Painted my STOCK rims...... ooooh yea!
#1
So I go to my local auto Zone and buy 2 cans of wheel paint. and a roll of tape. Total price was about $12.00. And lookie at the results. I spent a nice Sunday afternoon after church sanding the wheels with 1000 grit sandpaper, just to texturize the surface for the paint to stick. Then I had to use black electrical tape to tape off the edge, since the tape I purchased wouldn't curve enough. I pulled each wheel off and also the hubcaps. I taped over the "Ford" cinter area on the hubcaps and used a rasor blade to cut out the cicle. After spending about 2 - 3 hours prepping the wheels I spend about another hour painting. Later that evening, I mounted the wheels and hit the streets. BLING! TOTAL NEW LOOK for a meer $12 bucks and 5 hours of work. The paint has a "matt" finish, giving it a Powder Coat look in my openion. I was looking for a gloss paint, but I'm glad I used this paint and not a gloss. The car is lowered with Eibach Sportlines and I had the car striped a few weeks after I bought it. I am so in love with the way it looks now! I hope you like the pics. -FROG-
#4
Wow, this is the 1st time I've liked those rims. Awesome job
#10
FYI these are in if you are interested, Frog:
UPGRADE WHEEL PONIES
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UPGRADE WHEEL PONIES
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#13
As many others have said, that's the first time I've really like those wheels!
Why is it a regular guy with a can of spray paint can make better looking wheels than all of FoMoCo?
I have to say, those are some VERY crisp pictures too. Nice camera!
Why is it a regular guy with a can of spray paint can make better looking wheels than all of FoMoCo?
I have to say, those are some VERY crisp pictures too. Nice camera!
#14
Originally posted by Sonic05@August 1, 2005, 4:41 PM
As many others have said, that's the first time I've really like those wheels!
Why is it a regular guy with a can of spray paint can make better looking wheels than all of FoMoCo?
I have to say, those are some VERY crisp pictures too. Nice camera!
As many others have said, that's the first time I've really like those wheels!
Why is it a regular guy with a can of spray paint can make better looking wheels than all of FoMoCo?
I have to say, those are some VERY crisp pictures too. Nice camera!
Thanks man. he he he about the camera, it was the cheepest digital I could find about a year ago. I changed the resolution settings in the camera to 2048x1536 so the pictures where origionally bigger than a typical computer screen (huge pics). Then, when I saved them on my computer, I used microsoft paint to make them smaller and this compresses the pictures to about a 640x480 size and makes them really sharp. The wheel picrues was really blurry though, due to me shaking.... Any hoo, my camera was about $100.00 from Wal-Mart and it's a Samsung Digimax 301. Gotta love digital cams.
#17
Way to use your head when you modify your car. Hats off man, I like what you did. I used to HATE those wheels and I honestly would have paid to not have them over the bullitts but your mod has changed my opinion.
#18
It takes some real ***** to sand & paint your stock rims not knowing if the results will be OK. I must say... good job! Looks darn good!
#19
I must admit...when i first read the post...i was like WTF?..But i think it turned out great. Gives the car sinister racing type look to me. Good job and nice idea!!
Originally posted by -FROG-@August 1, 2005, 3:55 PM
So I go to my local auto Zone and buy 2 cans of wheel paint. and a roll of tape. Total price was about $12.00. And lookie at the results. I spent a nice Sunday afternoon after church sanding the wheels with 1000 grit sandpaper, just to texturize the surface for the paint to stick. Then I had to use black electrical tape to tape off the edge, since the tape I purchased wouldn't curve enough. I pulled each wheel off and also the hubcaps. I taped over the "Ford" cinter area on the hubcaps and used a rasor blade to cut out the cicle. After spending about 2 - 3 hours prepping the wheels I spend about another hour painting. Later that evening, I mounted the wheels and hit the streets. BLING! TOTAL NEW LOOK for a meer $12 bucks and 5 hours of work. The paint has a "matt" finish, giving it a Powder Coat look in my openion. I was looking for a gloss paint, but I'm glad I used this paint and not a gloss. The car is lowered with Eibach Sportlines and I had the car striped a few weeks after I bought it. I am so in love with the way it looks now! I hope you like the pics. -FROG-
So I go to my local auto Zone and buy 2 cans of wheel paint. and a roll of tape. Total price was about $12.00. And lookie at the results. I spent a nice Sunday afternoon after church sanding the wheels with 1000 grit sandpaper, just to texturize the surface for the paint to stick. Then I had to use black electrical tape to tape off the edge, since the tape I purchased wouldn't curve enough. I pulled each wheel off and also the hubcaps. I taped over the "Ford" cinter area on the hubcaps and used a rasor blade to cut out the cicle. After spending about 2 - 3 hours prepping the wheels I spend about another hour painting. Later that evening, I mounted the wheels and hit the streets. BLING! TOTAL NEW LOOK for a meer $12 bucks and 5 hours of work. The paint has a "matt" finish, giving it a Powder Coat look in my openion. I was looking for a gloss paint, but I'm glad I used this paint and not a gloss. The car is lowered with Eibach Sportlines and I had the car striped a few weeks after I bought it. I am so in love with the way it looks now! I hope you like the pics. -FROG-