actually, they don't look half bad I saw someone on here had talked about the idea, so I spent $10 on some paint, and yay, new look. I used the krylon fusion satin black.

 

I hate to say it but that looks kind of cool.

 

LOL. Its just something cheap until I can afford some 18's for the wife (its her car). She likes it, so at least I dont have to repaint them silver, haha.

 

clear coat that or sumthin...i wud look kewl..

 

how did you do this? I want to do it to mine

 

did you have any issues with bubbles or runs? I used fusion on my grill and it came out ok.

 

no, no issues. Just prep the surface area first and paint in light coats ;)

 

I painted mine a year ago. Still lookin good and I still get compliments.

 

prep the surface? I ran a 400 grit sand paper over the grill and did light coats with time in between but still didnt get an even finnish. how did you prep them?

 

I thought I'd play around with it in photoshop - trying to highlight and create depth.

 

clean with light soap and water, dry with low lint cloth, very light scuff with steel wool, re-wipe, paint. Tack cloth work best if you have some for cleanup.

Paint light coats and give about 10 minutes between coats. Use good ventilation and make sure its not too hot or too cold.

that looks pretty cool, albeit a lot of masking for hubcaps ;)

Looking good still dude

 

awesome...i just took off my wheels maybe i should do this

 

Looks good.

-THE DON

 

not bad

 

well heres what i want to do. im so far converting mine to an black/bright blue-not dark blue makeover. (all lights to blue LEDs, 8k HIDS, White LED-mirror turns, and Front Tunrs to white.

so if anybody with any skills artistcily give me some designs. i figure i can tape over sections so i can color sepratly.

Colors

Black, (i have a bsp), white, and bright blue (superflux led blue)

 

help?

 

looks good but definitley needs the clearcoat

 

that's pretty fly.... i think imma have to spray mine too. have sum gangster hubcaps!

 

did you take off the scion emblems in the middle of the hubcaps before painting or did you have to mask them off?

 

Not bad at all. Good work.