anyone know where to get red wheel paint?

 

do you have BCP???

im gonna say bad idea but i guess you could try it....but any red paint will work...

 

i'm not painting my entire wheels red. it's only for part of the rim.

 

alright well i cant wait to see what you got cooked up in your head... :D

 

Original Photo by: 09SocalTC

i was thinking of painting some oem wheels a similar shade of gray/gunmetal along with the red in this design. sorry for the bad photoediting. might possibly even throw in a small scion decal and tC decal within the redzone before clearcoating, similar to the wedsports decal on the C-ONE wheels.



idea taken from



any opinions?

 

I'm in the middle with that...
But +1 for black stockies

 

Really good idea. If i get my rims painted I'm leaning towards this idea... :D

It'd look even better paired with some of Rays red lug nuts...or any red lug nut for that matter.

 

OH! That looks NICE!

 

10gxiong, i actually think that looks pretty cool.
do it.

 

oh snap...that does look good...but kinda looks like a PITA to get that stripe in there. lol

 

You should color match it to the car though, I don't think the red will look too good with the BCP.

 

i'm in the process of looking for some oem wheels that are in good condition. it's going to be my summer project since i'm graduating this semester which means no more freakin' summer school. i'm hoping to get these done before i get my new tires. i have about 2-3000miles left on my current tires. any idea of how i should go about getting the paint?

 

if i were you id just paint the whole thing black, then get the red stripes done with vinyl, itll be way easier that way.

 

how would i go about getting the vinyl? will i have to get them specially made, placed on and clearcoated with the rest of the wheel?

 

find a local vinyl shop, theyll measure it out, and cut it up for you. should cost to much.

or you could always buy a roll on ebay and do it yourself.

 

wow... it's gonna' be kinda' tough getting the perfect cut if i did it myself... i'd have to measure it out... but i should clearcoat the vinyl along with the rest of the wheel right?

 

well, you should cut a slightly larger piece, stick it on, then come up from underneath with a razor on a 45 degree angle and slice off the excess.

and as far as clear coat...its not really needed, but if you want to do it, id prob do it first.

just try to do the vinyls asap after the rims dry and cure fully, otherwise your gonna have brake dust and other gunk on there so the vinyl may not stick as well (even after you clean them, theres some build up on my stockies that is so bad it wont even come off anymore)

 

well, i guess we'll wait and see what happens when i get the wheels. i'm really looking forward to this project.

 

Hmm.. I really like your idea 10xgiong!

I too have a BCP and want to do something with my stockies, but can't come up with any reasonable ideas since it seems NOBODY on here has a BCP nowadays lol.

I'd like to buy a spare rim to experiment, but have no idea where to find one cheap. However, to color match the stripe to our paint code would look pretty sick IMO.

 

I just took the picture that 10xgiong did in red and overlayed it with a BCP sample from a picture of my tC. What do you think?