I may be the first on the forum. I know others have painted their 5-spoke limited's but i didnt have that option and didnt want to buy new rims.

So my weekend project:
-Paint brother's wheels
-Decided to paint my wheels too
-crank coilovers a couple more turns
-add 1/4" wheel spacers in front from wheelers
-add poly swaybar bushings
-paint frame

here it is:
BEFORE


AFTER

 

murdered out ftw !!!!!

 

that looks sweet

 

And you didn't post steps on how to get a nice finish? Pfft!!

Looks good, but, seeing you and your brother rolling down the street together would make me freak out a little.

 

murderrrrrrrrrrrrrrr it out dirty....

 

man that looks sweet!! i think i know what im doin next

 

Dang, he's murdered

Looks good though

 

Looks super bad ass. I personally love murder paint jobs.
Next step is the tail lights.

 

I would go for the headlights next.....use black spray paint and black them COMPLETELY out..like 3 or 4 coats...so NO light can get through at all....that would be hella baller

 

too shiny imo itwould look better semi gloss but it still looks pretty badass

 

187 in progress!!!

 

Looks good,
What paint did u use?

Did you pull them off, sand them, then paint them?
Did you leave the tires on?

 

awesome job, that looks sick as hell in black on black on black on black

 

so to murder something out you have to snad them first? i'm not up on the lingo here. j/k

next year i think i'm going to re-do my old wheels for a winter set, i'd like to know what product(s) you used to get such great results.

 

looks great much better than before

 

ya we roll hard in this muthafu&#$......haha not really

I was thinking about doing that but not sure if i want to give the cops one more reason to pull me over



Ya, i dunno why the hell it came out so shiny, i followed the exact same steps to paint mine as my bro's and mine came out twice as shiny as his, after i was done I was like "WTF....oh well"

I pulled the wheels off TRIED to tape em off but none of my tape would stick so i said "F it" and just painted the wheels with the tires on still, i"ll be peeling that paint off later. Oh ya i did sand em, it was really annoying and tedious but had to do right, then i used 2 coats of rust-o-leum auto primer, and 3 coats rust-o-leum black paint of some sort...worked well IMO

Thanks for the compliments

 

dang.. somebody call 911...

that looks sweet.

 

I took this picture just for you

 

thanks osker, the wheels really do look nice. i used the duplicolor products last time and was VERY disappointed, i'll have to give rustoleum a try. by next spring i'll have to ask you how the paint has held up, although you don't have to endure the harsh cold temps and salty roads like we do in iowa, that was when the duplicolor failed immediately for me. the local powdercoater wants an arm and a leg for each wheel so that's out of the question i'll get back to you about the durability of the rustoleum and see what you think of it in a few months.

 

sounds good