Look what I got!

[off-roader]

...that's probably gonna be a bit more of a challenge I'm thinking....

Nothing that sandpaper and elbowgrease can't fix LOL. Or maybe try a wire wheel/cone on a die grinder?

 

[Silverwulf]

Steel wool my friend. Just take the shine off. CLEAN them really well and make sure they are completly dry. I used an air compressor with a blow tip to get all the water out of the rim/tire brad area. You can also wipe it down with somr prepsol or prime with Pitbull (not sure, may only be for plastic).

HTH:sombrero:

 

[RichardT]

Steel wool my friend. Just take the shine off. CLEAN them really well and make sure they are completly dry. I used an air compressor with a blow tip to get all the water out of the rim/tire brad area. You can also wipe it down with somr prepsol or prime with Pitbull (not sure, may only be for plastic).

HTH:sombrero:

Were your rims chrome before you painted em? I saw a few places online that detail using sandpaper, and then using an etching primer to really get paint to stick, I might try that, but I have a feeling that it'll be a lengthy job, so I might have to wait for my summer break to do it, as I'm pretty swamped with school right now, and I'm reserving my spring break either for a road trip, or to build my storage system in the back, but we'll see, if I end up doing the storage, I might have some time left over to paint em....

 

[RichardT]

maybe try a wire wheel/cone on a die grinder?

Now we're talkin

 

[Cody1771]

would it be more prudant just to take it to a place to get walnut blasted? ive done a bunch of aluminum rims in a walnut blaster for about $40 per rim takes it right down to the bare metal

 

[Silverwulf]

Mine were silver. You don't need to take it to bare metal, just take the shine off so the paint has something to adhear to. I did mine in @ 4hrs and @$20. I got wheel specific paint from pepboys. It has been pretty durable so far. Meant for high temp and puts up with brake dust and wheel cleaner chems. $8 a can. 1 can got me 2 wheels , 2 coats inside and out.

 

[RichardT]

Mine were silver. You don't need to take it to bare metal, just take the shine off so the paint has something to adhear to. I did mine in @ 4hrs and @$20. I got wheel specific paint from pepboys. It has been pretty durable so far. Meant for high temp and puts up with brake dust and wheel cleaner chems. $8 a can. 1 can got me 2 wheels , 2 coats inside and out.

Sweet, thanks for the input, I'll have to check out pepboys when I decide to do this.

 

[SOFpirate]

Check my build thread. I did the tire painting.

For quick reference:

Sanded
Etching Primer
Two coats of paint
about a Million coats of clear coat protectant.

Haven't lost a chip yet. Overall it cost me about $45 ... and the "time" it took was all day for all five tires. Nothing a few friends and some beer can't pass, though.

 

[RichardT]

Check my build thread. I did the tire painting.

For quick reference:

Sanded
Etching Primer
Two coats of paint
about a Million coats of clear coat protectant.

Haven't lost a chip yet. Overall it cost me about $45 ... and the "time" it took was all day for all five tires. Nothing a few friends and some beer can't pass, though.

I will, thanks

 

[RichardT]

Hey, I've tried to figure this out, but couldn't, is there a way to change the title of a thread? I wanted to turn this thread in to my build thread, if I can't change it I'll start another one, was just curious.


Sent from my iPhone

 

[off-roader]

IIRC I don't believe you can.