| Paint your own Rims? Who would have thought | | | | make everything sanded equally. This gives the rough |
| something previously done by professionals could be | | | | surface required for the paint to adhere, and as long |
| done in your own home. | | | | as your rims had no damage it should be good |
| While, the concept of painting your own rims has | | | | enough. |
| been around a few years now, many questions pop | | | | Your rims are sanded; you have your paint and now |
| up of how to do it and I thought I would share my | | | | are ready. First, make sure you clean all sanding dust |
| own experiences with painting my Integra stock rims. | | | | off the rims and ensure a totally clean surface so the |
| I have read up many examples of how to do this, | | | | paint will stick and not flake off after your first drive |
| but my first time trying was this year when I chose | | | | out with your newly painted rims!!! Here are my rims |
| to refinish my winter rims. I was quite please with | | | | washed and ready to completely dry before painting: |
| the outcome. | | | | My rims are masked off with newspaper and |
| First, what the hell do you need to paint your rims? | | | | masking tape. Of course you want to do this so you |
| Paint of course :) This is where Duplicolor comes in | | | | don't turn your tires into the color you are painting. I |
| with their wheel paint. They offer paint colors to | | | | don't want gunmetal painted tires. Also if you look |
| match your style coming in white, gunmetal, classic | | | | close enough, you will know that the lip has been |
| silver and bronze as well. I chose to do mine in | | | | masked off as well. So I carefully applied the masking |
| gunmetal leaving my lip the stock polished style look. | | | | tape on the lip to protect it from being painted as |
| So here are your options: | | | | well. Also, you know the little thing you pump your air |
| So you chose your color, bought your paint and are | | | | into, mask that off as well unless you want that to |
| semi-ready. First, you need to sand down your rims. | | | | have a color change as well :) |
| Why? This gives the surface a rough texture so the | | | | The rims are dry, you have masked off what you |
| paint has something to adhere to. Reference the | | | | don't want painted and now you are ready. Put some |
| article to polish your rims on how sanding of the rims | | | | newspaper on the ground and place the rim on top |
| works. The only difference with this is how far you | | | | of the newspaper. You don't want to paint the |
| want to go. In my case, being winter rims painted I | | | | concrete underneath the rim so keep it clean with |
| chose not to go through the process of stripping the | | | | the newspaper. |
| paint on the rims completely. I simply sanded down | | | | Now apply your first coat of paint. Let the paint dry |
| the surface with 300 grit sandpaper ensuring to | | | | well and next day admire your handiwork and results. |