8th Generation Honda Civic Forum - View Single Post - DIY-- Painted stock rims with red lip, and fix your curb rash

honda06si · 04-19-2007, 11:47 AM

ok so this is what i started with

then i hit a curb and thought i ruined my rims(you can see the rash on the left side)

but then i followed this great DIY on another site
http://bmwtips.com/tipsntricks/wheel...uff-repair.htm

so i did that and then i used some steel wool to scuff up the stockers

i then washed them REALLY good
and primed them

i then used red caliper paint

got this

this is where i messed up, i did the rims a little over a month ago, and it was too cold for the aerosol paint to stick, so i had to re-do them......what i did was bake them for about 3 minutes to get the surface warm then i ran outside and painted them.... them baked them again.. i think the temperature for paint is like at least 52 degrees

a pic of where i taped at

then you put them in this 10 minutes on 300 degrees

then i taped the lip off

then put three coats of black on them

then i took the tape off...used about 3 coats of clearcoat and got this

close up

i made this because ive had about 6 people ask me about how to do it so i hope this helps!

also here is another great DIY on painting rims
Gram Lights 57s TA !!! DIY Painted Rims

you cant even tell i curbed my rims at all...and the red lip is hard to tape on stock wheels because there is no defined lip...but you cant tell...even my friends thought i bought these rims...but if you get really close to them like less than a foot, you can tell they arent perfect.....

04-19-2007, 11:47 AM	#1 (permalink)
honda06si Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: WV Posts: 11,158 justin iTrader: 6 / 100%	DIY-- Painted stock rims with red lip, and fix your curb rash ok so this is what i started with then i hit a curb and thought i ruined my rims(you can see the rash on the left side) but then i followed this great DIY on another site http://bmwtips.com/tipsntricks/wheel...uff-repair.htm so i did that and then i used some steel wool to scuff up the stockers i then washed them REALLY good and primed them i then used red caliper paint got this this is where i messed up, i did the rims a little over a month ago, and it was too cold for the aerosol paint to stick, so i had to re-do them......what i did was bake them for about 3 minutes to get the surface warm then i ran outside and painted them.... them baked them again.. i think the temperature for paint is like at least 52 degrees a pic of where i taped at then you put them in this 10 minutes on 300 degrees then i taped the lip off then put three coats of black on them then i took the tape off...used about 3 coats of clearcoat and got this close up i made this because ive had about 6 people ask me about how to do it so i hope this helps! also here is another great DIY on painting rims Gram Lights 57s TA !!! DIY Painted Rims you cant even tell i curbed my rims at all...and the red lip is hard to tape on stock wheels because there is no defined lip...but you cant tell...even my friends thought i bought these rims...but if you get really close to them like less than a foot, you can tell they arent perfect..... Last edited by honda06si; 04-19-2007 at 12:09 PM.