How to 'gunmetal' your wheels...Ghetto style....*pics* - Honda Prelude Forum

neoekai · 04-27-2002, 12:08 AM

I recevied a request from SI4ws on how i painted my wheels so here it is

This is pretty ghetto i know, but i have had these on since january and the paint has not chipped what so ever... : )

1) First take the wheels off and clean them

2) Now lightly sand and clean again

3) Now mask the tires with newspaper....this is a pain in the @ss... its even harder when you have meguiars tire gel on it, tape doesn' stick well.....

I ended up riping the newpaper in circular pattern to cover more area of the tire.....

4) primer... i used many coats of primer. Plastic kote is the brand i used.

5) paint.....Make sure you do light coats... this is the key to making it last long

as you can see i couldn't get that very outer edge.....taking your tires off would be alot easier BUT mounting the tires back on could scratch the paint... and plus you gotta rebalance it....

spin_r_g · 04-27-2002, 12:40 AM

Man that is ghetto.. the paint will chip off from things on the road hiting the rims also the next time you get new tires they'll chip it too..

dflipmode · 04-27-2002, 12:44 AM

uuuhh...not really...my friend just spray painted his crx wheels flat black and there wasnt any chips on the paint yet....and he even did it when it was drizzling out...and the paint stayed...he's been driving around with it for a while now...i'm thinking about doing this to my 5zr rims...heheheh..just the spoke part...not the lip of the rims.....what color paint did you use neoekai?...thanks

dennis

shadowZZ · 04-27-2002, 03:16 AM

Good job, i like it

Tola · 04-27-2002, 07:47 AM

Ekai, I chipped the sh*t out of the ones I bought from you already.

. But then again I'm constantly driving at about 90mph

neoekai · 04-27-2002, 08:10 AM

the paint is plastic kote: 'gunmetal'. I know this is ghetto but so far so good......no paint chips...

tola, that sucks how yours is chipping already...i dont think i've gone 90 since i had these wheels......

prelude2005 · 04-27-2002, 08:25 AM

very cool....i like

kevie88 · 04-27-2002, 09:58 AM

I've been thinking about painting mine gunmetal or flat black.. the jury's still out however.

Si4WS · 04-27-2002, 11:15 AM

What grit sand paper did you use? Doesn't look like you went through the clear coat much, I want to do this to my stock wheels because they are junk, the clear coat has pealed, I wonder how much I can sand them down safely without harming the aluminum? I really like the look though, very clean.

Jordan_4WS · 04-27-2002, 12:04 PM

Do you know if this brand makes some kind of bronze color? Also how many layers of primer, and how many layers of gunmetal did you do? Also do you need to use some kind of clearcoat on top, or is it built into the gunmetal paint?

-jordan

Tola · 04-27-2002, 12:09 PM

Here's a pic I just took of it. It's hard to see the chip in the pic, but it's near the lugs:

TheGreatOne · 04-27-2002, 12:12 PM

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Originally posted by Tola
Here's a pic I just took of it. It's hard to see the chip in the pic, but it's near the lugs:

Looks pretty good though

Jordan_4WS · 04-27-2002, 12:16 PM

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Originally posted by TheGreatOne

Looks pretty good though

It looks good. I would like to do bronze though for my car. Kinda like the color in Neoki's sig pic with the sun reflecting off of them.

-jordan

neoekai · 04-27-2002, 02:54 PM

Oh yea, i forgot to add that you need a clear coat as well.

I used many many layers of primer, paint and clear coat.

The Acclude · 04-27-2002, 08:21 PM

I did the EXACT same thing last july minus the primer.

edit- In before this gets trendy and the FAQ

04-27-2002, 09:42 PM

looks like u kept the outer rim part on yours silver, did u just tape it up?

neoekai · 04-27-2002, 10:47 PM

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It looks good. I would like to do bronze though for my car. Kinda like the color in Neoki's sig pic with the sun reflecting off of them.

Yea man, bronze would look nice, somedude on honda-acura photoshopped my wheels with bronze volks....

BEFORE:

I like it alot

Prelude_2_NV · 04-27-2002, 11:12 PM

oh damn...dat looks so good with bronze rims

gunmetal rims look dope too!

Quote:

Originally posted by neoekai

Yea man, bronze would look nice, somedude on honda-acura photoshopped my wheels with bronze volks....

BEFORE:

I like it alot

H23ludeDude · 04-28-2002, 12:32 AM

I think i am gonna do that to my spare set, they will probably be used for slicks eventually.

Also, does anyone else think this is FAQ worthy??

red92s · 04-28-2002, 12:53 AM

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Originally posted by H23ludeDude
I think i am gonna do that to my spare set, they will probably be used for slicks eventually.

Also, does anyone else think this is FAQ worthy??

If you cant follow the directions on the side of the can, I cant see why you should be trusted with a drivers license.

Eh, I guess it wouldnt hurt to FAQ it. . .let the mods decide.