Doing Rims
 

Hey guys i got my old 16's which the tires have the wires coming out lol...i wanna put these on my accord and they fit :) they look like crap with a super big gap above the fender but i dont care.

Here are the rims I Have to work with...
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As you can see here tires are DONE:
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This is where they are currently stored!!!
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Now i wanna paint them...the car is a deep blue so i was thinking of painting the some sort of gold colour...now my question for you guys is since i dont or can not get my hands on a sandblaster and i dont wanna pay to get them done what are the steps/easiest way of doing this process i am not looking for mint since its for the beater lol just bored and wanna do something to a car since mine is on hold.

Any advice will be greatly appricated. And maybe throw some other colours out there that could work with the car.

Car looks like this link below exact same.
http://freerevs.com/gallery/photo.php?id=12379498

Bring them here brotha. Well get those rims done in a day. I got all the ---- to do it aswell. Plus ur lip is here

Just get some sand paper, and just sand all the chips so they are smooth and the the paint is all sanded down. As well as you'll need some primer to prime all the bare metal with primer, and then you can just paint the rims what ever color you want, as well as clear them. Here's a list of stuff you'll need. I have done them for people in the pass before for friends and customers at work. I normally would charge $100 for a set of 4 rims.

Sand paper:
-240 grit
-400 grit
-600 grit

-Primer
-Paint color of your choice in spray cans x2
-Clear coat in spray cans x2
-A roll of masking tape

What about paint stripper. Those rims he has have some mean thick paint on them.

You don't need all the paint taken off them. the old paint acts as a primers for the metal.

Your right. I guess it comes down to what people prefer.

I would bring them down to you anthony but i wanna tackle something myself...

But the nicks on these are super deep in some spots but ill do my best to even them out as best i can.

Start with the lower grid to get those chips down fast, so start with 240, and then go to 400 and then 600.

If you want some help doing them Paul, you can come over on Saturday and I'll help you do them here at my place.

This will be something ill do maybe this weekend or when the girlfriend leaves for 3 weeks to Europe :(

Cool. If you want my help just let me know.

No Problem :) - thanks.

my brother and i did 2 sets of rims ( my winters and his stock altima rims) we pretty much did what spike said. sand it with those grits, for the inner part of the rim where all that brake gunk ends up with used a steal brush with the drill attachment and cleaned it up nicely, after u sand it we would wipe the rims down with paint thinner, prime them with 2 coats and then paint them with bout 2-3 coats of paint oh and we used clearcoat to give it a nice shine. we got all the paint materials from canadian tire as they have rim paint and primer for metal

heres a pic of the altima rims that we did over the winter, it took about 3 days of good work hope it helps

How about spike n paul, come to my house. well tackle a rim each.

I'm not going to your place to do them, when I can do them at my place, and not have to drive 45 minutes each way,lol.

lol. but its fun. and we can go on that cruise we have to go on for the map.

thanks danny ya the steps sound right. those rims on the altima look great im not looking for perfection but i'll try my best, and i was thinking of using the steel brush to make it even quicker.

Thanks Anthony and Jason but this is something i wanna try.

Now i just need some cheap tires after im done to mount them on the rims lol.

It will be fun.....not

lol

Ya trust me, its really fun to do this sort of thing in the garage with the radio on and having a beer outside ( keep it away from fumes lol)

lmao will do man ya it something that could be relaxing and a fun thing to learn. and maybe get the value of the rims to go up ^_^

lol ya dude for sure, good luck with it post some finished pics too if you can!

Im considering in getting custom paint from that cawthra place i wanna do the rims a funky colour maybe i'll get them to make some sort of deep deep gold colour hmmmm.

Any ideas on colours guys.

Car looks like this
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sand and paint them with dupli-color paint. thats what i did and they turned out great. if you need a hand paul let me know...LAID OFF! LOL!

Ill give you some Poly Supa strippa (paint stripper), and steel wool brand new for like....15? I think it goes for more. lol.

With a red teg, hmmmm, Gold sounds nice.
White isnt all that bad on red dc's actually , take a look

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EDIT: nvm, i just read this is for your blue accord....either way, something to think about when doing rims for your Red DC

They will fit both my accord and Teg so i might change it up once in a while so im thinking of a colour that will match both my blue gay accord and my red dc.

Update: so i started working on then yesterday after work. Got 1 sanded down with the low grit. Was a pain in the ass cuz there white. Got the deep chips as smooth as possible. Let's just say my fingers kill from the dam sand paper and I only did one lol. Will get some pics of the one i did today.

Found a super big dent on one rim just wondering how to fix and how much it would cost. Will get pics of that too. It's bent about 3/4 of an inch.