Official Wheel Paint Thread

[Swimmerboy2112]

Gunmetal paint on stock Tacoma wheels.

 

[SR5 GUY]

Started off with this:

Then grinded them down with an angle Grinder and a wire wheel:

Then masked and primed them with Zinc Primer:

Then painted them, but sanded off the outer ring:

Did the Center caps too:

Finished product:

All in all, a good 2 days of work, and about $75.00 in paint bought..........

Check out my build thread for all the paint info and other pics

http://www.toyota-4runner.org/3rd-gen-t4rs/65845-fightmans-build-thread-17.html

How did you paint around the Toyota symbol without messing it up?

 

[4runneraddict]

here is mine

:heh: I thought I should add mine to the list. Gunmetal grey on stock sport rims.

 

[fightman80]

How did you paint around the Toyota symbol without messing it up?

I painted the symbol by hand... with a small brush...

 

[4Running Daily]

I love stance.


photo by 4Running Daily, on Flickr

 

[SR5 GUY]

Just thought id post mine real quick, duplicolor graphite on stock sport wheels.

 

[burninator]

How did you paint around the Toyota symbol without messing it up?

I painted the symbol by hand... with a small brush...

TO be clear, I think fight man is saying he sprayed the center cap just like everything else, and then came back later with a small brush of silver.

 

[SR5 GUY]

TO be clear, I think fight man is saying he sprayed the center cap just like everything else, and then came back later with a small brush of silver.

Yeah I got that, I just decided I didnt want to do that, I like the center being silver.

 

[samwalters]

Stupid black plasti dip until I get them powder coated satin black. I've already chipped it while tire shining my tires. Makes the green look awesome in my opinion!

 

[BrianSD_42]

FYI - I started a how to thread for duplicolor paint.



Brian's Duplicolor 3rd Gen Wheel Painting - A How To Story



http://www.toyota-4runner.org/3rd-g...licolor-3rd-gen-wheel-painting-how-story.html


:bat:

 

[MTD]

Sweet!

Ignore the shity tires and tape job they got replaced the next week.

And for those of you who want to see what they look like mounted.

 

[infamousRNR]

not painted yet, but working on prep for some black

Rims on rims on rims...



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[MTD]

Rims on rims on rims...



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Want to sell me just one of the center 5 spokes? I need one for my tire carrier lol.

 

[infamousRNR]

^^^
not selling but if YOU have a spare 5-star you wanna sell LMK!

 

[MTD]

^^^
not selling but if YOU have a spare 5-star you wanna sell LMK!

Lol if I end up having to buy a set of four to get one I'll have 3 to sell lol.

 

[4RunnerRedondo]

Help dissecting a couple hundred posts

Can somebody please help me which rustoleum can bring back the OE silver color? I'm sure I read it somewhere but can't find it now that I need it. Help please!

 

[paddlenbike]

Duplicolor graphite

 

[Scramble]

You people are crazy sanding these rims by hand. I'm dropping off my rims to be sandblasted. For $100 & 1hr of time they will be perfect for primer & paint.

 

[madcanvis]

Rough up and paint


Brother donated 2002 taco rims with snow tires. They rubber is great but rims were bad.
Rough up with 120 grit foam pad. Washed, scrubbed, dried. 3 coats of Ruston hammered metal to cover up the blemishes. Also, this was a premar for re-doing my 5 stars over the winter

 

[madcanvis]

Complete

Without clear coat I don't expect this paint to last much longer than a winter but that's really all I need for now.