http://www.8thcivic.com/forums/showthread.php?t=36824

Forgive me for posting something regarding a Civic, but this came out pretty damn nice. Has anyone tried this on their 6?

that's hot

That came out looking very hot, civic or not.

wow i'm impressed
the rims look sick

I'm not a fan of black wheels, but I have to say that guy did a good job and it does look nice on that car.

I saw his pic before reading that thread, and I thought those rims were aftermarket..

So does anyone have the balls to do this to their rims?

Wow, that looks really good. Would look great on a 6.

+1 Whos gonna be our guinea pig?

I wonder white rim with a black outline, or black rim with a white outline....lol

White car, white lip, black rim http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g251/my-.../Untitled-3.jpg

Blue, blue, black http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g244/AlX...RT/DSC01587.jpg

The white car doesnt do it for me...EVen though i think it doesnt represent what the 6 could look like.. I think its time for Photoshop.

I like the blue

Damn!! Very impressive... My stock MS6 rims are all chewed up..Would almost be worth it for me to do it...

anyway, dont know about the rest of you but the very next thing i noticed on that car was the FMIC.... probably a pretty quick little car.

That looks really nice. Maybe I'll do that to mine. Should I go red lip with silver wheel or paint the wheels steel grey? Hmmm.....

Damn it Angel now you have me thinking That finished product looks hot.

Here's another example . If I do this I will most likely be going to towards a solid dark color such as these. Though I don't care for the flake in the paint

Red wheel with black lip.



I'm joking.

Wow.... Holy crap that looks NIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIICE.. I've always wanted black/gunmetal rims....

Here's another good how to..... Duplicolor training guide

Angel we might have to have a paint meet here soon when we have a nice warm few days!

thats siik.

Im In, but cant think of a color to go with..

yea those came out pretty damn nice.

I am thinking a color very close to brake dust would be nice

yeah awhile i found the same mod but only it was a evo http://forums.evolutionm.net/showthread.php?t=195524 different technique not takin off tires

nice job, mom must have loved the rims in her oven.!!

Black with an illuminite lip? That would be interesting, although I've never actually seen illuminite in person.

Cool, and cheap mod.

That turned out pretty good. I do have to question how long it holds up over time. I cant help but think if you went with a better quality primer and paint you would be wayyy better off. But man it looks great.

I am seriously considering doing that to my wheels... What do you guys think about that graphite color on a Steel Grey 6? (with the stock 17's)

I figure if it turns out that bad i can just redo it with the silver color

I think that would look good. It would hide the brake dust well to boot! I like gray wheels on SG. Go for it.

nice nice

I've got the balls! Now I've got a glacier silver 6 with painted red calipers.

What color should I go with for my stock wheels? colored lip or not???

You have a spare set of OEM 17"s or 16"s?

So we have a choice between white, black, gunmetal, black/gunmetal w/ flakes, and bronze? (Any other colors, IMO, would look tacky, unless someone can show me otherwise..)

I for one, liked the flaked ones from the Acura that someone posted earlier.. I think it was off an Infiniti forum..

I just realized you also asked about a lip. I think a red lip would go well w/ your red calipers.. Then again, I can't really successfully picture it in my head right now..

This one? I like 'em too

Hell yeah, that's the one, USAF!

i've got OEM 17's. I liked the Acura post also.

What about gunmetal/w red lip? I also got some aftermarket 18' enkie rims but I want to paint them bronze after I get them fixed. Here is a pic of the wheels.

i did this to my race wheels a while back. got some bronze ones from an evo guy, and started from there.





i started off wanting to go with the matte black, but i'd just bought all the paint stuff and was still learning....mixed in too much gloss....so they were now glossy. came out pretty good for my first try though.





..pic kinda sucks, but that that's them on the car. the gf bumped into them the day i painted them and tweaked one (driver rear), but they are track rims, so i didn't care much. more for practice than anything.

Tea one thing I was wondering is
How have they held up after a few months?
What type of paint did you use?
Did you bake them?
I remember when you posted up after painting them. I wasn't at that point yet though.

Gunmetal w/ a red lip sounds really good, actually.
Personally, I never liked bronze rims..



+1
The painting isn't really the problem (unless you're doing a lip), the main issue is how durable they are.

these were purchased for track rims.....i don't usually drive on my track rims. these are also a 35mm offset, so i didn't plan on running them at all until i pulled the fenders. i rushed to get ready for the track, and mounting these was my only option. i drove 400 miles up to the track, about 100 miles on the track, then 400 back and that's all i have on them currenlty. i haven't looked at them since i've been back actually, but i don't expect much. i only did one coat on them as i didn't really want the glossy look, so i just stopped.

i don't think it would be that hard though, especially if you baked them and used more than just an automotive paint (i was gonna start painting my car, and this was my practice) with a couple coats of clears. but i can't say for sure unfortunately.

I did my own way..... it was a last hour idea before I had to mount my snow tires. Also these are with the camera phone.

That definitely doesn't look half bad. Can you take pics w/ a better camera? How long have you had them painted? How are they holding up so far?

They been painted like that for like 6 months now? I'll try to see if I can find my digi cam. For your question about how's it holding up depend on what kind of paint you use. I use Gross black paint from menard because I have good luck with them in the pass. As long as you sand & clear coat they will look nice. I was thinking about buying some chrome paint and paint the silver part.

Not my 6, but I couldn't find a good one of mine to do this to...
Its a really quick photochop- if somebody wants to improve it and maybe drop the car, feel free.

Have to wonder how these home-brew paint jobs will look after just one run through a tire-mounting machine....

I'm sure it depends on how long you let the paint cure, the quality of the paint, how many clear coats, and how well you sanded.

Powdercoating is probably like $200, and a can of paint is what, $20? IF that much. I'd rather save the $180 lol.

No thanks. Do it right. Do it once.

in all honestly, i was expecting some good chips when getting the tires put on. suprisingly, there was not a single issue on any of the 3 wheels that looked good to start. the only bad wheel was the one that my gf ran into the day i was paining them.

i'll get some shots in the next week of my wheels. about 800 miles on the steet, and roughly 50 laps around Laguna Seca.

again, i didn't use much clear to protect anything either, so we'll see.

I change from Nitto 555 to Hankook Ventus Hr2 to Perilli Winter 210 and the paint still look the same. Tire shop now a days are doing it carefully because they are tired of being sued for scratching rims or chipping rims.

I would feel sorry for the poor sonbitch who messes up doing this

i did this on my stock 17s so i could live with them for the time being.
I used the Duplicolor wheel paint that was the gunmetal color.
I first washed the rims then wet sanded them.
Then the girl that had the girl before me must have used the rims to find the curb often and so i filled it with body filler and sanded it down.
then I put 3 coats on each wheel. 2 cans of the duplicolor.

The only thing i am worried about is when i have to buy new tires (soon), the tire machine will no doubt take off the body filler. But thats not a probably because of how easy this was.
I wish i had pics off had but i am at work. (and have my snow tires on so will have to go out to the barn to do it)

Post pics whenever you get the chance! I want to see the stock 17's in gunmetal. Does it have a flake finish?

Here is a photo-chop of the stock wheels done with the redstripe. I think it looks good. What does everyone else think?

I fixed the curb rash to my rims before, and when I had new tires put on this past spring, it knocked off a few of my touch-ups. So I could fix those spots, and have new "looking" rims!

I wish it wasn't so cold out, I think I'll have to wait until this spring to do this.

Looks really good.... Damn, now I wanna do this lol.