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