Maybe it's the lighting, but this one looks better IMO.

Either way. looks like you're having fun doing it.

 

Those look good... not drugdealerish... my 91 suburban Black with Tinted windows looks drug dealerish....lol

 

I say do it, they look good. I like the clear lip.

 

hell, i have already spent over a $100 on the paint and stripper, i might as well just do it. That por15 is $$. Whats the worst that could happen....i won't like it and i can always change it.

 

I'am telling ya go with a low gloss clear and a flat black it will give you the look without the shine. Just my .02s

 

crap, well i think my whole idea is going to have to change. One of the wheels looks like it was cast different than the others. its outer lip (the part that i left only clearcoated) is different. It isn't machined like the others but is a continual part of the casting. Meaning that it won't look like the others. I just noticed this as i stripped the paint off of it. Also its paint is much more durable....i cannot get the aircrapt paint stripper to take the primer off. This wheel must have came from a different bach or something. I think I have been wasting a lot of $$ that i don't have, but i guess we all do that.

 

Was gonna buy a set that looked similar to that, but could find the right backspacing. It looks reall good! What kind of paint did you use??

 

All it is is just a flat black primer and por15 clearcoat.

 

Why not just paint the lips on all four wheels? I assume you could find a paint that is close to the alloy color and then clear over it. Might be a lot of masking, but may be worth it. I would also suggest some wet-sanding to get rid of the orange peel from the clearcoating.

 

Any updates? I'd love to see how these look mounted up.

 

sorry, after finding that one wheel was cast different i kinda scraped the poject and kept my original wheels. I think i actually like my stock ones better.....I have been seeing a lot of bling bling cars around here that looked very similiar to the ones that i painted. AZ is notorious for show and no go! haha. I may at some point just have them powdercoated black, not really sure. Maybe somebody would want to buy my set and get creative!