I followed Ludacris' how-to on painting your rims and I did them yesterday. It cost me a total of about $30 for everything. I think it's an awesome mod and I think for anything who can't afford rims right now, it looks awesome. And don't worry about my front end, lol, I got in a little accident. I know I need a new hood/bumper/grill. Just look at the rims! I still need to clean up the edges a bit with some paint thinner and make them a little neater, but I think they came out good. And I think they look much better than stock. Here are the pics:

http://img58.photobucket.com/albums/...i/P1010181.jpg
http://img58.photobucket.com/albums/...i/P1010180.jpg
http://img58.photobucket.com/albums/...i/P1010179.jpg
http://img58.photobucket.com/albums/...i/P1010178.jpg

 

The pictures are slightly blurring, but they look awesome especially on a white car. I've been thinking about getting the 16" wheels, they look better than the sawblades and painting them maybe an alternative for now hmmm.

Nice work!

 

Looks good. Pics are kinda blurry.

 

Yeah my camera kinda sucks and it was raining out, so i was rushing.

 

wow that looks really nice on your car but why didn't you paint the centercap? i think it would look better if it was painted too

sux about you front end though

 

Dude i like it. I was thinking about doing the same thing. Just havent had the time yet.

 

Yeah I think I might end up painting the centercap, but I wasn't sure what would look better. But I'll prolly paint them tonight if I have enough paint left. Here are some clearer pictures.

http://img58.photobucket.com/albums/...i/P1010182.jpg
http://img58.photobucket.com/albums/...i/P1010183.jpg
http://img58.photobucket.com/albums/...i/P1010184.jpg
http://img58.photobucket.com/albums/...i/P1010185.jpg

 

damn i wanna do this someone do it for me i dont trust myself w/ paint lol

 

can you enlighten us and tell us exactly what paint you used and stuff like that... i think i should try this since my rims are old and dont look so good... and im poor

 

I used duplicolor graphite paint, and duplicolor clear. They were I believe like 5 dollars a can, and I used one can of each. Just follow Ludacris' directions. I taped off more of the lip though. I overhanged the tape and went around the inside of the rim with a razorblade and cut the tape, then sprayed it. If you have any questions, just PM me. Just make sure that you sand the h ell out of the rims because I had to repaint them a couple times because of the paint not sticking. Make sure they're completely dry before painting.

 

damn.. those look nice!! i like them

 

sweet! looks great. If you do the A.E. headlight mod then it will look even better. Nice work.

 

nice job. did you use aircraft stripper to get the original layer of paint off? i was thinking about painting my rims over the original layer of paint. i figured it would be okay as long as the surface was clean (or do you actually have to remove the paint?)

 

I'm doing mine tomorrow. I wanted to do them black but I'll have to settle for graphite. Everything cost like $16. We'll see how the saw blades look painted.

 

Damn..everyones starting to do this bc its summer vacation or something

lol jk good job, looks great on white! But yea paint the center caps..

 

those look great! i gotta do that soon...

 

Take pictures ASAP. it if looks good I may just paint my sawblades. Still rather have the 16s though, but I'm poor.

 

I'll also be doing mine shortly, I picked up all the supplies earlier today!

 

I'll be taking pics as I go. The second coat I'm putting on is black(not wheel paint) so I'll take pics of how that looks too. Painting the calipers black as well.

 

Black on the sawblades? I was always wondering how it would have looked if I painted my wheels black..

 

hmmm...maybe i'll just do my 300zx wheels myself so I can hurry up and get tires for them.


oh and sawbladez 0wn j00 all. don't forget that.

 

Looks sweet man

 

not the maxima sawblades...but the gsr sawblades do

 

i'm diggin it, and i like the center cap left alone, don't paint it if you ask me.

 

looks hot!

 

love the machined lip style you left

 

OOOH man, those look crazy!!....Don't paint the center cap, they look fine like that....Straight Fire.

 

Paint looks fine but I would fix that front end.. yuck.

Proph

 

get that crap outta here.

 

i like it, but u need to paint the center caps too

 

Thank you Big D. I need to see how painted sawblades look because mine are pealing some clear layer off anyways.

 

Yea i agree, paint the center caps. Next week ill be doing mine cause i have a set of 2000 17's from my boys old car that i can use for the time being. Cant afford new wheels right now... I never realized just how expensive wheels can get.

 

I like the way that you left the rim that color so that it looks like a machined lip. Looks really good.
I actually like the way that you left the center caps a different color than the wheels. I think it is a good accent and compliment for the machined lip.

What is up with your hood?
It looks kind of messed up?

 

Brudaddy - That is from his first post.

 

Unfortunatley the sawblades will have to look stock for another day. I have to go out of town for a few hours to help my cousin. He was in an accident a few days ago and the lady that hit had no insurance. We wants me to drive him around to a few body shops to check out some prices. Tomorrow morning, 8am the painting begins.

 

are you planning on doing the AE mod to the headlights and corners, it would look **** w/ the rims, i the love black & white contrast.
you should go all out and do you signals, rear lights, maybe even some trim pieces or the door handles.
I also like the machined lip look you left, good job man, looks like quality work

 

Works for me. I hope it looks good.

 

looks sweet, too bad the only thing you can do to honey combs is replace em. damn.

 

I think they look great. Nice work

 

Are you guys using primer first? The paint will lay perfectly if you do.