so i'm gonna be painting my rims with duplicolor wheel paint and i'm wondering if i should get some clear coat to go along with that. any suggestions? Will clear coat give it a shiny glossy look?...cuz i'm not really lookin for that

 

Here's my g/f's tc with powder coated wheels flat black

 

05FMXtc:
It will give you a glossy look if you use alot.. I only used one can on all the wheels, and it isn't very glossy/shiny, just looks like the black paint. But you must use it because it protects the paint. your paint will chip much easier if you dont use clear coat. if you dont want that shiny look just do what i did and put 2 coats on the inside of the wheels, 4 on the outside, but use a light cover, not heavy. That will get you what you want...

For anyone else, if you want the opposite, get 2 cans, and use heavier coats

 

repainted mine...

 

Is there a way to give the stockies a polished lip?

 

theres a lip on the stock wheels?

 

well to make it look like there's a lip and give it a polished look.

 

it can be done with a LOT of careful and accurate masking... a major part of it is in the preparation...

 

thanks

 

:D

 

oh god that almost gave me a premature ejaculation. I ____ing love that color. GJ Dark Bronze ftw.

 

WOW! that looks GREAT!

 

i'm lazy so i'm sending my girlfriends wheels in to get powdercoated gloss black.

 

gun-metal powder coat on nautical blue:

 

Mario! PM Location and pricing. =]

 

Bad Pictures but you guys get the idea. Painted Black metalic with Blue sand pearl mix in. Hope you guys like it. In direct sun light they look more bluish, no light, they look black. PLUS lol tired was a bit flat that day...

also there are no scratches on the rims or the paint job, I have no Idea why the first 2 pics look so bad...

Enjoy

 

Thanks, I like the fact that they look like 18's from far away.

 

REALLY OLD picture of my car w/ GunMetal painted stockies!...

 

I like your blue nuts...


... that sounded so wrong!

 

How did you get those blue lugnuts i thougth aftermarket lugnuts weren't safe and wouldn't fit OEM rims.