painted wheels

[Cbrdan600]

i painted my wheels on 2000 T4R 4x4

workin on some pics

 

[trd_4runnin]

:worthless

On a side note. I am in the process of painting the wheels off of a 2006 TRD Tacoma. Here is the one that I have done so far. The picture really does not do this wheel justice, I couldn't be happier with the results.

 

[blackikon]

Post your steps of completing the painting of the wheels. Looks great!!

 

[T4RBoarder]

did you clear coat your wheels?

 

[Fo_SheeZy]

Looks awesome!! :bigok:

 

[trd_4runnin]

Things I bought:
-Duplicolor High Performance wheel coatings (AutoZone - $5.49)
-Duplicolor clear coating (AutoZone - $5.49)
-400 grit Wet or Dry sandpaper (AutoZone - $2.99)

Things I did:
-Sanded down each wheel as best I could with the sandpaper (dry sanded)
-Blew the wheels off with high pressure air hose. If you dont have access to this just wipe them down with a wet rag to get everything off.
-Then I did 3 very light coats of paint and one final medium-heavy coat. Wait 10 minutes in between coats. After the wheels are painted then do the same procedure with the clear coat and let them dry overnight.

 

[RonMAIDEN]

I like to do mine in gunmetal.

 

[Snookster]

who thinks these wheels would look good painted black on my runner? Thanks

 

[trd_4runnin]

I like to do mine in gunmetal.

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Gunmetal would look awesome on your truck. I thought hard about gunmetal but decided to go with black instead.

 

[gapboi210]

From what I understnad, the Duplicolor wheel paint is very durable. I dunno about using regular duty clear though. It may start to chip or flake. Did you use a wheel coating clear?

 

[JustAnotherT4R]

looking good Cbrdan600 & trd_4runnin!

2004 Tundra wheels painted in Duplicolor - black with silver flakes, but it looks gunmetal in person.

 

[trd_4runnin]

From what I understnad, the Duplicolor wheel paint is very durable. I dunno about using regular duty clear though. It may start to chip or flake. Did you use a wheel coating clear?

I used the wheel coating clear coat that is supposed to be used with the Duplicolor wheel coatings. It seems to be a durable paint job, but only time will tell. I actually got all 4 of them done now. Hopefully will be installed next week. I'm getting them installed for free which means I gotta be patient...

 

[gapboi210]

thats good, just making sure that you didn't use regular clear