Official Wheel Paint Thread
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Dagobah
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Theres a guy that comes in to my work all the time, and he painted his steelies black, and the centercaps silver. His is salsa red pearl or whatever it's called, and it looks really really good with the black and silver steelies.
Ill try and get a picture next time I see him...
cj80cruiser
Senior Member
What color is that Stephenmarr??
TheDurk
Elite Member
Which ones? He's got two different sets of rims in those pics?
Bandit Runner
Senior Member
Probably not what you are looking for, but I'll post mine anyway.
I painted the outer ring area of my Eagle Alloys. Went from this:
To this:
The bronze color is actually Rustoleum metallic antique brass. I also painted the beadlock bolts and center caps Rustoleum semi-gloss black.
I really like the way they came out.
I painted the outer ring area of my Eagle Alloys. Went from this:
To this:
The bronze color is actually Rustoleum metallic antique brass. I also painted the beadlock bolts and center caps Rustoleum semi-gloss black.
I really like the way they came out.
cj80cruiser
Senior Member
I was referring to the blueish ones...haven't seen that one before.
cj80cruiser
Senior Member
No this is exactly what I'm looking for....just a picture gallery of different types of wheels and wheel paints to spark some ideas.
I see you matched your front emblem......did you paint the rest of your decals? I assume you probably did.
Bandit Runner
Senior Member
Yes, all my emblems are painted the same bronze color, so everything matches. Thanks.
J i m s t e r
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stephenmarr
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@cj80cruiser
i just the paint code LF151 Ford Mercury Grey.dupli-color
i just the paint code LF151 Ford Mercury Grey.dupli-color
Supra725
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I want to see the 3-wheel mod writeup,Saves 25% on everything!
lol.. reason was, the last wheel.. some particles from the paint can came out and it messed out the whole wheel.. Had to sand it down and redo the whole process..
Baja Runner
Member
Both sets I have had, I've used self etching primer and a few coats of high quality stuff, and have not had problems with scratching. I also go through a lot of brush when offroading too. I would say that you would need to re-coat every 2-3 years when offroading a lot. If not, then maybe every 4-5 years.
SleekRunner
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Okay so im planning on painting :artist: my stockers soon because like everyone else my clear is peeling and it looks bad.
So my question is. Would you say one can of paint per wheel? Like one primer, one base, and one clear per wheel? Or one primer for every two wheels and one base per wheel and one clear for every two? What would most of you guys recommend? I would like to get a good thick coat and make it last so i plan to do 3-4 coats of base.
Also for a primer should i use a self-etching primer + a metal primer or would the self-etching be enough alone or just the metal primer? Or some other type of primer?
Thanks for any help.
So my question is. Would you say one can of paint per wheel? Like one primer, one base, and one clear per wheel? Or one primer for every two wheels and one base per wheel and one clear for every two? What would most of you guys recommend? I would like to get a good thick coat and make it last so i plan to do 3-4 coats of base.
Also for a primer should i use a self-etching primer + a metal primer or would the self-etching be enough alone or just the metal primer? Or some other type of primer?
Thanks for any help.
Supra725
New member
I used about 3 to 4 cans of paint when I did mine.. for mine, I pressure washed the wheel with simple green, sanded it down and painted 2 coats of primer and 3 coats of paint on it.. Over the Weekend, I took mine down to Hollister and it held up pretty good..
for primer, I used the rustoleum brand and the same for the paint itself..
if you have any more questions, feel free to pm me..
good luck.
for primer, I used the rustoleum brand and the same for the paint itself..
if you have any more questions, feel free to pm me..
good luck.
SleekRunner
New member
I used about 3 to 4 cans of paint when I did mine.. for mine, I pressure washed the wheel with simple green, sanded it down and painted 2 coats of primer and 3 coats of paint on it.. Over the Weekend, I took mine down to Hollister and it held up pretty good..
for primer, I used the rustoleum brand and the same for the paint itself..
if you have any more questions, feel free to pm me..
good luck.
Okay awesome thats exactly what i wanted to hear. Thanks alot for the info ill definitely post em up once i finish them. However im doing a color already used by many of these guys (Duplicolor Graphite) but ill still post em. Appreciate the reply!
cj80cruiser
Senior Member
I used about 3 to 4 cans of paint when I did mine.. for mine, I pressure washed the wheel with simple green, sanded it down and painted 2 coats of primer and 3 coats of paint on it.. Over the Weekend, I took mine down to Hollister and it held up pretty good..
for primer, I used the rustoleum brand and the same for the paint itself..
if you have any more questions, feel free to pm me..
good luck.
You musta laid it on thick or I did it light :biggrin2:
Only used one can of paint and one can of satin clear coat here for all 4 wheels.
pdx650
Member
Since someone already posted what I have currently (Dupicolor aluminum), I'll post my last 3rd Gen wheel color
This is just flat black Krylon. I am now a Dupli Color man now though.
Really liking those Wrangler m/tr tires. May I ask how much they were. And I have stock wheels that came with my '97 base 2.7 liter 4wd 4runner. They are 265/70 R16. How am I able to tell whether or not I can run with larger tires? I think I might need spacers to fir anything bigger than what I have now. I see yours are 315/75 R16. Do you have spacers too?
corny
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Gotta love the Plasti Dip
Hows that holdin' up? I would imagine they get dirty really easy and hard to clean up but correct me if i'm wrong!
