Painting Rims??

Mac7656 · Jul 29, 2009

I have an 01 Eclipse GT.

I right now am quite broke being I just bought this car last week. So I don't have enough $$$ to buy some rims. I was looking for someone that was trying to get rid of their stock rims and tires. So I can purchase them instead of dropping 800 on rims. I also then would want to attempt to paint my rims i currently have.

( that's why i want to buy someone's stock wheels in case I fuck up mine. Just to be able to throw on someones stock rims on my car till I fix my fucked up rims.)

I have read many forums and watch a lot of videos on how to paint my own rims. Has anyone ever tried to theirs? Do you have pictures.
My friend said just have a body shop paint them for me but I figured they would rip me off bad!!!! I Want Black Rims with a Chrome Lip, but if im painting them myself I could settle for ALL black rims.

http://memimage.cardomain.com/ride_images/3/3457/1/33640000008_large.jpg

HIJACKER · Jul 29, 2009

You want a black wheel with a chrome rim.

A rim is the outermost portion of a wheel. Then you have spokes and a hub. Stop throwing around RIM so damn much. I came into this thread thinking you where asking how to paint the rim of a wheel, which would mean everything would be masked off and only the rim is painted.

fanaticny · Jul 29, 2009

HIJACKER said:
You want a black wheel with a chrome rim.

A rim is the outermost portion of a wheel.

I'll be honest, that's getting annoying.

same thing as saying is America the US, or the Continent?. Everyone calls the US "America", so let people call wheels "rims" if they want. Nogaf IMO

Mac7656 · Jul 29, 2009

I meant to say black rim with chrome LIP but i miss typed..

bootsman · Jul 29, 2009

:facepalm:

No, you meant to say you wan't to paint the WHEELS black and have a polished lip!

tracer bullet · Jul 29, 2009

Moving this to Show & Shine, you'll get more info there. I know it was in the "wheels" section earlier but that's geared towards performance or maintenance and not appearance.

Pearl01Strat · Jul 30, 2009

Mac7656 said:
I have an 01 Eclipse GT.

. Has anyone ever tried to theirs? Do you have pictures.

http://memimage.cardomain.com/ride_images/3/3457/1/33640000008_large.jpg

Nope. You are the first. You will be a fucking pioneer of Eclipse wheel painting if you accomplish this :facepalm:

How about you browse the show and shine section?

White Knight · Jul 30, 2009

strip all the paint off of the wheels that you fucked up,have the tires and valve stems removed, then get them powder coated. it will cost more than to have a body shop paint them but they look better and last longer IMO

Mark · Jul 30, 2009

I'm all for noob razzing but holy fuck, lets relax a little bit. I'm getting tired of deleting posts in this section.

OP, there are numerous write-ups here on how people have painted their wheels. My suggestion however would be to have them professionally powdercoated...the results will be much better, and it will last much longer.

Painting Rims??

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