Painted My Rims on Saturday (Good PICS)

[MATTALLICA]

I finally pulled the trigger. I spent all Saturday sand blasting and painting my rims. It took me three hours to sand blast all four rims. Basically one (100lb) bag of sand per rim. Then I sanded each rim with 180 grit sand paper ( with an orbital sander and by hand. After that I cracked the bead on my tires so I could sand the edge and have no peeling issues. Then I blew them off and put them in the paint booth. I used epoxy primer wet on wet, baked the rims for an hour then painted them 202 Toyota black with flat clear.

 

[liqourish]

Wish I could get my hands on a garage like that!

 

[034RUNNER]

I like how you did it, they look good. Only complaint is how the center caps are with the toyota symbol painted over.

 

[diamondplate]

wow. you really did it right! It looks great!

 

[ohnoitsthecops]

**** like said before thats how you do it right im looking into a bronze color for mine.

 

[Radial GT]

Perfect,

I have a silver SR5 as well, and I just picked up a set of these rims a little while back. This is my spring project and you gave me the perfect visual of what mine will look like when I am done. Thanks for posting this, and it does look great!

 

[bitchaaz]

Wheels look great, but the center cap is on sideways in the 6th pic.

 

[Iron Clad Lou]

Well done!

 

[futbolking]

Very nice. Though I am biased.

 

[4Runners]

This is so awesome! I like how you left your nuts silver. Good job!

 

[Runner27]

did you paint over the balance weights too?

 

[zstampe]

This is so awesome! I like how you left your nuts silver. Good job!

Ha! Silver nuts.

OP, looks good man.

 

[MATTALLICA]

I balanced the tires and put the weights on the inside of the rim

 

[PWGUNNY]

Wow, that's a lot of work. You are a patient man. Looks nice.