i dont know how to say, it looks silver but aluminum.....i want to paint it to hyper silver and match my body color ( silver )...i know i am special, people paint their wheels to black but i dont like it....

 

honestly... I dont mind the stock color.... I do like some other custom colors... but biggest prob I have with the stock silver... is the damn finish on them is so frickin' soft that if you even look at them wrong ...BAM! there's a nick in the finish.

 

ive always like silver on silver.
my buddy has a silver civic with silver rims and i love the way it looks.
if you want them color matched, id suggest doing all the prep work yourself than take them to a body shop to have them painted.
you could always use those little color matched spray cans too.

 

i found a thread in other forum said that they use dupli-color wheels coating silver one and turns out great....but they said it needed Laquer thinner / Paint- thinner /
Etching primer...what the hell is this???? what should i need really need to use if i want to paint them silver

 

Laquer thinner is wut u use to take out the paint and etch primer is something u put on baremetal to keep it from corroding and u put primer on top of that. But since you are just painting ur wheels which i doubt u will be going down to baremetal wut i suggest is sanding it down with 600 grit enought to get some tooth in it then after that spray your desired paint on your wheel. And also make sure your wheel is clean from dirt and any types of oils and you should be straight.

 

i am confused, should i use

1,paint thinner
2,sanding
3,color paint at last??

or

1,paint thinner
2,sanding
3,primer
4,color paint

or

1,sanding
2,color paint

do we need primer in our aluminum tc wheels????

 

clean
sand
clean
paint
clear

theres a whole DIY on here for it.
search and youll find what you need

 

i searched already...but i still dont know why someone will use primer before painting their wheels....why should or shouldnt we use primer on our tc wheels???

 

It would help with adhesion.

Clean
Sand w/ 400 grit
Clean
Prime
Color
Clear
...for the most part thats all you need.

 

thanks,i understood the prime part, but should i clean with paint thinner??? also do i need to use wetsanding method or just sand it without adding any water....damn i just want to make sure i wont mess up this thing...sry

 

I had a buudy of mine powder coat mine black they turn out nice

 

I guess paint thinner would work. Any kind of wax and grease remover should work. Well you can do either or. You could wet sand using your wax and grease remover as the lubricant (heh). Kinda doing two things at once then.

 

y would you use paint thinner unless u want to take off the old paint off the wheel.

 

personally, i stay away from the paint thinner.
reason being...if you do use it you have the clean the wheels ridiculously good before you paint them.
if you have even the smallest spot of paint thinner that didnt get cleaned off its gonna fk up the new paint and your going to have to re-do the whole thing.

 

pics?

 

yeah for sure i agree wit you i wouldnt only use it if theres existing paint but then agen i rather sand it off or scuff it enough for the new paint to grab onto.

 

This is what I did...
1. I cleaned the rims really good with greased lightning blast
2. Wet sanded the rim w/600 grit sand paper
3. Then washed it again with greased lightning blast
4. Dried it off with a lint-free cloth
5. Taped up eveything I did not want painted with blue painters tape(xpensive stuff)
6. Then I used dupli.color prep-wipe and wiped off the rim.
7. Sprayed a few light coats waited a few min. in between then went a little heavier with the coats....nice even strokes to prevent drips and sags.
8. Waited a about 10 min after I finished spraying the paint the added several coats of clear.

And whaaaalaaaa.....check them out.....
https://www.scionlife.com/forums/vie...670&highlight=

 

My brother originally had n aluminum finish all i did was wet sand w/600 grit wet dried it off good tacked it off for any dirt and sprayed 3 coats of dupli color auto paint and turned out great.

 

looks sweet! But those aren't stocks...right?

 

nope these are my brothers racing harts.