Re-painting Rims

[taknitezX2]

Have any of you guys ever done this? Im looking at a used pair of rims, nice and cheep but a good bit of rock rash. They are striaght and all, but would like to know how they would look if i but some paint and sprayed them. Any opinions let me know. Thanks.

 

[rino351]

I don't see anything wrong with that.
You might have a slight chance of it flaking off, but that would be a while before that happened.
I'd say go for it!
You should maybe look into powder coating them?? Just a thought.

 

[rhyno]

I had some stock XL rims that ended up getting sprayed black. Looked really good until I got stuck in some sandy south carolina mud one time. The tires spinning in the mud took the paint off part of the edge of the rim. Nothing a few seconds with the rattle can could not fix though!

 

[taknitezX2]

thanks guys. anyone else taken a can or brush to clean up some old rims?

 

[pistolPJ]

as a matter of fact i did that at work today. so from that particular job i dont have any longevity reports to give. a piss can is a good temporary fix. you will have to worry about that parts that are coated over the original coat of paint. that tends to be the first to flake off. if you are just repainted some sporatic patches your best bet is to sand the very rough spots with sand paper, scuff (light sanding to remove the "slickness" of good paint/clearcoat so the new paint can bond) the painted areas and go from there. the best and most reliabe set i have ever done was for a spare, in which i took it to a car dealership, paid a random technician 10 bucks to sandblast it, and then piss canned it. i still have that rim, and although it has some scrathes on it, it scratches up just like an OEM rim