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Has anyone ever tried to paint their rims??? I was thinking I have a set of rims that have a ton of road rash and thought maybe I could sand them down and refinish them with a paint of some kind. I have heard that rims are usually coated with a powder type of paint to give it their original finish. Anyway I was just wondering if anyone had an opinion??????

 
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Boilermaker painted his si rims. chipped next day. he ended up getting his rims powdercoated

 
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Don't paint them man... powder coating is the way to go!

 
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Where can you get them powdercoated??

 
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HONESTLY... I DON'T KNOW!!! HAHAHA!!! My friends got their rims powder coated... but I had no clue where... Just ask around... someone knows... and that someone isn't me.

 
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You should be able to look it up in your local phone book.

 
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WHAT HE SAID!!!

 
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i know hot rod shops do them if you are lucky enough to have a lowrider shop close to you go there.

 
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my friend painted his factory rims black, they must have been silver(ish) to begin with, and they dont look so bad, but his car is always dirty so its kinda hard to tell. I told him that its not usually a good idea, but he said he put some kind of protectant on it and has had no problems

 
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this kid i know did his and made a walk thru...his rims look good...but i dont know if id do this to new rims..

http://home.comcast.net/~apexi9999/formztsi/wheels.html

 
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one of my close friend gave his Integra GS rims to another good friend Who owns a old skoo Integra... we sanded teh clearcoat off (pretty thick layer) and painted it graphite (rim paint) and then clearcoated it.... the finish was nice.. and we had enuff layers of it, taht on the second day he slightly curbed the rim, but the paint was okay.. just the clearcoat was scuffed

 
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Don't paint them. Its a big waste of time. One little pebble and you'll screw them up. I sprayed mine off with a hose and I took some off. Look in the phone book under powercoat, metal finishing, etc... you should find something. Motorcycle custom shops should be able to hook you up or tell you where they take their stuff. Thats how I found the place that did mine. Be prepared to pay $25 -$60 per wheel depending on color, size and the shop. You'll be better off finding a small family shop who does lots of custom orders rather than a line operation who does short jobs and customs when they can fit them in.

 
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These aluminum rims were powder coated red (looks like red chrome)

 
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Wow powder coating seems like the way to go! 25- 60 per wheel really is not bad at all!! I would definately pay that to get the rims back in picture perfect condition.

 
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powdercoat...

a lot of BODY SHOPS/PAINT SHOPs

do it...

ask around town!

 
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i painted mine. they don't chip.

of course it involved a bit of work (base coat, clear coat, more clear coat, heat lamp, rubbing compound)