I don't like my wheels... it's not the style, it's the color... it's so BLAH

here's what they look like





I want to paint them black, but leave a shiny silver finish on the flat parts and the rim. I could have bought a set of wheels already black, but the silver part would have had machining ribbing, and I'm going for something with a little more pop than that

First, I bought one extra wheel to experiement on, this way I'm not disabliing my car while I work on one wheel at a time.

This wheel wasn't painted like mine, it appeared to be natural aluminum. First, I took 220 grit paper, and sanded off the machining marks. I then followed it up with 400, 800, and 1500, and finally finished with rouge applied from a dremal tool

this is the result



then I masked off the shiny parts with fine line tape, and regular old green around the rim




I went ahead and primed the whole thing to help the paint stick to the aluminum.



now I'm off to go buy some glossy black wheel paint, and apply at least a couple coats before I pull off the tape. I'm probably going to put a clear coat over the black and the silver, but I'm not sure if the clear will stick to the silver or not. I may have o sand it off later if it winds up being a problem

More updates later

 

That should look good, post some pics when ur done.

 

got one done... 3 or 4 to go...

 

two down, two to go.

It's odd, the wheels that came on the car (the ones that were painted) seem seem to be a different alloy than the one that was bare aluminum. It doesn't shine up nearly as well, and the casting marks and ribbing are not nearly as pronounced, but the alloy seem MUCH harder. I have to work twice as hard to get out ribbing half as large. Anybody ever heard of this?

 

That looks real good!! Now you got me wanting to get that style & paint 'em to match the body color!! GREAT JOB!!

 

very nice, I did same thing to '86 iroc wheels.....looks sweet.

 

That looks really good, Im trying to find time to paint mine for now im rolling on pink Z28 wheels, lol.

 

I got 2 out of my 4 done before a set of 91/92 rims basically fell into my lap, so I have to start all over again.

Little tip though, when you have the wheels balanced, put tape weights on the inside or static balance them, keeps the weights from scratching up your rim.

 

Those look great!

 

yeah dude those will look nice. Its amazing what a little time and personal effort can get ya! I am in the middle of painting a set of 91-92's for mine. Here is my first one i finished. These, a set of BFG G-Force's and a nice 1" to 2" drop and this portion of the project will be done..lol.

 

they look great man for sure. Couldnt tell you the difference in the rims tho. I did mine as well at the beginning of the year. this is what they cam out like as well

 

done! All four wheels and tires are on the ground. I'll take pictures at the NTTGA meet on saturday

 

Man it must be nice to drive your 3rd gen all year round as mine is stuck where I store it with a foot and a half of snow blocking the door. Oh well its mod time LOL

 

all done!

 

What color is that?

 

Its a aluminium flake grey colour and with the flash of my camera they look completely painted but I only did inside the spokes and the single line stripes. This is what they look like on the car. Sorry about the pics as they are the only two i got that really show the rims. Didnt get to drive the car much this year so I didnt get really any nice pics

 

That looks great i am doing that

 

Did the same to my old set then got a 91-92 style set and did it to them.. totalled that car now working on the new rims... lol.. look good though you might wanna grab some red pin strip for the outer rim of the wheel just a thought....

 

that looks good i want to do the same to my 91-92 rs rims. Now go grab some armor all and spray those tires to set it off right.

 

That looks sharp! What exactly is rouge, though?

 

http://www.pjtool.com/jewelersrougep...gcompound.aspx

actually not the best stuff to use... you should start with the white stuf, then move to the green.. red rouge is used mainly for fine jewlery, but it was what I had here