Painting wheels.

[Asian Invasion]

First off painting wheels will be best with no rubber on them.
Make sure you have all your supplies together.

blue painters tape 3/4 or 1" thick (will not leave adhesive residue and bends around curves better the thinner the roll.)
3M green scotch bright pad
tack cloth (for wiping away lint and dust)
1 can Bull Dog spray adhesion promoter
2 cans of spray paint of your color choice. (I used a krylon blue)
4 clean wheels
1 oven (yes I used an oven)


First make sure all your wheels are nice and clean and lint/hair free.
preheat your oven to 200 degrees. (lol)
mask off all areas you do not want painted or scratch/scuffed.
next lightly scuff all areas to be painted.
now wipe clean removing all dust and such.

now for the oven
bake wheel for 3-5 mins to heat the wheel
(paint sticks better to the heated metal and will be less prone to running)
spray the wheel with the bull dog with one good coat.
place back in oven for 5-10 mins
remove and now spray the paint with one good even coat.
place back in oven for 45-50 mins
this will flash out the paint quite nicely leaving almost no orange peel and a very smooth surface.
while the wheel is baking you can start the prep work on your next wheel.
once wheel is done baking remove from oven.
let cool and remove making once cool.
you should now have a really nice freshly painted wheel with a finish that should not peel or flake off.

 

[shavedaccord]

An oven??? lol I can't fit an 18 in my oven a headlight barely fit lol

 

[Asian Invasion]

I just barely fit those 17's . you could just place on lowest rack and leave the door crack open.

 

[I4 CG5]

When I painted my old wheels, I left the tires on (didn't want to dismount/remount and balance). I used wider pin striping to mask the lip since it is pretty flexible, then masking tape to do the rest. Turned out pretty good, but it would have been easier if the tires were off.

Nice DIY

 

[CHID0]

I'm in the process of doing a set now, but they're 19's and won't fit in my oven. I also just used regular masking tape and it didn't leave residue....I also primed the poo out of them before painting them.

 

[talontsiawd]

I've always backed things that i can. I did my valve cover like that.

When i repainted my rims, i just stripped them and then painted. I then repainted them with the tires on, just masked well. Both worked well except my wheels have raised lettering so that is a bit "globby" looking from too many coats on 2 of my wheels.

 

[BPAccord]

when i used to paint rims for the 240 i jus sanded them down first or if they were painted before i jus used aircraft stripper....after that i used newspaper and maskin tape to mask off the tires from the actual rim and jus free-handed....took about 3 or 4 coats of paint and some time...but after all that work...i gotta tell u...didnt look half bad