hello, below is my car. and as i stated in a thread yesterday, i'm looking for some ideas to spice up her looks. painting the rims black was one idea i had, because it doesn't seem like it would be that hard to do myself. however, my friends all think it would look bad, and that the paint would chip off easily. i was wondering if anyone else has painted their rims, or if you payed for a pro to do it, or if you just bought them that way. thanks!

 

thank god this thread wasn't really asking if painting tires is a good idea

 

Painting the tyres is a GREAT idea ! Just be sure to use enamel paint as it is more hard wearing than acrylic .

 

....i'm only 16. sorry for asking questions

edit: lol i see my mistake

 

haha no you asked the right question, the title of the thread made me think you were going to ask if it was a good idea to spray the tire itself

Spraying wheels can be done right, but you really want to dedicate a weekend to it and have the wheels removed from the car for best results. Spending some time wetsanding to get a nice smooth finish, applying a light primer, gentle side to side spraying of the color you want, and a good amount of drying time and you can get a really nice look. Lots of guys here take their OEM rims and paint them flat black. They will chip over time, thats just the cost of painting anything to be honest, but nothing that a little touch up here and there wont cover.

 

paint 'em like this.

 

^+1 I was thinking the same thing..

 

yeaaa my bad. i changed it

 

All good, I updated my post btw so look up a few for my answer..

 

if you get the right paint, you can do it yourself. Chips can/ probably will happen. Lots of ppl here have painted theirs

 

If you decide to get them prof done, theirs a guy in dayton, ohio that does them for 200

 

Cost me about 40 dollars to do mine, that includes primer paint and sand paper.
You can get an idea about how it looks by my sig.

Ive had them on for about 6 months now and they do need to be recoated but they still look alright.
And with any painting take your time doing it.

 

I'm older than you, and i still get flamed

 

Age is not the determining factor .......

 

hahhahahahaha

 

You might want to look into using Plasti-dip if you want to paint them. Easy to do, and easy to remove if you don't like it or screw up.

 

Then what is it?

 

+1, definitely look into plasti dip to give it a shot! Easily removable if you don't like it, though long term strength is still questionable. Cheap option though, worth a DIY

An excessive amount of useless posts.

 

alright thanks. do you know how much it would cost for a professional job, and what shops i could do it at?

 

i lol'd at this thread

 

Originally Posted by tiltmode43

An excessive amount of useless posts.


^ Thanks for your comment.

 

http://www.dcfpowdercoating.com/ They are located in Greenville Oh, they are very reasonable and cool people. Its 55$ea or $200 a set