type scratches from getting all the way down to silver rim.

I hope if you decide to DIY these tips will keep you from making some of the minor errors I did, and that way you only do each rim 1 time ( I had to start over on one of them)

GL man, and be sure to post pics if/when you get it done!

 

good tip sofla for all those that want to do this

 

As you (all) may know.. I just did the center and spokes and left the outer rim silver.

I've had several ask me questions on how to do this.. so I'll just offer my 2 cents on the issue.

The wheels are primed beneath the silver paint. I sanded off the outer layer of paint using a fine sandpaper until I got down to the original primer. I painted right over that and had good results but you can prime if you want to.

Before you paint - wash the wheel very good using a good detergent to clean off all residues or remaining sandpaper dust.

Of course take the wheel off the car.. lay it flat when you paint it to reduce likelihood of runs.

Mask off areas you do not want to paint... obviously.

I used glossy "high performance enamel" paint. It turned out great (in my opinion).

Don't spray it on too thick. Do multiple thin layers so they dry faster and cover better.

Like SoFL_RX8 said, make sure each layer dries completely! You can clear coat if you want - I didn't and I think it looks fine. The choice is yours. I didn't want to risk having it run, drip or flake off later so I skipped that part.

That's really about it.

 

I almost painted mine, but I was too worried about messing it up.
The calipers were painted, but keeping them clean was a nightmare.

I had my rims powdercoated, and they're easy to clean and shine, so I had the calipers powdercoated too.

 

If you want 'em black,powder coating is the way to go.

 

Cool. Great info. I'm gonna print this out in fact. Thanks too all you of, 'specially SoFL_RX8 and tiggerlee for provided pics and suggestions.

I'll def. post pics too.

 

Where/how do you get it powdercoated, anyone?

BTW, Cesaralaniz, that looks awesome.

 

Had my summer rims powder coated two years ago and I am still happy with them.

 

Woo, two down, two to go. More pics soon with them on the car.

and this one

 

looking great man... I see a little overspray on the tire, but very good non-the-less.

 

^^yeah, notice the tread, heh. I need new ones anyways. Thanks btw