Wheels painting?

tonybui · 02-11-2013, 01:53 AM

I'm looking to get my stock wheels painted black until I could get some nice after market. Any recommendations of shop (reasonable price)? It would be around columbia area. Thanks

TerribleONE · 02-11-2013, 02:19 AM

I highly recommend you look into plastidip, especially if its a temporary thing.

MyKindaGuise · 02-11-2013, 11:04 AM

you can DIY in about a day dude. I did mine.

b1adesofcha0s · 02-12-2013, 12:08 PM

Cody have you had tires changed since painting your wheels? I just had mine done yesterday and the paint got fvcked up. Was told before hand it was possible due to the DIY paint job.

I'd also go with plasti dip if you just want them black. It'll cost you like $20 and a couple hours work.

tonybui · 02-12-2013, 12:31 PM

I'm not handy to do it by myself. But I did the plasti dip and there was so much brake dust, wheels turned grey after a while.

b1adesofcha0s · 02-12-2013, 12:35 PM

That's funny because my brake dust has turned my grey wheels to almost black

eastwest2300 · 02-12-2013, 12:35 PM

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Originally Posted by tonybui

I'm not handy to do it by myself. But I did the plasti dip and there was so much brake dust, wheels turned grey after a while.

I noticed that with blades's wheels. I bet its gotta be a pain trying to clean them up.

dmhenderson · 02-13-2013, 04:36 PM

Powderpowderpowderpowderpowder

It's much more durable than paint or plastidip.

b1adesofcha0s · 02-13-2013, 05:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by eastwest2300

I noticed that with blades's wheels. I bet its gotta be a pain trying to clean them up.

Off plasti dip, yes. Off my painted wheels it's not that hard.

MyKindaGuise · 02-13-2013, 06:19 PM

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Originally Posted by b1adesofcha0s

Cody have you had tires changed since painting your wheels? I just had mine done yesterday and the paint got fvcked up. Was told before hand it was possible due to the DIY paint job.

I'd also go with plasti dip if you just want them black. It'll cost you like $20 and a couple hours work.

No mine is just fine. The only things that have damaged it are rocks/salt from winter/ and where my wheel weights were at for balancing. the wheel weights are tough to get around unless you plan on ripping them off. But as for the other two If I had clear coated them they would be fine. Clear is cheap as well.

Tony I would find someone local who would do it privately if you supplied paints and ****. A good price would be $200-250 for a non shop to do it. Check at your local dealer most of them have a local private wheel fixer/painter.

I did all 4 wheels of mine for $60 in supplies.

MyKindaGuise · 02-13-2013, 06:27 PM

Also that being said..since im going to be doing some serious shows this year I am going to have them professionally powdercoated with the same design.

dmhenderson · 02-13-2013, 06:52 PM

Figure finishing for powder or Mike if you want to ship your wheels.

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dmhenderson · 02-13-2013, 06:53 PM

Make sure you have the wheels clearcoated too.

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eastwest2300 · 02-13-2013, 07:00 PM

Yeah, if you dont have them clear coated, you're wasting your money. The clear coat basically locks in what you have done, i.e. paint/powder coat.

dmhenderson · 02-13-2013, 07:45 PM

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Unless some dipsh*t forgets how to use a tire balancing machine and wrecks your wheel.

02-11-2013, 01:53 AM	#1 (permalink)
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b1adesofcha0s A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: MD Posts: 40,963 Drives: HypeTrain Choo Choo! Rep Power: 141	Cody have you had tires changed since painting your wheels? I just had mine done yesterday and the paint got fvcked up. Was told before hand it was possible due to the DIY paint job. I'd also go with plasti dip if you just want them black. It'll cost you like $20 and a couple hours work. __________________ Project: b1adeZmobile (2009 370Z) \| Uprev Tune by AAM Competition \| Berk Exhaust Project: b1adeZmobile 2.0 (2014 C7 Z51) \| Corsa Xtreme Exhaust Last edited by b1adesofcha0s; 02-12-2013 at 12:10 PM.

02-12-2013, 12:31 PM	#5 (permalink)
tonybui A True Z Fanatic Join Date: May 2009 Location: Maryland Posts: 1,397 Drives: 09 Sports 6 Speed Rep Power: 427	I'm not handy to do it by myself. But I did the plasti dip and there was so much brake dust, wheels turned grey after a while. __________________ Evo-R CF fang \| CF Mirror covers \| 20/25 H&R spacers \| RE-11 \| TopSpeed exhaust + y-pipe \| Stillen HFC \| Carbon Fiber Amuse rear bumper + Amuse Spoiler \| PWJDM

02-12-2013, 12:35 PM	#6 (permalink)
b1adesofcha0s A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: MD Posts: 40,963 Drives: HypeTrain Choo Choo! Rep Power: 141	That's funny because my brake dust has turned my grey wheels to almost black __________________ Project: b1adeZmobile (2009 370Z) \| Uprev Tune by AAM Competition \| Berk Exhaust Project: b1adeZmobile 2.0 (2014 C7 Z51) \| Corsa Xtreme Exhaust

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dmhenderson A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Maryland Posts: 5,930 Drives: AWD TT 370z Rep Power: 26	Powderpowderpowderpowderpowder It's much more durable than paint or plastidip. __________________

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MyKindaGuise A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 2,029 Drives: 11' 370z Sprt M6 Rep Power: 19	Also that being said..since im going to be doing some serious shows this year I am going to have them professionally powdercoated with the same design. __________________ \|445whp398tq\| \|BW S259 Turbo\|3" Downpipe\Exhaust\|ID1000\|AeroMotive\|Tial\|EcuTek\|BC BR\|S0-4\|MaffFab\| MKGs-Single-Turbo

02-13-2013, 06:52 PM	#12 (permalink)
dmhenderson A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Maryland Posts: 5,930 Drives: AWD TT 370z Rep Power: 26	Figure finishing for powder or Mike if you want to ship your wheels. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk __________________

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dmhenderson A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Maryland Posts: 5,930 Drives: AWD TT 370z Rep Power: 26	Make sure you have the wheels clearcoated too. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk __________________

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eastwest2300 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: May 2010 Location: South FL Posts: 90,987 Drives: '16QX70/'21 Supra3.0 Rep Power: 2684550	Yeah, if you dont have them clear coated, you're wasting your money. The clear coat basically locks in what you have done, i.e. paint/powder coat. __________________ Infiniti QX70 & Toyota Supra 3.0 Premium

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dmhenderson A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Maryland Posts: 5,930 Drives: AWD TT 370z Rep Power: 26	^ \| \| Unless some dipsh*t forgets how to use a tire balancing machine and wrecks your wheel. b1adesofcha0s and Wonka2581 like this. __________________

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