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Melbourne Victoria
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May 2003
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 Painting Rims
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Sat, 26 March 2005 05:47
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Hey guys, next weekend im going to paint my rims white. i just wanted to know, how to prepare my rims for painting? and what paint to use? is there any methods or hints any one can give me? Thanks
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Location:
Sydney
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February 2003
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Re: Painting Rims
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Sat, 26 March 2005 06:29
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do a search this has been covered befor..
are you using gloss or matt?
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Location:
Melbourne Victoria
Registered:
May 2003
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Re: Painting Rims
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Sat, 26 March 2005 06:54
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No idea whats recommended?
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Location:
Dandenong Ranges, VIC
Registered:
July 2004
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Re: Painting Rims
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Sat, 26 March 2005 12:24
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i just cleaned mine with steel wool and hot soapy water, then sprayed on about 5 coats of urethane wheel paint, then 2 coats of clear.
beware of overspray, its shithouse, i was masking off the alloy rim to paint the centres black. if you're painting the whole wheel, go nuts.
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Location:
Melbourne
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October 2003
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Re: Painting Rims
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Sun, 27 March 2005 00:37
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I PMED Nimrod about this but i'll put my procedures for painting my ONG Rally rims..
Now my rims were a real bitch to sand because i have lots of little corners to get the sand paper in, they take a bit of time to do them all, hopefully urs will be easier...
After u have given em a pretty decent sand with something like 300-400grit (or u can even use something corser to get scratches out) you then wash the rims with a clean rag and repsol, this is important as rims get quite dirty and need prepsol (wax and oil remover) to be painted on..
Afterwards you then tape up the edge of the tyre (easier of course if tyre is not there but still do-able) Get some decent masking tape and tape around the edge of the rim to cover the tyre (and mask the tyre pressure attachment as it will look cheap if painted by mistake)
Once u've done this you need to spray the rims with a "ETCH PRIMER" or "PRIMER FILLER" doesn't matter what colour, preferably you get it the same colour as the paint but that won't matter..
Etch primer dries very quickly, in 3-4 mins you should be able to paint on it
Then i got a 400gram powerplus (obtained from super cheap auto for $13.90 ish) and get the colour your after.. i got SNO WHITE for my rims. thought it would match nicely to the theme of rally being SNOW hahaha
And yeah if u do these steps you will have a very nice colour and rims that WON'T crack and stones shouldn't chip it..
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