Wootah

Decided to paint my rims black, and in my opinion they look sick. Opinions please

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theSteve

indeed it did.

FatJ

I say they look good, my buddy who has the same rims says polishing woulda been betta, but i think both look good... nice car

25THRSS

nice car, but i dont like the black rims. Look too much like steel wheels without hubcaps to me.

Wootah

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Wootah

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87z28camaro

well they would look great polished, they look OK now, i must say, very nice painting job you done there, what kind of paint did u use if u dont mind me asking,

97-1LE

They are so so, I like the polished wheel better.

Corbi_85-IROC

I was expecting them to not look good, but I am pleasantly surprised to say it actually looks good on your car. You did a pretty good job painting them. I think the ring makes it look better than others i've seen that are completely black.

Azure

I like them a LOT more then the polished wheel, I just wish you could of got a bit more of an even circle of paint..though I imagine it's not the easiest to do as it is.

Falconiroc

what is this new fad about black painted rims? i dont get it.

Azure

I didn't know there was one.

Squeeks83

that looks nice man, i love that look for your car.

Howell86IROC

What kind of paint did you use? I was thinking about the same for my black IROC-Z

Black_Widdow

iTrader: (1)

I like them.

Maybe you should polish just the inner part of the spoke. Do you know what I mean? That might look even better.

rs_boy

Very nice car, but I'd have to agree with the rest of you's who like the polished look better. I think black rims only look good on white or lighter colored vehicles. But I will give you props for the idea and modding.

Azure

I love them, especially when compared to those body-coloured IROC type rims...bleh...this way they have an almost GTA Crosslace type feel.

Wootah

wellt he reason i painted them all black, is cause the front right was bent, and i couldnt find an exact double striped FRONT rim that someone would sell me seperate from a set.. so i had to get the older style, and i didnt want it to mismatch which obviously it would.. id figure if they were black theyd be harder to notice that the front right is 1 stripe rather then the other 3 being 2 striped.

Process :

1) Buy ALOT of aircraft stripper, ii couldnt have don it without this stuff.. Id buy 6 cans. Also helps drasticly to have a pressure washer to blast the stuff off.

2) coat the rims down, and let em sit for 15min. Spray off the bubbled clear coat.

3) repeat, this time it will dig deep into the paint and remove all you need removed.

4) do every rim like this, its VERY time consuming, but its WELL worth the time.

5) dry the rims, and i took 100 grit sandpaper to remove the clearcoat / pieces of paint i couldnt get off, which wasnt alot, but then again, i didnt want this to be some hack job, i wanted it near perfect.

6) tape off the rims and spray away, i used universal black engine paint, and it was my first time painting a body part if you will, i mean ive painted stuff, but not something like this. I did an ok job, first rim ( older style) i did was very easy to paint. The newer ones were alot harder, the indents are slanted more and harder to spray. its like each rim id start painting got better, the 4tf was mint, and up until then there were a few things i messed up on. one hint i can give is DONT remove the tape until your absolutly sure its perfect, cause its a bitch to repaint without the tape, or retape it.

And thnks for the comments, i started at 12am and finished at midnight, so it took a while, but imo it was well worth it. Not to shabby for an 18yr old :P.

Mark1963

Your idea worked, I didn't know they were different until you said.

stevver84Z

Hey they look awesome, there is something about the black painted rims and the polished trim rings i love em, i have a 90 iroc thats white i was going to get the black GTA wheels for my car but i may just try to paint mine, i like the undercover police car look......

car looks good!!

Falconiroc

I see now, well hey , it worked I like your Idea for that particular situation...

nice work

hot86z-28

WOW! i really like those at first i was like, man i'm not gonna like this at all but that looks sweet. very nice job!

hot86z-28

took me long enough to get it small enough, but i dont know if i like it. okay now looking at it i do, how'd u do it e-mail to me cuda43023@netscape.net

Wootah

if you check up a few posts i posted my steps i took to do it.

Also just a "WARNING"

IF you use a high pressure water system or anything that can spray the stripper onto you, PLEASE cover yourself with rain gear or something that will keep the water off you ( dont wear normal clothes ) luckily i had a shower nearbye and i soaked myself in it for a few minutes, this stuff burns very bad.

I found out the hard way, my first spray off it all went onto me and in about 2 seconds my body lit up, it is an acid type spray, i mean it takes off paint and clear coat. Just stay on the safe side and buy yourself some raingear or something to keep it off you. If you have any more questions lemme know, and thanks for the comments, positive and negative, its appreciated.

FLYNLOW92rs

iTrader: (53)

I like the way it turned out on your car, although i'm a fan of chrome......

It definitly adds a nice touch to the car.....

I don't get the whole black rim thing either, I like chrome ALOT better, but then again i have seen some black rims that work very nicely with the car.....

TwinTurboROC

did that a month or so ago guys... nice work wootah

check out the post... my pics are close to the end of it



black iroc rims


edit : dude i think we even got the same kuhmo tires...

TimRS

Needs some black lug nuts now.

Wootah

I bought new ones so it would bring out the middle a little, but i hate the look of the locking nut.. although i dont really want my rims stolen, but i still think it looks retarded :P

theSteve

i really like the wheels. it looks great. i think the shiney lugs look right at home in their too.. kinda brings out the polished rim even more. nice job.

stevver84Z

just out of curiosity, what kind of paint did you use on them??

TwinTurboROC

i used high temp engine paint... gloss black though... as soon as as i get my tranny back together, im going to be wetsanding the paint down. oh and for anyone who wants to do this.... make sure its high temp... the regular paint will flake off after time...

stevver84Z

good to know i think i am going to paint mine, dont they make paint specifically for wheels?? is it good paint???

brodyscamaro

looks bad ***

llvll4l2c91350

i like the polished look better

TwinTurboROC

"to each his own"

Wootah

thanks for the comments guys. I think this will do me fine until i can afford a set of rims, but im doin other things first before rims like body parts and such. thanks

84 1LE

iTrader: (9)

I think you should strip the paint from the stripes,sort of a reverse look from the standard iroc rims......

TwinTurboROC

woo are your front and rear rims different.... looks like n96's at the back and 85-87 up front?

Wootah

my rims are the double stripe iroc rims, i forget what years.. 88-89 or something i forget. but the front right one is the older style iroc rim 86-87? i donno.. but yea thats why i painted em black so it wouldnt mismatch, i explained it up like 10 posts. good eye though

icebird_1981

luv them!looks real good! i am gunna be doing my z28 rims black also but i am only going to paint the light parts black, and leave the ring and to line going down each spoke.

SLP IROC-Z

iTrader: (1)

yeah i noticed the newer 88-90 roc wheels on the backa nd the older 85-87s on the front. i honestly dont care for all black iroc wheels.

BlackNSilverRS

not too big a fan of black rims. They look like you need to clean a major portion of brake dust off of them lol.

omcrider

Black rims look awesome, I like them. Chrome rims are also nice but everyone does them polished so this gives a nice look with the added uniqueness of not being like everyone else. That in itself is reason enough.

Zrated83

iTrader: (17)

I think you should get some blackouts now

Mike

Wilburwm

They do look good on your car, especially with that ring, but I'm another non black rim lover. And I own a set!
Anyone want mine?

84 1LE

iTrader: (9)

are those gta rims on your firebird,how much

Wilburwm

Yes those are the rims. THere are no scratches or curb marks. just a little break dust and minor paint fade. I don't know a price. For me to sell them now, I would need another set to put on it. I will trade for another set that I like. Right now I'm broke. I'm trying to start a business. www.WaynePC.com

Thanks,
Wayne
89 Trans AM
No mods yet, new Project
Still spanks **** burners!
"Is that a Japanese car? Don't you know they bombed Pearl Harbor?!

84 1LE

iTrader: (9)

Let me know if you decide to sell them.Are those black by the way.I got a set of 84 z28 rims,but there also black & 15in rims

Codename 47

iTrader: (4)

There is a fellow thirdgenner on this site that I know who is restoreing his car and is going to paint it with a cobalt blue type colored paint and then have black wheels. I think blue with black rims is pretty cool. But i deffinatly agree, that light colored car wiht dark rims is just awsome, adds contrast.