Painting wheels ??
Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2004 5:49 pm
I have roh white powder coated wheels and what to change colour is there a paint that will go over powdercoat...........Dazz
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Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2004 7:57 pm
use sandpaper then acrylic undercoat .
Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2004 7:04 am
ok truth is... now this is a secret..... what you want to do to prep urself to finally paint on a new coat.... use window cleaner of some sort, like windex or whatever, clean it up real good on all surfaces you plan to paint, rinse off with high pressure washer, then clean with laqure thinner (spelling?), rinse off, then clean again with window cleaner... this'll get all dirt/grim off and wont leave any blimishes underneath your coat of fresh paint. works a real treat!
Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2004 5:28 pm
cheers
Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2004 7:18 pm
Mate got his professionally done $40 a rim, looks sweet too. But I didnt think it was that cheap...
Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2004 8:49 pm
Sand them really well with some 600 grit paper. Just before you paint them, give them a wipe over with some acrylic thinners. It helps the new paint bite in
Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2004 9:03 pm
I got mine painted by a local pannel beater for $40 a rim but I had to do the rubbing back.
He painted them in 2 pack black with a clear coat
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Paul.
He painted them in 2 pack black with a clear coat
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Paul.
Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2004 9:17 pm
i got mine sandblasted for $80 all up and powdercoated gunmetal for around $15 a rim.
Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2004 9:25 pm
Getting them blasted and powdercoated would certainly be the best option. Paint doesn,t like to stick to powdercoating cause it is just like painting plastic. Once you start taking them offroad the paint will scratch off the powdercoating and look fairly average.
Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2004 9:34 pm
ausyota wrote:I got mine painted by a local pannel beater for $40 a rim but I had to do the rubbing back.
He painted them in 2 pack black with a clear coat
Paul.
they look sweet too...
Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2004 7:53 am
cplux wrote:i got mine sandblasted for $80 all up and powdercoated gunmetal for around $15 a rim.
where'd u get that done mate? CC somewhere, or syd, or newy?
Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2004 11:11 am
or you could do like I did. I got a can of spray paint and painted over the rims. 6 years later all I do is touch it up every now and then 
Overall cost for the 6 years about $20 as I use the $2.50 paint from Bunnings. It is fine as the car is used for 4wheeling and rims get scratched so why spend big bucks for something that will get scratched
Overall cost for the 6 years about $20 as I use the $2.50 paint from Bunnings. It is fine as the car is used for 4wheeling and rims get scratched so why spend big bucks for something that will get scratched
Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2004 6:03 pm
luxute wrote:Getting them blasted and powdercoated would certainly be the best option. Paint doesn,t like to stick to powdercoating cause it is just like painting plastic. Once you start taking them offroad the paint will scratch off the powdercoating and look fairly average.
Yeh thats what i was thinking and because they are still fairly new and paid more money for them because of the 16x7 inch size rather than the common variety 15x7.
Thanks for the advise guys
Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2004 6:51 pm
i got mine sandblasted for $80 all up and powdercoated gunmetal for around $15 a rim
If you think about it if you payed $55 per rim plus the above, then you could have afforded bling bling ally rims.
But we all know that steels are the best look
Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2004 6:14 am
stumped wrote:cplux wrote:i got mine sandblasted for $80 all up and powdercoated gunmetal for around $15 a rim.
where'd u get that done mate? CC somewhere, or syd, or newy?
local shop in gosford powdercoated and a guy up at somersby blasted em
Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2004 6:55 am
I got mine 2 packed in silver for the mav cost 50 bucks a rim speedy wheels brand new ...............but bout 2 weeks later they brought out silver speedy rims so if ya silver go and ask ya local speedy wheel dealer
Stumped b4 u ask i got it done ova on mitchell road cardiff industrial area at a local panel shop
A1
Stumped b4 u ask i got it done ova on mitchell road cardiff industrial area at a local panel shop
A1
Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2004 6:58 pm
grimbo wrote:
Overall cost for the 6 years about $20 as I use the $2.50 paint from Bunnings. It is fine as the car is used for 4wheeling and rims get scratched so why spend big bucks for something that will get scratched
now thats an idea.......
how do they actually come up however...
Posted: Sun Mar 07, 2004 6:37 pm
A1MAV wrote:I got mine 2 packed in silver for the mav cost 50 bucks a rim speedy wheels brand new ...............but bout 2 weeks later they brought out silver speedy rims so if ya silver go and ask ya local speedy wheel dealer
Stumped b4 u ask i got it done ova on mitchell road cardiff industrial area at a local panel shop
hahaha... thanks A1
i think i'll end up going the can of spraypaint for the special anti-bling look 
Posted: Sun Mar 07, 2004 7:04 pm
savage wrote:grimbo wrote:
Overall cost for the 6 years about $20 as I use the $2.50 paint from Bunnings. It is fine as the car is used for 4wheeling and rims get scratched so why spend big bucks for something that will get scratched
now thats an idea.......
how do they actually come up however...
my brothers done the same thing. lasts along time. he lashed out a bit with his new rims and bought 10 buck jet black chassis paint from autobarn. alot stronger and looks alot classy'er.
MaccA