Give me ideas. Wheels need painting.

[hmong337]

So I got these wheels for next to nothing. They're just your plain Jane 17x7.5. I'm refurbishing them as a small project to keep me tinkering. These will likely be wrapped with the stock tires.

I'm interested in some paint schemes. Throw me some ideas. My car is Ultramarine.

[gramicci101]

Gloss black spokes and bolt ring, gloss ultramarine barrel.

[8R6]

satin white face, gold bolts, black chrome lip.

[wparsons]

Paint isn't that durable on wheels, if it's something you want to keep looking good I'd suggest powdercoat.

As for the colour scheme, my vote would be to do the small stepped area on the spokes ultramarine to match your car, the rest of the spokes gloss silver and the lip either polished or gloss silver.

[z3ro]

ORANGE!!!!!!!!

[hmong337]

Although ideal to powder coat, I'm not gonna drop that kind of money for these cheap wheels. If these were $3000 SSR or BBS wheels, then sure. Only a fool would spend more money on his powder coating vs the cost of his wheels. At that point, I'd already walk straight to. 720form wheel or a set of rpf1.

So far, I'm diggin' Ultramarine lips w/ black centers. May even do the nuts in ultramarine too just to give it some style.

I was thinking blue lips with white centers... also with the diameter bolts blue. It's just that I'd be way too lazy to clean them weekly.

[kALMIGHTY]

I recently plastidipped my wheels for my Ultramarine. Did them in a hyper-silver colour. Haven't mounted them on the car but they looked good. You want some contrast with your wheels. Black or Ultramarine will just hide the wheels against our dark coloured cars.

[z3ro]

Originally Posted by kALMIGHTY

I recently plastidipped my wheels for my Ultramarine. Did them in a hyper-silver colour. Haven't mounted them on the car but they looked good. You want some contrast with your wheels. Black or Ultramarine will just hide the wheels against our dark coloured cars.

How'd you get them to come out so well? I tried mine in white and couldn't get it to spray evenly (stock wheels). It was relatively warm, ~65 degrees, and it turned out like crap and peeled pretty quickly.

[wparsons]

Originally Posted by hmong337

Although ideal to powder coat, I'm not gonna drop that kind of money for these cheap wheels. If these were $3000 SSR or BBS wheels, then sure. Only a fool would spend more money on his powder coating vs the cost of his wheels. At that point, I'd already walk straight to. 720form wheel or a set of rpf1.

My wheels only cost $300 to have powdercoated... it's hardly that expensive in the long run. Paint will chip off wheels, even proper wheel paint. If you go to a body shop to have them painted and cleared it'll be just as much as powdercoat. I painted the wheels on my jetta and the paint was chipping around the lugs before the wheels were even torqued down.

[gramicci101]

This is where I got the idea for the blue on black.

http://www.wheeldude.com/catalog/pro...products_id=50

[kALMIGHTY]

Originally Posted by z3ro

How'd you get them to come out so well? I tried mine in white and couldn't get it to spray evenly (stock wheels). It was relatively warm, ~65 degrees, and it turned out like crap and peeled pretty quickly.

Make sure the nozzle is clean and the can is shaken well, like really well. Spray some onto a test surface to make sure it's coming out in one even fan, and not blotchy.
Start with one light coat, basically dusting it on the wheels. The wheels should be at about 50% opacity after the first coat. Then the second coat should be a little heavier, about 90% covered. Then the coats after that should be heavy coats, so go a little slower but keep the spray even. The coats should look really glossy after applying, but make sure you don't overdo it or the dip will start to run and drip. Should be a nice, even matte surface once they dry. If you're doing a glossifier or metalizer on top of the base colour, you don't need to do a dusting coat. Just go straight to the thick, heavy, glossy coats. Remember though that the glossifier and metalizers are a lot thinner than colour plasti dip, so they'll start to run a lot faster, so pay attention and make sure you don't over do it.

[dradernh]

Originally Posted by z3ro

ORANGE!!!!!!!!

This. But I'd make it an irridescent orange, possibly with polished lips and barrels (i.e., everything but the spokes). I know the polishing would take it outside your budget, but I think that the combo would pop in a way that so many don't.

[hmong337]

Originally Posted by wparsons

My wheels only cost $300 to have powdercoated... it's hardly that expensive in the long run. Paint will chip off wheels, even proper wheel paint. If you go to a body shop to have them painted and cleared it'll be just as much as powdercoat. I painted the wheels on my jetta and the paint was chipping around the lugs before the wheels were even torqued down.

$300. Where the hell did you find that? I'll surely spend $300 on a powder coating job. The local place by me (Waterloo) wanted $175 a wheel! I told them I'd rather just buy new wheels lol.

I don't mind driving out to Toronto to get a deal...

[wparsons]

The guy that did mine is in Cambridge. Even the most expensive place I called was only $500 a set, $175/wheel is nuts!

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