Backburner project progress. Wheel Paint!

Luke003 · Post by **Luke003** » Mon Jun 11, 2012 4:10 pm

I had been all over my area, checking every auto parts store, looking for white or bronze wheel enamel. Finally, after months, I found some white. So I decided to go ahead and give it a shot. The white is a subtle difference over the gray, but I think it turned out well. Let me know what you think.

Also, forgive the poor picture quality. Took them with my phone, while I save up for a new dslr.

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Danteneon · Post by **Danteneon** » Mon Jun 11, 2012 4:28 pm

Those came out pretty nice. I didn't think the white would look good with Salsa red, but I like it.

cdewalt1985 · Post by **cdewalt1985** » Mon Jun 11, 2012 4:32 pm

its like the doub of sourcream in the middle of the salsa bowl Dan....they did come out good.

Luke003 · Post by **Luke003** » Mon Jun 11, 2012 4:36 pm

Hahaha, thanks guys. Up close they don't look as spectacular as I'd hoped. I have a hard time painting things and not having them end up all "fuzzy."

z3roneo · Post by **z3roneo** » Mon Jun 11, 2012 4:36 pm

I just hit the "like" button

dvon17 · Post by **dvon17** » Mon Jun 11, 2012 5:16 pm

what did you sand them with? I'm new to the whole wheel painting thing. However, mine are curb rashed too lol

Luke003 · Post by **Luke003** » Mon Jun 11, 2012 5:53 pm

what did you sand them with? I'm new to the whole wheel painting thing. However, mine are curb rashed too lol

Only one had that nasty curb rash. For that used an old sanding block I found in my tool box, and sanded the affected area until it was relatively smooth. Then I used a scuff pad to scuff everything else. 3 or 4 coats of paint. Then 3 or 4 coats of clear.

In hindsight, I probably would have used some high build primer on those scrapes, and then sanded that smooth.

dvon17 · Post by **dvon17** » Mon Jun 11, 2012 5:59 pm

Luke003 wrote:
what did you sand them with? I'm new to the whole wheel painting thing. However, mine are curb rashed too lol
Only one had that nasty curb rash. For that used an old sanding block I found in my tool box, and sanded the affected area until it was relatively smooth. Then I used a scuff pad to scuff everything else. 3 or 4 coats of paint. Then 3 or 4 coats of clear.

In hindsight, I probably would have used some high build primer on those scrapes, and then sanded that smooth.

oh ok...thanks. I'm gonna give it a shot. I'm going with the white rim too

2003se559 · Post by **2003se559** » Mon Jun 11, 2012 7:25 pm

Smoke ur tails or get black taillights will look a lot better! Nice wrk on the wheels

sidepipe87 · Post by **sidepipe87** » Mon Jun 11, 2012 7:53 pm

Danteneon wrote:Those came out pretty nice. I didn't think the white would look good with Salsa red, but I like it.

Tsk, Tsk Dante! It's blaze red.

Luke003 · Post by **Luke003** » Tue Jun 12, 2012 1:33 am

Smoke ur tails or get black taillights will look a lot better! Nice wrk on the wheels

I don't know if I like the tinted tail look. Plus, I always see Neons around with tinted taillights. I don't even like chrome all that much, but I rarely see the taillights I have.

Tsk, Tsk Dante! It's blaze red.

Yeah, I thought it was Blaze Red. I have a can of touch up around here somewhere, and I think that's what it's called.

sidepipe87 · Post by **sidepipe87** » Tue Jun 12, 2012 7:53 am

I think there's a good reason you don't see those tail lights too often... people realized 6 years ago altezza lights were ricey!

Luke003 · Post by **Luke003** » Tue Jun 12, 2012 8:44 am

I think there's a good reason you don't see those tail lights too often... people realized 6 years ago altezza lights were ricey!

Lol, true.

Danteneon · Post by **Danteneon** » Tue Jun 12, 2012 10:31 am

sidepipe87 wrote:
Danteneon wrote:Those came out pretty nice. I didn't think the white would look good with Salsa red, but I like it.
Tsk, Tsk Dante! It's blaze red.

I suck at life. /quit

2003se559 · Post by **2003se559** » Tue Jun 12, 2012 12:24 pm

If u don't like them smoked than get oems will look better than the altezzas for sure man

Luke003 · Post by **Luke003** » Tue Jun 12, 2012 2:17 pm

If u don't like them smoked than get oems will look better than the altezzas for sure man

I still have my oem's. Now I feel stupid for liking the chrome ones...

In my defense, I bought them 6 years ago when I got the car.

2003se559 · Post by **2003se559** » Tue Jun 12, 2012 2:22 pm

That's why lmao but ya try the oem and see how you like them

honda_zman · Post by **honda_zman** » Tue Jun 12, 2012 4:57 pm

I like them

silverneontuner · Post by **silverneontuner** » Tue Jun 12, 2012 8:29 pm

admittedly at first i thought this was going to look like arse but it turned out very well nice job.

jmoddes · Post by **jmoddes** » Wed Jun 13, 2012 12:03 am

question, what are you doing with that scuff, will you be

Luke003 wrote: used an old sanding block I found in my tool box, and sanded the affected area until it was relatively smooth. Then I used a scuff pad to scuff everything else. 3 or 4 coats of paint. Then 3 or 4 coats of clear.

In hindsight, I probably would have used some high build primer on those scrapes, and then sanded that smooth.

or something else. And for other members, I have bought 4 OZ racing rims off a really good friend. all 4 rims $75. Here is why.... (note: I made one scuff and the left front (when it was on the back))
Back Left

Now on the back left is my issue.. the OZ was scrapped.. how would I get this out?? and a close up is here..

Luke003 · Post by **Luke003** » Wed Jun 13, 2012 9:09 am

what are you doing with that scuff

The scuff pad was primarily for scuffing the existing silver paint to make the white paint stick better. That was important, because I didn't plan on priming the wheels before I painted them.

how would I get this out??

On mine, the gouges were pretty deep. In fact, if you look closely enough at them now, you can still see them. It's not a show car or anything, so I didn't really care about that too much. My aim wasn't to fix it, just make it look better. I used a fine grit sanding block to re-smooth the gouges because I assumed that would take the paint better than the deep ridges. Luckily, I didn't have any letters or anything to work around. I'm no expert, but I would say just sand it enough to knock down any sharp edges and it should be fine.