painting my rims

[Sport6]

i didnt even see this thread here. I painted my wheels on my MS3. I used high temp paint (gold) and metallic clear. As far as prep work, I cleaned,sanded.Then painted,re wet sanded (1500 grit), sprayed one more coat and cleared.
Heres a pic.

That looks awesome dude, good job.

I painted my 6's wheels with duplicolor's gunmetal color, I had a steel grey 6. It matched well and held up really well for 2 years.

Wet sanded, 3 coats each, 2 coats of clear.

 

[AAMguy]

im doing metallic purple this sunday!

 

[03.5-dc-speed]

im doing metallic purple this sunday!

nice dude i got your back on that one!!! if i like it alot i might do it over bronze.

i might do mine bronze friday them some purple calipers

 

[latina4sho77]

i did mine that charcoal gray color...im not done with them but its different... take a look... i think its gives it a nice touch with the red calipers...

 

[nighthawk358]

what color should i paint my rims if i have a metro gray?

 

[lestat13]

Decided to leave mine along. Black doesn't look right unless its like the hyper black on the rota torques. What about trying to color match?

 

[RUMBLEFISH]

what color should i paint my rims if i have a metro gray?

I have the metro grey and Im painting them that dark charcoal color. I think that will look best and not show the brake dust as much.

 

[cobblepots]

Quick question, how did all of you approach masking the centercap? I'm a bit concerned about not getting the lines around the "M" perfect.

 

[peeaanuut]

use a razor blade.

 

[Sport6]

I left mine silver when I did it. I liked how it stood out from the wheel. I was honestly just too lazy to mask it so I didn't paint it at all. It looked good though.

 

[PCspeed3]

How do I go about painting my center caps if Im going to do powdercoat?

I would like to keep the Mazda symbol chromed finish but color match the center cap.

 

[jlocurto]

i have a black mica ms3
how does everyone think rims would look painted black mica to match
then with a true red lip and also paint the emblems true red?

using the oem touch up up paint from mazda

 

[jon619]

How do I go about painting my center caps if Im going to do powdercoat?

I would like to keep the Mazda symbol chromed finish but color match the center cap.

Just paint the caps the same color as close as you can find. I think I read somewhere the chrome part detaches off with clips on the back.

 

[AAMguy]

doing mine again tommorow. getting rid of the od green for a metallic dark blue.

 

[daonly1around]

doing mine again tommorow. getting rid of the od green for a metallic dark blue.

i wanna do white for my cosmic blue

 

[PCspeed3]

I decided im going to scratch the powder coating idea and just go for some high quality outdoor spray paint. Is it best to use a matte color than a seperate clear coat or just use glossy color to begin with?

 

[AAMguy]

I decided im going to scratch the powder coating idea and just go for some high quality outdoor spray paint. Is it best to use a matte color than a seperate clear coat or just use glossy color to begin with?

use a separate clear coat, works much better. I will be posting pictures tomorrow of my new wheel color.

 

[Gmac03]

I was following this thread and never commented but was really hoping to see the OP go with a nice gold.

I come from the Infiniti G20 community and I love this setup, red with gold...

Gmac

 

[SomnoSpeed3]

What do you guys suggest for cleaning the rims?

 

[Kindred]

What do you guys suggest for cleaning the rims?

Some kind of cleaning agent and water would probably be a good place to start.