Painted Stock Wheels - Graphite - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

Parmati · 05-27-2016, 05:10 PM

Couldn't stand the stock wheels and didn't have enough money for new ones so i decided to paint them. After a long sanding process (took 2 1/2 to 3 hours), I used Rustoleum primer, VHT Graphite wheel paint and Dupli-color clear coat. Pretty happy with the results!

Also won't be washing them for at least a week so sorry if they're a bit dirty.

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Whooosah · 05-28-2016, 02:26 AM

That looks great! Would love to do the same to my wheels. What grit sand paper did you use and how many coats of paint?

Parmati · 05-28-2016, 03:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Whooosah

That looks great! Would love to do the same to my wheels. What grit sand paper did you use and how many coats of paint?

Thank you!! I used a cup brush (attaches to a driver), followed by 320 grit and then 1000 grit to smooth it out. 3 coats of primer, 2-3 coats of color, and 2-3 of clearcoat.

Whooosah · 05-28-2016, 03:22 AM

Nice cup brush that's a good idea I'll keep that in mind.

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Clipdat · 05-28-2016, 04:41 PM

Great job! Looks a million times better than how the wheels look stock.

Lonewolf · 11-16-2017, 01:14 AM

Would love an update on how the finish held up but OP hasn't been on in a while...
@Parmati

8RZ · 11-16-2017, 09:58 AM

This is the color they should've come in, I hate the two-tone stock ones.

wparsons · 11-16-2017, 10:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Parmati

Thank you!! I used a cup brush (attaches to a driver), followed by 320 grit and then 1000 grit to smooth it out. 3 coats of primer, 2-3 coats of color, and 2-3 of clearcoat.

You probably don't need to go any finer than 400 grit before primer, and 800 grit if you need to smooth out after primer.

ermax · 11-16-2017, 11:30 PM

I pained my IS300 rims with a very similar process. Took me a full weekend of basically working on it all day both days. Cleaning and sanding was the hardest part. I used Dupli-Color for the primer, base and clear on mine. Did 3 coats of each. My IS300 is black and I also went with graphite. It came out really nice and held up fine for the past year. The only problem I have with mine is at the lip of the rim. If you aren’t taking the tires off it’s hard to clean the lip and also hard to get a good coat on the lip. So my rims now have the original surface coming through just a tad. Not that noticeable unless you get close. But the main surfaces still look perfect. Nice gloss finish still.

To really do this job right I would say you need to do it with the tires off.

I like how the FRS rims look in graphite. I may have to do this on mine the next time I am due for tires.

05-27-2016, 05:10 PM	#1
Parmati Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2015 Drives: Subaru Brz Limited Location: Virginia Posts: 2 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 1 Post Mentioned: 1 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Painted Stock Wheels - Graphite Couldn't stand the stock wheels and didn't have enough money for new ones so i decided to paint them. After a long sanding process (took 2 1/2 to 3 hours), I used Rustoleum primer, VHT Graphite wheel paint and Dupli-color clear coat. Pretty happy with the results! Also won't be washing them for at least a week so sorry if they're a bit dirty.

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05-28-2016, 02:26 AM	#2
Whooosah Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2015 Drives: FRS Location: HNL Posts: 126 Thanks: 66 Thanked 44 Times in 31 Posts Mentioned: 5 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	That looks great! Would love to do the same to my wheels. What grit sand paper did you use and how many coats of paint?

05-28-2016, 03:22 AM	#4
Whooosah Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2015 Drives: FRS Location: HNL Posts: 126 Thanks: 66 Thanked 44 Times in 31 Posts Mentioned: 5 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Nice cup brush that's a good idea I'll keep that in mind. Sent from my SM-G920V using Tapatalk

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Lonewolf Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Drives: Moped Location: CA Posts: 4,298 Thanks: 4,897 Thanked 2,127 Times in 1,193 Posts Mentioned: 21 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Would love an update on how the finish held up but OP hasn't been on in a while... @Parmati

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ermax Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2017 Drives: 2022 BRZ Limited Silver Location: Jacksonville, FL Posts: 2,532 Thanks: 882 Thanked 2,045 Times in 1,188 Posts Mentioned: 68 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	I pained my IS300 rims with a very similar process. Took me a full weekend of basically working on it all day both days. Cleaning and sanding was the hardest part. I used Dupli-Color for the primer, base and clear on mine. Did 3 coats of each. My IS300 is black and I also went with graphite. It came out really nice and held up fine for the past year. The only problem I have with mine is at the lip of the rim. If you aren’t taking the tires off it’s hard to clean the lip and also hard to get a good coat on the lip. So my rims now have the original surface coming through just a tad. Not that noticeable unless you get close. But the main surfaces still look perfect. Nice gloss finish still. To really do this job right I would say you need to do it with the tires off. I like how the FRS rims look in graphite. I may have to do this on mine the next time I am due for tires.

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