painting stock rims black

[pimpedout97x]

im using Dupli color high performance wheel coating...i did the front 2 rims today, im basically gonna look like an idiot til next saturday, becuase i ran out of time and cant paint the back 2 til next sat when im off again. oh well. but i am going to redo the fronts as well. im not happy with how they turned out. i also put a clear coat on, becuase i couldnt get the black paint by itself to look evenly applied...now its glossy, and has some orange peel. im just gonna sand all the clear down, and re paint it with some black, and if i need, ill get it professionally cleared. but heres some pics. from a distance, it looks badass IMO. only when your up close to it can you see the imperfections, which bothers me, thats why im redoing it. hey, it only costs like 5 bux a can, and maybe 5 bux in sand paper, and time. so im not really loosing anything

had to protect the MINI from overspray

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v171/pimpedout92x/Mini/DSCF1780.jpg

sanded down and cleaned (this i did right, the paint just didnt work out right lol)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v171/pimpedout92x/Mini/DSCF1779.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v171/pimpedout92x/Mini/DSCF1778.jpg

trashbag ftw

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v171/pimpedout92x/Mini/DSCF1781.jpg


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v171/pimpedout92x/Mini/DSCF1782.jpg

i tried so hard, but it wouldnt go on evenly!!!! i could get the top surface even, but to get in the little grooves, it made the top part get over spray and turned out bad

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v171/pimpedout92x/Mini/DSCF1783.jpg

to be honest, at first i didnt want clear at all. i wanted it to be flat completely. but i think i like it, looks good with the black paint. next up to get painted (professionally of course) is the wheel arches

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v171/pimpedout92x/Mini/DSCF1785.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v171/pimpedout92x/Mini/DSCF1786.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v171/pimpedout92x/Mini/DSCF1787.jpg


give me your honest opinions

[CalusaCustomConcepts]

How many clowns can you fit in there anyway.....

[V]

How many clowns can you fit in there anyway.....


Don't forget the clown with the bass drum.

It looks good. Might need to do some pinstripping down the side or something, to break up all the black. Just my opinion.

[CalusaCustomConcepts]

Oh, and if you put the wheel in the oven at 150 degrees for about 30 minutes before you paint it, the paint will lay down nicely.....but you're doing it ghetto with the tires still on, so I can't help ya.

Spraycans FTL.

[PEDRO MODEAN]

looks really good.i saw a white mini with a black racing stripe with black rims and it looked sweet.

at one point in time i wanted to paint my new rims with bed liner spray.flat black.

i've seen the rocker panels done like that,but not sure how the rims would turn out

[Chuck]

I think it looks better than stock.

[CBFryman]

Tires off the rim, bake, and wetsand between coats. Didnt we say do it right or dont do it at all? lol.

Looks good for spraypaint though.

[young_gun]

Looks ok to me. I think if the pics were in better light I'll like it. I've always been a fan of black on black. The paint looks like you used a spray can with a round spray pattern. I dont know if yours did or not, but if you get one of the cans of spray paint that have the fan spray pattern, like an I, it will spray a little more even. But im just rambling,lmfao

[pimpedout97x]

this guy painted his with the same dupli color wheel paint, no primer, tires on, and no clear coat.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v171/pimpedout92x/IMG_0145-1.jpg

his look perfect.

[orangecounty]

why dont you take them to him lol

[pimpedout97x]

cuz he doesnt live in florida lol

[Needdirections]

Looks good, and as dumb as you might feel; driving with both paint schemes allows you to really see the difference.

[pimpedout97x]

ya i almost got in a wreck on dale mabry looking in a buildings window at my reflection LOL...but the black does look better IMO.

[CBFryman]

ya i almost got in a wreck on dale mabry looking in a buildings window at my reflection LOL...but the black does look better IMO.

I hate that road when it gets down toward the AFB.

[pimpedout97x]

i hate it in general

[PEDRO MODEAN]

hell i'll drive the long way to avoid it.lol

i'm trying to think what building you were at to see your reflection?

[pimpedout97x]

i was in south tampa, it was some bank or something, wasent that long of a window, just enough to see my reflection

[pimpedout97x]

painted the back rims, one came out perfect, the other came out a little splotchy, but they will be getting wetsanded and cleared so its all good

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v171/pimpedout92x/Mini/DSCF1869.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v171/pimpedout92x/Mini/DSCF1870.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v171/pimpedout92x/Mini/DSCF1863.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v171/pimpedout92x/Mini/DSCF1862.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v171/pimpedout92x/Mini/DSCF1860.jpg

sanded down one of the front rims to be redone.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v171/pimpedout92x/Mini/DSCF1858.jpg

this was one of the front rims (that im redoing) so i decided to mess with the clear and wetsand it and see if i could get it to shine with no orange peel. i got a piece of it looking pretty good, cant really tell in the pics though.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v171/pimpedout92x/Mini/DSCF1871.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v171/pimpedout92x/Mini/DSCF1872.jpg

[PEDRO MODEAN]

lookin good!

[da_user]

lol i like it looks great way better than stock

[pimpedout97x]

im clearing the 2 back rims today, and tuesday after school i should be able to wetsand them, buff them to a nice shine, and put them on.

now i gotta redo the fronts :(