painting stock rims
 

So I've been pondering painting my stock rims. I'm not sure how durable it will be or how to do it myself as well. I was wondering if anybody had some tips or has done it before. Also I'm not sure on either a graphite color to match my car or black. Lastly I'm not sure if I want all one color or these two here that my friend drew up. Any suggestions on those as well?

http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/l...%203/jeff3.jpg

http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/l...%203/jeff2.jpg

Check this thread out on a 2010 MS3 with painted OEM wheels:

http://www.mazdaspeedforums.org/foru...aspeed3-40916/

if you must go with two-tone do the second pic. lesser of two evils. i'd go with solid colors though.

Two tone makes it look like spinners... Esse...

Thanks alot. Seems like alot of work but if it turns out like that, awesome. I like the graphite color too.

that is true. I've been trying to think of how they would look sitting there and moving. I'm think I'm just going to go solid on them all with black.

Good call man!

U can do it dude it is easy. Not that durable, but u can just add additional coats. I can tell u how do it in 2 seconds its really easy. Put the car on jacks and take wheels off, wash & dry them, scuff w/ scotch brite, wipe w/ a tack cloth, spray adhesion promoter, 3 cans duplicolor wheel coating black, 2 cans duplicolor wheel coating clear, and your done. You can buy all tha shyt at pep boys. Just be ready for the extra attention the car will recieve. And u still need to keep them clean, they turn brown with brake dust. Good luck.

http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h1.../JAMESMS38.jpg

That looks very good on there with all black. Glad I'm choosing that one. Once the weather gets nice again and I have a day off I will be getting these done. Thanks alot for the help and picture.

I highly recommend sanding with 2000 grit before spraying the clear.
Here is a pic of my RX8's I sprayed this weekend.

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y5/...3/9484149d.jpg

I used the same duplicolor wheel paint last year without the clear and I thought the paint was very durable. I do alot of highway driving and didn't have any noticeable chips or scratches when I sanded them down this weekend.

Here's a link to Lenny's thread about painting stockers, if you haven't seen it already:

http://www.mazdaspeedforums.org/foru...-wheels-53618/

ive actually seen that b4.. on a ms6..

looked iffy.. not as good as u might think...

it looks great :)

Finally got them done. I had to bring them to a shop to get done. Turned out decent. They just didn't get the center cap. Doesn't look that bad but I'll get it black eventually. I would have done them myself, but I just got a full-time job and now have almost no time to get anything done like I wanted.

http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/l...3/P5030729.jpg