Painting Stock Wheels Black

[akexpy04]

Living in Alaska, I have 2 sets of wheels, one is summer wheels and the other is winter wheels with stock rims and studded tires. Since i hate the stock winter wheels, I was looking to paint them myself (since its cheaper) and i found this forum on F150online.com.
http://www.f150online.com/forums/wh...-oem-wheels-step-step-w-pics-56k-warning.html

Im gonna give this a shot and post pics up here with it step by step soon. Heres a pic of my stock wheels on from last year...Ugly yeah i know

 

[Expeditionary]

i want to do this to mine but idk how it'll look with a green truck........

I also am going to get new rims that are wider than stock for my new tires and they'll be black so idk lol

 

[walnuts4x4]

should look good... just spend some extra time doing the prep....

 

[EMendoza93]

It's not that hard... I painted mine that looked exactly like yours. They came out pretty good. All I did was sand the rim and then spray the paint. They came out good. And lasted through the winter without chipping or anything.

 

[EMendoza93]

 

[alaskanexpy]

yeah go for it, the wheels on my explorer started looking like crap so i painted them with a metallic grey. we'll see how it holds up.

 

[Soldier777]

These are my old expy wheels that I put on my F150

 

[akexpy04]

Nice, now i know how it'll look on it with it all blacked out. Planning on doing it this weekend but Gotta buy the equipment. Any suggestions or helpful hints in doing this? its my first time so i want to make sure i do it right, especially in the prep stage

 

[panda24619]

youtube!!! it helped me a lot. all you really need to do is mask off, sand, clean that up with rubbing alcohol or paint thinner, let dry of like a min, primer a few coats, let dry, can sand if you want, paint a few coats then clear. mine old up great to the natural environment, but put a screw driver on them and now i have cracks everywhere. along with some curb damage. o well.

 

[Starman]

plasti dip. if u dont like it, peel it off. check it on you tube.

 

[JTKustoms]

i painted my stocks gunmetal metallic gray and my friend's f150 wheels black, make sure you do a good prep job with sanding and cleaning and you shouldnt have any problems. mine have seen two winters while painted and havent had any chipping at all. i used rustoleum wheel paint and clear....a trick i learned is to use index cards to mask off the tire, you just stick them in the seam between tire and wheel so they overlap.

 

[akexpy04]

Its been a while and finally got a chance to paint them and install them. Here they are.


couple coats after the primer

now getting them installed on the alignment rack


then straight to car wash


and the final product

 

[alaskanexpy]

looks great! i like the center caps being chrome.


i'm waiting till it snows to put my snow tires on. i drive too aggressive..its eats up the studs.

 

[GAINMOB]

looks like an unmark cruiser...might be able to get away with speeding now!!!

 

[walnuts4x4]

yeah I was thinking it looked like a police expy too...lol

 

[akexpy04]

looks great! i like the center caps being chrome.


i'm waiting till it snows to put my snow tires on. i drive too aggressive..its eats up the studs.

Yeah i sorta like them now too. Im not driving too agressive but im hoping it starts snowing soon.

It does look like a police expy though. got the city cops turning heads and got pulled over because my tint was too dark. Luckily he left me with a warning and a comment on the expy.

My hids give it away that its not a police though

 

[alaskanexpy]

yeah only reason i wont..well have not done tint is that reason. my cousin used to get picked up every week i swear..now hes got a life time prescription after burning his eyes welding so hes legal.

i just want like 50% on the front driver/pass windows and i'd be happy.

 

[GAINMOB]

@akexpy...whats the tint % on your truck?

 

[akexpy04]

@akexpy...whats the tint % on your truck?

20% on the back windows and front windshield. 50% on the front two windows...I want to go 20% all around but i think its too risky...maybe i should take the risk

 

[GAINMOB]

i have 15% all around including visor...i want my fronts darker...blackout the rest...and 35%-50% on windshield with a limo visor...