How To: Paint wheels on the cheap

[Siilver]

i done my alloys over 2years ago and there still going strong

http://www.reallymeansounds.com/forum/car-care/73729-alloy-wheel-clean-up-finished.html

few chips on them other than that there grand, i shouldn't have used orange primer lol, the chips look orange

 

[jonny_jockstrap1]

I'm gonna do the standard wheels on my red vectra soon. Cheers for the tips. Any suggestions on colour?

 

[dirty dave]

had a go at this!!!! this is what they looked like before

and after!!! well pleased with result.

 

[dirty dave]

 

[Lyons]

Dave what paint did you use? Aerosol job?

 

[Nicky]

Nice job Dave.

Must get up pics of the fluorescent orange R33 GTR rims I done a couple months back for the drift car.

 

[DaddyCC]

WOW! Thats a fantasic looking job and colour there Dave

 

[dirty dave]

Dave what paint did you use? Aerosol job?

HALFORDS primer. antricite paint. and lacquer. aerosol.

 

[john mc shane]

 

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[john mc shane]

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i still need tyers lol

 

[Sin Bin]

bought a set of old school tsw venoms that were in some desperate need of new paint so I followed the step by step guide and my wheels turned out fantastic!!!such a good guide with nothing left out, thanks, heres some pics of the painting process and the final product, thanks agian.

 

[Sin Bin]

bought a set of old school tsw venoms that were in some desperate need of new paint so I followed the step by step guide and my wheels turned out fantastic!!!such a good guide with nothing left out, thanks, heres some pics of the painting process and the final product, thanks agian.

 

[Ge0rge]

pablo im just about to do this on a blue tt with A8 or S8 alloys whatever ya call them, should i go with silver or a different colour?

 

[PacMan]

pablo im just about to do this on a blue tt with A8 or S8 alloys whatever ya call them, should i go with silver or a different colour?

With the colour of your car, personally i'd just go with silver.

Did it pass the MOT ok then?

 

[Ge0rge]

With the colour of your car, personally i'd just go with silver.

Did it pass the MOT ok then?

yeah sure did mate cheers again for the tyres good to meet you, i was gonna stick with silver but then wondered if they might suit a darker colour!

 

[PacMan]

No bother mate, was good to get a chat.

Might be worth doing a photoshop to see what the darker wheels would look like, but i think the colour of the car is a little drab (no offense lol), without putting dark wheels on it. Some freshly painted bright silver wheels would do it the world of good IMO

 

[Ge0rge]

yeah its for sale anyway its just to help shift it on the wheels are the only rough part on it lol

 

[Terry]

I'm with paclad on the photoshop before you decide - 5 minutes of someone elses time on here might make the decision alot easier for you Ge0rge

 

[Chris_702]

If its for sale then you can't go wrong with bright silver. Suits everyones taste as some may not like the idea of darker alloys. Ge0rge

 

[tomah]

pablo Do you still rate the Autoglym stuff for an acceptable job?

Reading your guide I'm thinking of giving it a go with that stuff, rather than the time and mess of primer, paint and lacquer.

 

[pablo]

It tidies up bad wheels but not really a long term solution tbh.

 

[tomah]

It tidies up bad wheels but not really a long term solution tbh.

With our weather and salt on the roads, is anything a long term solution??

We'll see. Might order a couple of cans when I'm getting paint for the calipers.

 

[pablo]

I mean if youre keeping them longtime better spending the cash and getting them done properly.

 

[Kerzo]

I did my Mondeo wheels with primer, paint and laquer a couple of years ago now and they have done ok - starting to break down now a bit but I put that down to the Zetec S wheels being a POS.

Considering doing them again this year but frankly dunno if I could be arsed with getting tyres off etc.