snow tires and rim painting fun times

[GrimmSpeed]

so i picked up another set of wrx stockers a few months back and finally got around to getting them cleaned up and painted. i had to do ALOT of sanding with a die grinder because the stockers were beat to hell aka MAJOR curb rash. i got them alot smoother than they were but you can still tell in some areas.


also thanks to mike wray from David Wray Automotive for putting on the nokia RSi winter tire group buy! picked up a set and they look awesome. got them mounted up at his shop as well for a great price. he was able to get them balanced as well which i thought would have been impossible with how beat up the rims were.

as for the painting...

1. clean rims with something
2. sand rims
3. one coat primer
4. 3-4 coats gold engine enamel.(used this 2 years ago on an old set of tires and lasted through two winters and still looks nice)
5. 2 coats of clear coat made for rims(can pick up at any auto store)

oh, and 2 decks of cards to make your life easier.



http://www.grimmspeed.com/project_l/nokian_gold_rim_0.jpg


http://www.grimmspeed.com/project_l/nokian_gold_rim_1.jpg


http://www.grimmspeed.com/project_l/nokian_gold_rim_2.jpg


http://www.grimmspeed.com/project_l/nokian_gold_rim_3.jpg


these puppies should do great this winter


next project will be to stud my other set of winters(wrx stockers w/ blizzak ws-50s) for the ice races.



Justin

[Reason]

Looks great Justin, shit the playing cards idea looks like a better idea than taping it off. I will have to try that next time around.

[Sarra]

That first tire, on the upper left, looks like it folded pretty quick.

I might paint my stocker WRX wheels if I ever get a second set.

[gefinley]

That color looks really good on the WRX wheels, nice job. That's a cool card trick to use as well. I'm also jealous at the mention of ice races. I don't get anywhere close to the weather for that where I am.

Just a thought, but shouldn't this be in the Wheels section instead of Engine & Drivetrain?

[blueb3]

Agree on the using cards trick. It helps things go pretty quick. I use the magazine subscription cards. Little bigger, less chance of overspray.

[Jedi Taxi]

I went to the junkyard to pick up some 15" steel rims that had tires with good tread for my snow tires. They still need to be balanced though. I'll probably keep the steelies as snow steelies though....for my eclipse....had to lift it some (1") in order to keep the new to me tires on. still need to figure out how much it throws off the speedometer.

though i still think this would be fun if i painted the steel rims some other color. just not something that stands out too loud.

[Huffer]

Just a thought, but shouldn't this be in the Wheels section instead of Engine & Drivetrain?

Topic moved. :)

[omahasubaru]

I've used index cards with great results too.

[98 ej25]

i unmounted my stock legacy rims and painted them gold i will post picks when i get my shit fixed nice job wid troughs wrx rims

[GrimmSpeed]

sorry mod...my bad

[jjs316]

Any pics of these on a car?



a BD maybe...?

[Reason]

Any pics of these on a car?



a BD maybe...?

http://www.sl-i.net/FORUM/viewtopic.php?t=14

[jjs316]

Any pics of these on a car?



a BD maybe...?

http://www.sl-i.net/FORUM/viewtopic.php?t=14


yeah ive seen those. I was shooting for a pic with the gold rims. Looks good with the silver was just curious about the gold. trying to get a set right now already painted gold.

[chipLRX-SLI]

this is deffenitally on the leg to do list
love the cards man

[Sarra]

I've now got 2 sets of wheels to paint, on the 2nd or 3rd I'm gonna pick up the paint and some notecards and get it done.

[1991legacyturbo]

What type of paint did you use, Brand? COlor?

[StatGSR]

^ duplicolor universal gold engine enamel.