How to Paint Your Wheels (the right way) - Page 5

**Digitalfiend** · 11-11-2006, 03:13 PM

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Originally Posted by lilmilan00

Hey nice work man i just went out today and spent 133.37 on all that stuff, and im looking to paint the rims tihs weekend. oh yeh im painting them gold..lol

Post up the pictures when they are done. I've got some scuffing on my gold BBS rims and would like to paint them a gunmetal colour.

BillsEvo · 11-11-2006, 07:40 PM

Just out of curiosity, does anyone KNOW of someone who has had their wheels powder coated and they actually had a problem with the process weakening the wheels? Not HEARD of it happening but really knows first hand that it happened. I saw a picture of a Mustang's wheel twisted into two pieces from having it powdered coated! But that is the only verified case of that happening. Bill

moe182 · 11-29-2006, 07:14 PM

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Originally Posted by 80884

This primer was recomended by a paint supplier/where i got the paint to do the wheels. It seams to work fine (4th set that was painted in 2 years) so far.

If i didn't need to blast the wheels i wouldn't have. It would have taken me more time to sand the chips and such out than to have the wheels blasted. As for holding up, the gold wheels in the background of the first pic was the first set I did, normal road chips is all that even happened to them. I even drove on them all winter in PA.

I don't have the BBS's anymore as they were sold to a fellow subaru guy in pittsburgh.

So you wouldnt bother blasting the wheels unless there are some serious chips on the wheels? Had there had been only minor wear and tear would you have just used a scuff pad? Im thinking about doing this process and have access to a sandblasting machine, and Im trying to figure out which method would be better.

meatnpotatoes7 · 12-01-2006, 04:30 PM

I was thinking about painting my wheels as well. I was wondering if anyone painted their wheels and had a little bit of a curb rash on the wheels and what did you do to get the rash off or just sanding it down a bit, and painting it will be enough?

06grip · 12-09-2006, 08:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Atomic

The factory wheels are forged. The forging process aligns the metal grain so that they run in the same direction (also called hard working the metal). This gives the metal more strength. This is why forging is stronger than casting an equivalent part (no alignment of grain). When you heat the wheel int he powder coating process it allow the aligned grains to migrate (no longer aligned). This will definetly weaken the wheel (or any forged metal that is over heated)

Finally got to use my ME degree...........

Jesus on a pony... what he said.

80884 · 12-10-2006, 11:01 AM

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Originally Posted by moe182

So you wouldnt bother blasting the wheels unless there are some serious chips on the wheels? Had there had been only minor wear and tear would you have just used a scuff pad? Im thinking about doing this process and have access to a sandblasting machine, and Im trying to figure out which method would be better.

I didn't want any suprises and didn't want one wheel to end up with different results so I just sandblasted them all and started from scratch. It would probably be fine to just fix the one area but like I said I didn't want any spots to be different or haunt me down the road so I did all 4 the same way.

wonton2049 · 12-22-2006, 06:55 PM

what would you do if there are chips in the paint? bondo? i heard there is a different product used to fill ships and dents that is less like likely to crack under pressure. i cant remeber the name right now.

**SCOOBYTRAP** · 12-22-2006, 08:25 PM

Blend the low spots (chips) by "feathering" them out with sandpaper.

MeoW71 · 12-22-2006, 09:12 PM

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Originally Posted by meatnpotatoes7

I was thinking about painting my wheels as well. I was wondering if anyone painted their wheels and had a little bit of a curb rash on the wheels and what did you do to get the rash off or just sanding it down a bit, and painting it will be enough?

How bad is the curb rash? I had some slight curb rash on my Rotas. I sanded it and used some spot putty to fix it. You can still see where the rash is though since it pretty flat in that area and to raise it up would require too much spot putty.

Search for the NASA curb rash repair.

wonton2049 · 12-22-2006, 10:37 PM

i only have chips from driving through gravel. a bunch of chips all over the rims. where can i pick up spot putty locally?

MeoW71 · 12-22-2006, 11:39 PM

^^
Any autoparts store should have it.

YellaHID · 03-10-2008, 08:00 PM

I wanna paint mine bright green!

12-22-2006, 10:37 PM	#70
wonton2049 Amateur STI Driver Car: 05 STI Posts: 28 Join Date: May 2006 Trader Rating: (1)	i only have chips from driving through gravel. a bunch of chips all over the rims. where can i pick up spot putty locally? Last edited by wonton2049 : 12-22-2006 at 10:53 PM.

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YellaHID Amateur STI Driver Car: BlackPearl 04 STi Fav Mod: MY LEAD FOOT Location: Spring, TX Posts: 20 Join Date: Feb 2008 Trader Rating: (0)	Re: How to Paint Your Wheels (the right way) I wanna paint mine bright green! This ad is not endorsed by this member. Please register or login to hide this ad.

11-11-2006, 07:40 PM	#62
BillsEvo Junior STI Driver Car: '06 Evo MR, grey Fav Mod: Manual Boost control Location: Lancaster, CA Posts: 63 Join Date: Jul 2006 Trader Rating: (0)	Just out of curiosity, does anyone KNOW of someone who has had their wheels powder coated and they actually had a problem with the process weakening the wheels? Not HEARD of it happening but really knows first hand that it happened. I saw a picture of a Mustang's wheel twisted into two pieces from having it powdered coated! But that is the only verified case of that happening. Bill

12-01-2006, 04:30 PM	#64
meatnpotatoes7 Junior STI Driver Car: jbp sti Fav Mod: gunmetal bbs Location: seoul, bay area Posts: 97 Join Date: Nov 2005 Trader Rating: (0)	I was thinking about painting my wheels as well. I was wondering if anyone painted their wheels and had a little bit of a curb rash on the wheels and what did you do to get the rash off or just sanding it down a bit, and painting it will be enough?

12-22-2006, 06:55 PM	#67
wonton2049 Amateur STI Driver Car: 05 STI Posts: 28 Join Date: May 2006 Trader Rating: (1)	what would you do if there are chips in the paint? bondo? i heard there is a different product used to fill ships and dents that is less like likely to crack under pressure. i cant remeber the name right now.

12-22-2006, 08:25 PM	#68
SCOOBYTRAP Gold Member Car: 05 STi CGM Fav Mod: JDM Foglights Location: NY Posts: 490 Join Date: Oct 2005 Trader Rating: (2)	Blend the low spots (chips) by "feathering" them out with sandpaper.

12-22-2006, 11:39 PM	#71
MeoW71 Professional STI Racer Car: 05 STi Location: Germany Posts: 692 Join Date: Apr 2004 Trader Rating: (1)	^^ Any autoparts store should have it.