This was for my Honda, not my box, but thought people would find it interesting.
I had a set of nice (but sort of boring) 14" x 6" OZ alloys That came with my CB7 when I bought it. They had been sitting around for 3 years. I decided I wanted to have an inexpensive set of white wheels. I've just been digging white wheels lately. Anyway...here is a brief photo documentation of the project start to finish.

scuff-sanded and clean, waiting for it to start




everything masked





Used Duplicolor wheel paint and wheel clear





Tape off. Here's the backside of the wheel. I left some of it aluminum to save material and time.




Here's the finished face of the wheel. It's fairly glossy after wet-sanding with 1000, 1500, & 2000 grit. Then rubbing compound and polishing compound.

 

They look awesome! Looks like you got them powder-coated...

 

What is that? About 2 rolls of tape per wheel.
Ever try using news paper with tape only in the places where it needs to be? Works really well.
Waiting for some mounted pics in the daytime.

 

It's a lot of tape.
I need all the adhesive surface to get it to stick to the tire, because Armor All residue caused the tape to just fall off unless I covered the whole thing.

Armor all is almost impossible to clean off - Paint thinner works best.

 

Hows the paint hold up?

 

I always prep the tires for tape with carb cleaner.

 

Very nice!

 

Yeah that sounds like it would work too.

 

looks good but you should have left the honda logo a different color or remove it all together

 

look clean!

 

what kinda sand paper did u use?

 

Wow those look really nice for duplicolor rattlecan paint.,

 

Not sure that I follow. These aren't factory wheels so there is no Honda logo on the centercaps

1000 grit, then 1500, then 2000, then rubbing compound. Don't know the brand names I just got it at Advance Auto Parts.

 

Nice job! That's a clean-looking Accord you have there. Almost everyone of that body style I see is either a rusty heap or a ricer with lambo doors and a hideous body kit.

On the S10 I had, I painted the steelies black, but kinda half-assed it. I took off the wheels, cleaned them, and hit them with engine enamel. No sanding, because I was lazy, and only used one can of paint anyway. Oddly enough, they came out nice, and held up real well the last two years I had the truck.

Of course, on alloys, I'd put in more effort, too, since it would be more noticeable.

 

wow real clean looks great. whats up with the honda, miles, year, motor?

 

Here's a link to my member's ride thread over at CB7tuner.com, it has all the info.
http://www.cb7tuner.com/vbb/showthread.php?t=22450