Also, to help with overspray, use index cards between the wheel and tire. Works like a charm.

 

Hers my stock wheels painted black and the centers painted silver

 

What grit sand paper to sand them down once the original coating is stripped off?

 

Looks pretty sharp man. Did you make your light bar?

 

No got it from quadretech.com

 

Alright man thx

 

I took mine off 2 at a time and used a 3M Paint & Rust Stripping Disc on them. Cleaned them up REALLY GOOD and used RustOleum primer and black satin finish. A few coats of each all the way around. I taped them off for painting with painters tape and paper. Lots of ways to go about doing it. Now I need to go my center hubs. I HATE chrome/silver!

 

I think the hubs look pretty cool with the black around them. But it looks good man, black wheels go good with the gold. How long did it take u to paint them

 

flat black rustoleum

 

Thanks! Yeah, I like it too. Im trying to get it all Black & Gold. Partly because it looks great and partly because those were my high school colors and my favorite sports teams colors.

As far as the painting, not long, maybe 5 minutes per wheel. Now thats not counting the removal, stripping and prep. All in all, I think I spent 5 hours start to finish. Thats jacking it up, take 2 tires off, stripping, cleaning, taping off, prepping, priming, painting, dry time, replace and repeat on the other side. While the first two were drying I was doing other stuff around the house, etc. I wasnt trying to do it as fast as possible, I didnt it on the weekend while other stuff was going on.

 

Haha so your a Saints fan? I saw your thread where u painted your shocks gold lol. And that sounds like a good project for a Saturday or a Sunday. I'm plaining on doing it soon but just haven't had time cuz I just moved. Plus I gotta put some new headliner in it. But I'll post picks of her when I spray some coats on

 

Umm....NO! Boston Bruins baby!!!!!! Stanley Cup Champions!!!!! My truck is black and my Jeep is gold....on purpose!

 

Lol my bad man. When you see black and gold down here it's the saints. Hockeys not that big down here, but I there is a semi pro team in town lol

 

Before and after, finally got my stock wheels painted. Took the wheels to a local shop to get them painted professionally then painted the plastic hubs myself

 

I have Rustolium "Hammered" paint on my wheels. Been over a year now, & still looks good. My wheels are aluminum, but the paint should work well on steel too.

It comes in black & gunmetal too.