I decided not to run the LC rims and just painted mine (about a month ago) using Rustoleum then put Revos on them. So far holding up fine.



Dirty



After a quick wash

 

looks good! I like the black on black

 

Like the dog too.

 

How did you prep the wheels before painting? HOw did you get the paint to stick to the aluminum?

 

OH yea I forgot to say it looks really nice!

REMEMBER.....chrome won't get ya home......



but semi-flat black WILL

 

hey man that looks great! and those wheels are pretty easy to find on fleabay should you mess one up some day. good job!

 

looks awesome man!

 

nice wheels i like the black on black as well

 

x3

Here's one method a lot of guys seem to be following:
https://www.yotatech.com/forums/f126...-video-103816/

 

Thanks guys. I just spent a few hours sending them, it was a huge PITA.

 

do you still have the lc rims?

 

I read that and I'm still not convinced that the paint will stick on the aluminum...

hmmmmm

 

sold them to a yt member a while back. if you scuff/sand, degrease and use decent paint it should stick.....powder coating would have been my first choice but it was too expansive.... so far i'm not regreating going this route and if they start to chip/flake i'll just re-touch. no big deal. thing is, don't spray them off with a high pressure washer like the ones found at car washes, hand clean only and dont use nasty wheel cleaners. should be fine.

 

Guess I'll give it a shot then! What do I have to lose?

 

exactly.....if they completly go to sh$it i'll then go the powder coating route or just buy some black rims.

 

Isn't the rim anodized? Then certain types of oven cleaner will etch it, and paint will stick much better.

 

Looks really good man, the tire shine really completes the look.

Would this look be considered "murdered?"


Fink

 

I believe it would be "murda" not "murder" lol. But yeah those wheels look really good!

 

nope both wrong....its murrrderrrrrrrrred out, dirty

 

Its how I roll....
https://www.yotatech.com/forums/f2/p...runner-141095/

Ducati is all black too and so was my old 525i (black on black leather, black staggered e39 multi spoke 17s, tint).