Official Wheel Paint Thread

[silver4est]

you'll have to sand all the primer off that is lifting, try priming again using a much lighter coat the first two times. if you still get the same lifting result, try a different primer.
side note, you should use the same brand primer and paint to avoid lifting. some brands are compatible but I dont know which ones.

 

[Scramble]

Dont use acetone on plastic. It for cleaning metal I put those same caps in the dishwasher & they came out clean. Then 2 light coats of plastic primer.

 

[ElBrio]

I'm going to be using the duplicolor hyper silver kit but I would like to know what primer to use?
I'm assuming a lighter or darker primer may affect the top coat potentially??

 

[Myrunr2010]

So not painted, they are powdercoated, but i was pretty proud of them, and thought it was worth posting them up. I used eastwood flat black. The whole process wasn't too bad other than trying to find someone that had a sand blaster to prep them with.

 

[A.Wilson013]

I'm going to be using the duplicolor hyper silver kit but I would like to know what primer to use?
I'm assuming a lighter or darker primer may affect the top coat potentially??

The hyper silver is a very light color paint. I'd use a lighter primer or you'll be using many more top coats to get the color you want.

 

[ElBrio]

The hyper silver is a very light color paint. I'd use a lighter primer or you'll be using many more top coats to get the color you want.

Thanks for the reply. I'm not too sure how great the duplicolor kit is but I really want to get as close to hyper silver using that kit.

 

[haydenwebb404]

Rustoleum truck bed coating

I Used Rustoleum self etching primer and Rustoleum Truck Bed Coatin turned out pretty damn good. Going to do the fender flares and bumpers when I have more time off from work. Totally changed the look of my 4runner with just the rims being painted

 

[Spaceman99]

Looking to do the same color scheme!

These are the wheels I did on my 05 Tacoma Sport

Just got a set of the same 17" Taco rims that I plan on installing on my 99 4Runner. I'm looking to do that same color scheme. What kind/brand of paint did you use? Has it held up pretty well? Never refinished or painted wheels, any advice is appreciated!

 

[fightman80]

Just got a set of the same 17" Taco rims that I plan on installing on my 99 4Runner. I'm looking to do that same color scheme. What kind/brand of paint did you use? Has it held up pretty well? Never refinished or painted wheels, any advice is appreciated!

The paint held up fairly well considering I live in a salt belt. At the end of the day, the stock Taco wheels corrode.... not sure why.. but they don't tend to hold up as well as the original 4Runner alloys.

I used Duplicolor products... don't remember the color though. I want to say it was a Honda color... "Galaxy Grey" or something like that.

 

[_04runner_]

What paint do you guys think I should use to paint my rims matte black? rustoleum?

 

[Bfalcon86]

What color is your truck?? I've never seen that color! It's fine!

 

[kissmybass]

Wheel Finish Help

Thanks for all the help and ideas all. I do have a question and i started noticing other photos have similar problems as me.

Anyone know how I can get a smoother finish on the aluminum? Notice how my center cap looks awesome and shiny (I spent the least time prepping those lol).

Here's the process I went through:
Aircraft stripper
Grinding Wire Wheel
Dremel Wire Wheel for small areas
80 grit sand paper
320 grit sand paper
600 grit sand paper
cleaned it all up with rubbing alcohol / acetone
3 coats Rustoleum self-etching primer (used the 2X primer for plastic for the center caps)
3-4 coats Dupli-color Gray Metallic. (hate this paint now because it splatters!)
3 coats Dupli-color wheel clear coat (expensive!)

Photos: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0ByNpTBTNns6ZbjQxelNobUZJTlk?usp=sharing

 

[octanejunkie]

Just got these painted.

Duplicolor Graphite Wheel Paint HWP102, with Anthracite (Same color as the body) center caps.

[MENTION=22788]prospectator[/MENTION] what did you do to prep your 5-star rims? I want to do exactly what you did here, sans the body-matching caps

Also, how many cans of paint, and how do they hold up over time?

 

[octanejunkie]

Dont use acetone on plastic. It for cleaning metal I put those same caps in the dishwasher & they came out clean. Then 2 light coats of plastic primer.

How about adhesion promoter instead of primer?

 

[Scramble]

How about adhesion promoter instead of primer?

I've never used it. One can of plastic primer is $4 in Lowes or Home Depot.
I assume you have adhesion promoter laying around.

 

[octanejunkie]

I've never used it. One can of plastic primer is $4 in Lowes or Home Depot.
I assume you have adhesion promoter laying around.

It was recommended by another member when I repainted my center caps, so yeah, I've got a half a can burning a hole on a shelf LOL

 

[Scramble]

It was recommended by another member when I repainted my center caps, so yeah, I've got a half a can burning a hole on a shelf LOL

LOL I do the same thing with spray paint. I use what laying around on a new project. Otherwise I'd have 50 half cans on the shelves.

 

[prospectator]

[MENTION=22788]prospectator[/MENTION] what did you do to prep your 5-star rims? I want to do exactly what you did here, sans the body-matching caps

Also, how many cans of paint, and how do they hold up over time?

I stripped them down bare with paint stripper. Only took a couple cans. They've held up great, here's a more recent pic. I haven't touched them in years.

 

[TrexRunnerGirl]

I'm gonna ask a stupid question about the process.
It goes something like this:

Wheels off truck/ preferrably tires off rims
use stripper to get the original coatings off
sand with progressivly rough to soft sand paper or sand blast them; sand blast both outside and inside where the tire sits?
prime them with ???
paint with choice of color - 2-4 coats
paint with clear coat or a sealer 2-3 x

the center cap and lugs get painted differently? - sand then paint - no stripping involved?
paint center T with a pen or leave as painted like the whole rim.

Mount balance weights on the INSIDE once tires are remounted.

Thanks for making it simple for me.

 

[octanejunkie]

I wouldn't sand blast, and if you don't remove the factory coating entirely (assuming a painted wheel vs a clear-coated polished wheel) you can skip the primer. If painting a bare metal wheel, a self-etching primer is often used.

Follow the recommendations of the paint you use for prep and coats, drying time and finishing.

The benefit of painting a wheel with a tire mounted is less chance of the paint being damaged when the tire is mounted.

Balance inside or with tape weights.

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