yotaman90

And here they are installed on my 87







Feel free to tell me what you think

AustinTaco

Very clean. I like it.

yotaman90

Thanks!

rimpainter.com

Looks great. Sorry I missed this thread, I could have helped. Looks like you did just fine though.

yotaman90

Thanks also!

Matt90V6SR5

Looks real good yotaman,clean.

Ron Helmuth

lurking along


nice job-thanks for the end pics

my son is working on mine now in the 3rd gen 16x7 size. We are removing a damaged clear coat with extremely fine sandpaper -320 wet/dry I think it is- he is the brains of the outfit.

Most helpful - appreciate you guys naming names.

rimpainter.com

Let me know if you or your son needs any help.

Cal01

..and if he needs more can but not a full one. i got that

yotalaz

how did you avoid painting the rims? anybody try painting them while there still mounted?

Ron Helmuth

we did ours with the tires off and no weights or anything. Personally I would not even begin to attempt it on the vehicle but that's just me....

rimpainter.com

I think you meant tires, right? You can mask off carefully and you'll get nothing on the tire. All of the kits I sell come with premium masking tape for this very reason.

As for painting rims while still on the vehicle...I've done it before. You have to paper off and blanket the rest of the vehicle really well. And be sure to have some showroom shine and a clay bar around in case you get overspray on your paint. It takes about the same amount of time to remove the wheels so it's way better just to do that. I never recommend painting the wheels while mounted on the vehicle to any of my customers.

cdre

I painted a set of aluminum rims with duplicolor after peeling the clearcoat off with aircraft paint remover and heavy sanding... worked great. I used a matte black and just touch up every few months as may be required.