We painted my old wheels today. I think they turned out pretty good considering.

 

e-mail me the pics please so I can see them.

 

nice very nice ! I like them

 

Thanks Chip. I thought long and hard on what I wanted and came up with this scheme. First I had to strip the whole wheel then polish/machine the spoke area. Primed them after masking then painted BSP with clearcoat over that. They look awsome in the sunlight and will get my new tires mounted in a couple weeks after the paint hardens up good.

 

If I had some stock wheels I would repaint mine !

 

I thought Thomas/Covington Pike was supposed to get you your steelies and tires that you got screwed out of when you first got your box?
They are for sale regularly on SL in the $200 range shipped. If that helps.

 

yea our fearless leader is on the look out for some! If he can't get me nay then i will have to get some off ebay which would rather not do.

 

Those look killer! Nice job!

 

I am still trying to come up with some. It will be alot easier for me to get them once the new store opens and I have a little more say so in stuff around here. I have not forgotten about you.

 

lol i know you havent . Cause if you do forget about me i know where you work lol.

I am waiting patiently

 

I like them. I thought you were going to paint the whole rim TCM but I like this better. A few weeks?, so you will not have them on for the meet?

 

Nah I'm not going to rush getting them mounted. I also need to get my rear lips installed and new springs. Got other secret stuff going on too but more on those later.

 

I thought for a long time and decided to just go for the BSP. Black is definetly "IN" style so I just went for it.

 

So how did you do it? I definately want to paint mine gloss black with polished rim. So how much paint should i buy? From where? Sandpaper? Sorry for all the questions.

 

First you would have to dismount the tires. To polish the lip you need to mount the rim only on the front and spin it like it were on a lathe. Then work your way up to 1500 grit wet sandpaper and buff to a chrome like shine. Then mask off the lip and paint the rest of the wheel black. Then remove the masking tape and clearcoat the lip and the black. It's alot of work but I get into this sort of thing. Plus I couldn't afford new wheels at 400 bucks a set. I just made due with what I had. Thanks for all the props Peeps.

 

Dude they look like crap............lol just messn with ya they look good....Damn right black is in. You know what they say once you go black you never go back..idk if thats true or not wait I'm blabbering...Good Job on the rims they look good