Holy shit man, that looks awesome. Black wheels look good on our trucks!

 

I like the look, I am just not brave enough to attempt it yet.

 

That looks awesome! Great job!

 

Sweet job man. Those look killer!

 

Syndicate

That is one sweet looking beach cruiser!

 

That does look good. Great job! Maybe that's what I'll have to do that with my OR wheels.

 

So if I ship my wheels to you this weekend, how long will I have the X up on blocks until you get my re-finished wheels back to me?

AWESOME JOB!

 

very nicely done man!!

 

very nice, looks good on the X

 

WOW, looks so good man. I need to do this.

 

Nicely done, that looks great.

There was really no reason for you to take the time to strip the finish off the wheels. Just scuffing them up prior to spraying them would have been fine.

I have first hand experience with guys that have been painting their ZR2 flares for years with Duplicolor bedliner. It has terrible UV resistance. Try to keep it out of the sun as much as you can or it will just continue to get more and more white. There are a few products out there that will make it darker again, but I don't recall offhand what they are.

I went the powdercoat route.

http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL81/1991351/8126298/178473189.jpg

 

Syndicate,

That looks great! How long did the project take? Can I ask why you chose to keep the tires on the rims? It looks like you went through a lot of trouble getting the tape between the wheel and the rim, and I am sure you had to sand carefully around there without hitting the tire.

 

I plan on doing just about the same thing. My wheels are so chewed up from rocks that I need something that I can touch up easily.

I bet the reason for not removing the tires is it takes time and money. You would have to take all 4 wheels off the X, put them in a truck, drive them to the tire shop, pay to have the tires removed. Drive the tires and wheels back home. Paint the wheels, let the wheels dry, put them back in the truck with the tires, drive them back to the tire shop, pay to have them mounted and balanced, take them back home and put them on. On a long your X is up on jackstands.

 

That stuff would look good on sliders too.

 

Dude that really looks good....how long did it take you? And how long would it take you if you tried to do it again?

 

Look's sick broo


Ray

 

That's totally _sweet_

I'd do it, but then I'd have to pry the granite out of my rim.

Z.

 

Nice work!

 

Very nice work! They look awesome!

 

that does look good!
I've had that same coating on my sliders for about a year and it's holding up great with very little fade.

 

Awww crap.... that looks friggng awesome!!!!

You forgot to post how much this set you back!!

 

Okay well this is the perfect project for me!

I have my stock rims off my truck now without tires on them and i am running soft 8's with the stock tires. My plan is, as i am getting sicker of those soft 8's, to order new tires for the stock rims and put those back on, then sell the just sell the soft 8's and stock tires and spacers and all!

Now i can have sick black rims AND have stock rims AND have sick tires! Thanks for the sweet idea.... Only 2 questions:

1) how much did it cost?
2) did you have to do it to the ENTIRE rim, like the backspacing area and everything? and by it, i mean sand then paint.... not just paint.

 

I never liked painted wheel mods BUT this one looks good.
Was wondering if just scuffing up the surface with sandpaper would
be enough instead of taking it down to the metal.

 

Thank guys. I'm glad you approve. I was pretty excited about posting once I saw how well it turned out.

There was really no reason for you to take the time to strip the finish off the wheels. Just scuffing them up prior to spraying them would have been fine.

I'm sure you're right, looking back at the project. The Duplicolor adhered very well.

How long did the project take? Can I ask why you chose to keep the tires on the rims? It looks like you went through a lot of trouble getting the tape between the wheel and the rim, and I am sure you had to sand carefully around there without hitting the tire.

What Muzikman said, plus I saw no need to have the hub painted, since it's always hidden by the tire wrapped around it.

1) how much did it cost?
2) did you have to do it to the ENTIRE rim, like the backspacing area and everything? and by it, i mean sand then paint.... not just paint.

1)
Paint (5 cans)= ~ $40.00 (One can per wheel= ~3 even coats)
Sanding devices= ~ $10

2)
I'm sure I could have gotten away with doing far less of the wheel, however, yes I painted the entire wheel. I also sanded everything. I didn't want any weak spots that might haunt me later.
You could probably get away with painting only the front face and the gaps in the spokes. You've got to take wheel balance into account though. That's another reason why I painted all of the wheel, as evenly as possible.

 

Looks really good, i was just about to pick up some duplicolor this week. I am trying to get the same color as the wheels on the TRD edition FJ. They are a dark metallic grey almost black. I thought they looked really good on black.

How long did it take. Can this be done in a day with the wheels mounted? I am assuming it could be. That type of paint dries fairly quickly.

Again, looks great!