wlfpck those rims look great. awesome job!

 

Thanks man

I didn't want to sand the wheels down because I didn't really have a way of taking the tires off. I didn't just want to sand that front part either. So that bulldog adhesive worked REALLY well.


My reasoning behind not sanding is because when you sand you're putting gouges into the existing surface to give the paint more surface area to grab onto. My concern was that the clear coat that went over my gold and the old clear coat would meet, but that meeting point would be a bit weaker. So instead of taking off the old clear coat, I used that bulldog adhesive promoter. Thing was like $20 for a can. I used about 1/5 of it total on all 4 wheels.

 

Sorry. Been busy with an asbestos problem in my frat house.


You should give it enough time in between so that the paint dries a little before you put on the next coat. That way the paint doesn't start to run.

Keep in mind that the warmer it is, the faster and better the paint cures.

http://www.6thgenaccord.com/forums/s...ad.php?t=10000

That guy actually stuck his wheels into his oven to heat them up a little bit.

To be honest, if you're like me and still in college or for w/e other reason, you do not have a big enough oven, a hair dryer or a heat gun on LOW, should be enough to heat the wheels up a little.

Heating up the wheels is not necessary though.

 

Thanks for the reply,

 

Really wanna go for a dark red or burgundy color for my flint mica's stockies. What do you guys think about sizzling crimson mica color for that? In my mind it'd work but I'm having my doubts. Any thoughts?

 

...maybe its because you used "satin" finish paint. If you wanted a shiney finish, you should use "gloss" finish paint. Although putting clear over the satin should work, I wouldve just used gloss.

 

just gonna ***** this pic out

 

As you should..

My turn lol


Oh and to stay on topic. Their Semi-Gloss Dupont with no clear coats applied

 

WIN!!!

 

Haha

 

Doing something a bit different sorry for the cellphone pic

 

I had to redo the center caps because some paint came off when i remove the tape.

 

What type of paint are you guys using? I tryed a duplicolor engine enamel paint in black and it worked decently, but I was wondering if there was better paint to use.

 

Thats what i used it it actually for me worked better than the rim paint

 

I really like this, but I've had this look for such a long time i ready for a change. Im thinking Safety Orange. HMMM

 

First post for me on the forums, but I got a lot of ideas for these rims from this thread so I figured I'd post the final product. This is my '08 "Sizzling Crimson" with gloss black base with the Deep Cranberry Pearl top rims. The top pic it looks lighter than it is but it was the only way to really show off the contrast between the black and cranberry.

Hope you enjoy!


Fixed the text just for you. =)

 

^looks good. Ive never really seen that done before besides gold and black

 

its sizzling crimson not black cherry, but cool idea

 

thats different but cool