From someone that does this for a living. A few mistakes you made. Use a cleaner with your scuff pad. And sand paper. I’ll wet sand with a degreaser or spray away glass. Cleaner. When cleaning the rim never touch the rubber with the towel. Do a final wipe with the cards in. Primer is unnecessary on rims a very very coat might be fine but it tends to cause issues on the rims. You don’t want the thickest layer possible as thick clear coat will will be more brittle. Typically two coats. All of that is just minor professional differences.
@@running2redlinealso warm your cans in warm water or in the sun and always paint the rims standing up spray paint loves to spatter when pointing the cans down.. nice work
Suggestion……save your back dude!!!! Have an elevated surface to work on & maybe build a “Lazy Susan” type rotating round surface so you can stand in one spot and gently rotate the wheel. Your spray can will stay more even & you’re less likely to miss areas while walking (bent over) around the tires.
This is awesome. I just did 2 rims today and screwed them up (should have watched this video before that). This is still really helpful for my other 2 rims. Great video.
Looks good. Just got a smoking deal on a Car for my sons "First Car". Only thing is it was old lady driven (Barely Driven At All) and she has Bland Alloy Rims, No Window Tint. Just kind of a boring looking Honda Accord. Paint looks good everything about this car is mint, so I'm going to put a little "Pizzazz" on it before I give it to him. Get it tinted, paint the rims up and and a complete stereo overhaul, sub setup. These are some great tips, reasonable price with a little work. Appreciate the video, I'm going to try it out. Thanks 🤟🇨🇦
You should do these things with your son. As a teen with a single mom. Learning these things were some of the best experiences I had with cars… now I’m a car guy.
What gen accord is it? The 7th gen is my current fav. Just got some 17x7 wheels for my 7th gen coupe. My friend has a 7th gen sedan, both 5spd manuals with exhausts and wheels. Slowly digging into cars. Honda id the best car to mod and learn on
This is exactly what i was looking for! Cool tips nice car too!! I'm getting the same tires on my 3g eclipse I'm getting brave and painting my old wheels white! Wish me luck ;)
I'm doing this now with my 2010 mini copper. The previous owner had some major gouge marks that i wanted to repair. I used body filler and sanded it down to smooth it out prior to priming.
Greetings from the UK! Thank you for your video and the hard work, just paint my wheels gloss black and are looking awesome. But I have something else to say: I am crazy about your car. I love Corvette since I was a kid (I'm 50 now).
did you use primer on the barrels of the rims? Did you primer the whole wheel first or primer face, paint face and then primer barrels and then paint barrels?
I didn’t do anything with the barrels until the face was done. At that point, I just did one coat of paint on them. You’ll find much of the spray from the face will end up there, and only one coat at the end was needed to finish it off. When you paint it from the barrel side however, be absolutely sure to tape off the mounting face, or you may disturb how the wheel bolts to the car. Thanks for watching!
I have a 21’ Limited in black and just curious how did you blackout the grille just plastidip? I want to get a replacement but hard to find one that works with the front camera. Looks good btw!
That was the first coat of primer, I had forgotten to film the first coat. The cards would indeed go in right after rubbing alcohol before the first coat of primer though.
I put them all on a piece of wood with the threaded size down to avoid getting paint there. Wiped them all down with alcohol, 2 coats black paint, 1 coat of clear
Unfortunately yes, but for whatever reason not around the whole edge but rather parts. I usually touch up by spray painting onto a paper plate and using a Q tip as a brush. Has worked well for me so far but that’s definitely a downside to this method
@@running2redline thanks for explaining. This vs, sending to shop to have wheels removed, tpms sensors removed and repainted, remount tires with rebalance fee. I think I'll try this first 👍
It seems every time I paint wheels the finish starts chipping off in short order. What's the best quality paint to use? Is there a type of epoxy paint that one could use? I'm purchasing a 2025 van to do a conversion on and it's $1050 to buy the matte black versus the stock steel rims. I figured that for that price I should be able to do something myself. Granted the $1050 price is for aluminum alloys over steel, but still I think I can save myself some dollars. Again, in my experience the rattle can finishes tend to chip off in short order.
If you really want it to be permanent, powder coating is the way to go. The spray solution works best based on how well the wheel is prepped and a good primer that gives the paint something to stick to.
It isn’t absolutely critical, but I would personally recommend it still as it gives the paint a better bond and finish. Should be fine either way though
You’ll need a jack with four jackstands to take all four off at once, however I’d recommend two jackstands and doing the front two, followed by the rear two. A jack and two stands should run around $60 from Walmart or autozone. As far as where to do it, when I lived in a city I usually would do this in the most empty parking garage I could find, but I don’t think painting in a public garage would work. Any concrete surface will work, definitely do not jack up the car in grass. So I would say find a concrete surface in the quietest area possible with the fewest people around, as if someone asks you to leave it will be hard on 2 wheels :). Also be sure to break the lugs loose before lifting the wheel off the ground and use the jack at the specific jack points of your vehicle. Good luck and let me know if you have any questions!
I’ve had it last a few years doing this, but you’ll occasionally need to touch up a spot or two usually on the edge of the rim. When you get tires changed some of the edge can scrape. I just fix this by spraying paint onto a plate and using a cotton swap as a brush to fill in the paint.
I think you could go either way, if you do sand between filler and paint I would personally suggest a high grit of sandpaper to keep the finish smooth.
I believe chrome but the corrosion honestly made it hard to tell. They looked so dull and faded I had no choice but to paint them. Thanks for watching!
Nice video. Thanks. I might do this. Just wanted to point out that they are called wheels not rims. The rim is the outer part of the wheel that gets scratched easily. Sounds a bit novice calling an entire wheel a rim. Kinda like calling a magazine a clip in the gun world. Otherwise great video thanks.
It took me 3 hours to paint 4 wheels which felt quick to me at least. However I’d say the main benefit was the financial savings opposed to time, it costed me $30 instead of a $900 powder coating job, given a lower quality outcome. There might be easier ways out there but this was the best thing I’ve tried, hope it was helpful somehow. Thanks for watching!
Btw, those are called WHEELS. Not rims. Rim of a glass. The rim of a jar. A rim is the outer edge. The wheel is the entire wheel. Rim just sounds so hood n lazy.
So, YOU painted car rims when GM didn't? Not a GM fan, but, come on... A whole lot of pros at GM, I have to believe, decided to have an uncolored, alloy finish on those Corvette wheels! But, spray paint anyway...
My reasoning was as follows: 1. My rims had bad corrosion on them with the outer surface peeling. This looked terrible and I did not want it to continue further. 2. My car has a wrapped black roof with black aftermarket headlights, the chrome wheels were entirely out of place visually. 3. I spent the money to buy the car, I can do as I please with it. Thanks for watching
Because they weren’t nice wheels, there was corrosion and pitting all over the surface. This covered that and prevented it from worsening. I also wrapped the roof black and got black morimoto headlights after this, which then really tied together and made the black wheels look more appropriate. Thanks for watching!
Took me about 2.5 hours, I think It would be hard to do it any quicker without severely comprising the outcome. Although if you have a quicker method I’d love to know, could be helpful to those in the comments. Thanks for watching!
@@running2redlinefor he quality of the results, i think this is not long at al. the black gloss looks amazing on the vette, good job and great tutorial.👍🏼
Those rims look beautiful original I just don't get obsession with black wheels there so ugly in my opinion. Everyone black wheels no creativity anymore
From someone that does this for a living. A few mistakes you made. Use a cleaner with your scuff pad. And sand paper. I’ll wet sand with a degreaser or spray away glass. Cleaner. When cleaning the rim never touch the rubber with the towel. Do a final wipe with the cards in. Primer is unnecessary on rims a very very coat might be fine but it tends to cause issues on the rims. You don’t want the thickest layer possible as thick clear coat will will be more brittle. Typically two coats. All of that is just minor professional differences.
Thank you, will keep these in mind if I do this again!
@@running2redlinealso warm your cans in warm water or in the sun and always paint the rims standing up spray paint loves to spatter when pointing the cans down.. nice work
Great point, thank you!@@productionapostle1298
@@LK-851 Perhaps, it is because he doesn't do it for a living? 🙄
@@throbbinwood it’s obvious that you didn’t watch the video. 🤣🙄
Suggestion……save your back dude!!!! Have an elevated surface to work on & maybe build a “Lazy Susan” type rotating round surface so you can stand in one spot and gently rotate the wheel. Your spray can will stay more even & you’re less likely to miss areas while walking (bent over) around the tires.
Paint the brake calipers red!
This is awesome. I just did 2 rims today and screwed them up (should have watched this video before that). This is still really helpful for my other 2 rims. Great video.
Thanks I really appreciate that! Good luck with the other 2 and you could always sand down the painted ones and restart as well.
What mistakes did you make ?
Looks good. Just got a smoking deal on a Car for my sons "First Car". Only thing is it was old lady driven (Barely Driven At All) and she has Bland Alloy Rims, No Window Tint. Just kind of a boring looking Honda Accord. Paint looks good everything about this car is mint, so I'm going to put a little "Pizzazz" on it before I give it to him. Get it tinted, paint the rims up and and a complete stereo overhaul, sub setup. These are some great tips, reasonable price with a little work. Appreciate the video, I'm going to try it out. Thanks 🤟🇨🇦
Sounds like he’ll really enjoy it, good luck and glad the video was of use!
You should do these things with your son. As a teen with a single mom. Learning these things were some of the best experiences I had with cars… now I’m a car guy.
What gen accord is it? The 7th gen is my current fav. Just got some 17x7 wheels for my 7th gen coupe. My friend has a 7th gen sedan, both 5spd manuals with exhausts and wheels. Slowly digging into cars. Honda id the best car to mod and learn on
@@Omgkhii No clue what Gen my dude, 2012 Accord. I'm a Ford guy myself so don't really know alot a out Honders
Shit yaaa
This is exactly what i was looking for! Cool tips nice car too!! I'm getting the same tires on my 3g eclipse I'm getting brave and painting my old wheels white! Wish me luck ;)
I'm doing this now with my 2010 mini copper. The previous owner had some major gouge marks that i wanted to repair. I used body filler and sanded it down to smooth it out prior to priming.
hello, how many sprays did you use for all 4 rims? I mean also the paint and varnish
I believe 2 cans primer 2 cans paint and 2 cans of clear
@@running2redline did you use 2 paint sprays, 2 primers and 2 varnishes? all 6 for the interior and exterior? how much does one spray have? 400 ml?
Greetings from the UK!
Thank you for your video and the hard work, just paint my wheels gloss black and are looking awesome.
But I have something else to say: I am crazy about your car. I love Corvette since I was a kid (I'm 50 now).
Glad they turned out well! Thank you, it’s been a great car and loads of fun
did you use primer on the barrels of the rims? Did you primer the whole wheel first or primer face, paint face and then primer barrels and then paint barrels?
I didn’t do anything with the barrels until the face was done. At that point, I just did one coat of paint on them. You’ll find much of the spray from the face will end up there, and only one coat at the end was needed to finish it off. When you paint it from the barrel side however, be absolutely sure to tape off the mounting face, or you may disturb how the wheel bolts to the car. Thanks for watching!
I have a 21’ Limited in black and just curious how did you blackout the grille just plastidip? I want to get a replacement but hard to find one that works with the front camera. Looks good btw!
It is actually black from factory on the C6. Taking the grille out sanding it down and airbrushing it would likely work though. Thanks for watching!
After you cleaned with rubbing alcohol and then were putting the cards around, the rims look darker had you applied something in between?
That was the first coat of primer, I had forgotten to film the first coat. The cards would indeed go in right after rubbing alcohol before the first coat of primer though.
How did you paint the lub-nuts?
I put them all on a piece of wood with the threaded size down to avoid getting paint there. Wiped them all down with alcohol, 2 coats black paint, 1 coat of clear
Thanks for responding your tutorial is helpful results look great!
Glad you got something out of it, thanks for watching!
Can u just use paper taped down with masking tape instead of cards?
Yes, as long as you’re content the tire is covered
5:30 1 thing u messed up in was nit keeping the corvette logo in the middle
I thought about taping it off but ultimately decided all black would be cleaner, thanks for watching!
Question, when mounting a new tire, does the paint on edge of wheel get scrapped off by tire mounting machine???
Unfortunately yes, but for whatever reason not around the whole edge but rather parts. I usually touch up by spray painting onto a paper plate and using a Q tip as a brush. Has worked well for me so far but that’s definitely a downside to this method
@@running2redline thanks for explaining. This vs, sending to shop to have wheels removed, tpms sensors removed and repainted, remount tires with rebalance fee. I think I'll try this first 👍
It seems every time I paint wheels the finish starts chipping off in short order. What's the best quality paint to use? Is there a type of epoxy paint that one could use? I'm purchasing a 2025 van to do a conversion on and it's $1050 to buy the matte black versus the stock steel rims. I figured that for that price I should be able to do something myself. Granted the $1050 price is for aluminum alloys over steel, but still I think I can save myself some dollars. Again, in my experience the rattle can finishes tend to chip off in short order.
If you really want it to be permanent, powder coating is the way to go. The spray solution works best based on how well the wheel is prepped and a good primer that gives the paint something to stick to.
You really should tape off the tyres even when using the cards. Overspray always finds the tire.! Very nice job though 👍
That card trick!
You can use index cards as well. Cheaper and larger
@@mrbgpati
Or just use dish detergent on the tires then just rinse them afterwards
great idea with the cards to protect the wheels, much better than using newspaper and masking tape, thanks for the video :D
Thanks, picked it up from a friend, hope it works well for you!
i just spray on the tires as well, the paint comes off anyway
Do I let out some air on tire so cards will stand
Should not need to, the gap between the rim and tire is enough to keep them there
Do I still need to primer if the wheels are fairly new? Going from white to black
It isn’t absolutely critical, but I would personally recommend it still as it gives the paint a better bond and finish. Should be fine either way though
GOOD JOB!! Those wheels look so much better!!
They came out amazing
*remove wheel weights before paint and get the wheels rebalanced after a week or so of drying*
How do I take off all 4 tires at the same time? I live in the city with no garage :(
You’ll need a jack with four jackstands to take all four off at once, however I’d recommend two jackstands and doing the front two, followed by the rear two. A jack and two stands should run around $60 from Walmart or autozone. As far as where to do it, when I lived in a city I usually would do this in the most empty parking garage I could find, but I don’t think painting in a public garage would work. Any concrete surface will work, definitely do not jack up the car in grass. So I would say find a concrete surface in the quietest area possible with the fewest people around, as if someone asks you to leave it will be hard on 2 wheels :). Also be sure to break the lugs loose before lifting the wheel off the ground and use the jack at the specific jack points of your vehicle. Good luck and let me know if you have any questions!
I'm keeping the tires on, any suggestions for me
@@shartih7313watch the video
Thinking about doing this to my rims but how long will the paint last on the rims if you drive everyday?
I’ve had it last a few years doing this, but you’ll occasionally need to touch up a spot or two usually on the edge of the rim. When you get tires changed some of the edge can scrape. I just fix this by spraying paint onto a plate and using a cotton swap as a brush to fill in the paint.
Very good job 👍👍👍
How many cans of spray are needed to color all four rims?
About 2 cans of primer, 2 of paint, and 1 of clear did it for me
Do you need to sand again after using the filler?
I think you could go either way, if you do sand between filler and paint I would personally suggest a high grit of sandpaper to keep the finish smooth.
hey my friend what is the size of your tire and the rim?
Rim is 19 inch diameter and the tire was a 325/25 ZR19 I believe for the rear and a 305 in the front
how many cans of rim paint did you use for all 4 wheels ?
2 cans of primer, 2.5 of paint, 2 of clear. I didn’t use it all but that’s an amount that’s definitely safe
@@running2redlinethank you 🙏🏽 i’ve watched this video 3 times already. can’t wait to paint my wheels.
Good luck and hope they turn out well!
Nice job
caliper need painting as well
I’m going to try this on my rims!!
I Really Like How they Look. You Did A Good Job Amigo. I'm Gonna Try To Do my. Thank you for the video 👍🏼
Good luck and hope thy turn out well!
Beautiful job
How much spray is needed for 4 wheel
I think I bought 3 cans of primer, 4 of lacquer (main paint), and 2 of clear coat. Probably a little much but wanted to play it safe.
Awesome job and thank you very much😁
Hello, what color is this paint known as?
I don’t recall anything more than it being a gloss black unfortunately. The cans in the video may show it, thanks for watching!
Dont you have to sand the rima first before paint em
Yes, I did but a lot of it off camera
Awesome thank you so much man
demount the tire. remove the valve. remove all weights and residue glue. wash the rims, then do the sanding and everything else.
That defeats the "fast" part 😂
@ fast, cheap, good. pick two.
Great result!
fire man thanks
Glad you enjoyed. Thanks for watching and welcome to the channel!
Bro y didn’t u put tape on the corvette flags logo that would’ve been sick on black rims
I agree, definitely missed an opportunity there!
Good video, Thank You!
Were they chrome or polished??
I believe chrome but the corrosion honestly made it hard to tell. They looked so dull and faded I had no choice but to paint them. Thanks for watching!
My friends got wild when we played cards after I had done this.
Good tape tip
Fast? How many days did this take?
30 minutes to buy supplies and 2-2.5 hours to do
Nice video. Thanks. I might do this. Just wanted to point out that they are called wheels not rims. The rim is the outer part of the wheel that gets scratched easily. Sounds a bit novice calling an entire wheel a rim. Kinda like calling a magazine a clip in the gun world. Otherwise great video thanks.
I'm painting the rims not the wheels
This was neither fast nor cheap. This was how it is intended to be done entirely. There is nothing fast or cheap about this.
It took me 2 hours and $30. Not sure how that wouldn’t qualify
how is this easy and fast? what would be the hard and long version then lol
It took me 3 hours to paint 4 wheels which felt quick to me at least. However I’d say the main benefit was the financial savings opposed to time, it costed me $30 instead of a $900 powder coating job, given a lower quality outcome. There might be easier ways out there but this was the best thing I’ve tried, hope it was helpful somehow. Thanks for watching!
I think Powder coating is more durable but the costs are a bit extreme
He said 2 hours between coats? Lol
I used a steel brush and 80grit sand apper🤡🤡🤡
Hope they still turned out smooth!
CONGRATULATIONS! You just made expensive wheels look generic.
They were corroding, I didn’t have a choice
They look so much better get your eyes checked
@@MichaelBieniek-xb1fz just did and they still look like trunk well spares
@@ashleylewis3544who the hell pissed in @ashleylewis3544's cereal
Expensive cracked stained and corroded rims? Okay bud
Btw, those are called WHEELS. Not rims. Rim of a glass. The rim of a jar. A rim is the outer edge. The wheel is the entire wheel. Rim just sounds so hood n lazy.
Cool
boohoo
So, YOU painted car rims when GM didn't?
Not a GM fan, but, come on...
A whole lot of pros at GM, I have to believe, decided to have an uncolored, alloy finish on those Corvette wheels!
But, spray paint anyway...
My reasoning was as follows:
1. My rims had bad corrosion on them with the outer surface peeling. This looked terrible and I did not want it to continue further.
2. My car has a wrapped black roof with black aftermarket headlights, the chrome wheels were entirely out of place visually.
3. I spent the money to buy the car, I can do as I please with it.
Thanks for watching
@@running2redlineHow are you not just telling most of these crybabies to shut the f up? lol. Jeez
Why take nice wheels and paint them black??? Ugly to me !
Because they weren’t nice wheels, there was corrosion and pitting all over the surface. This covered that and prevented it from worsening. I also wrapped the roof black and got black morimoto headlights after this, which then really tied together and made the black wheels look more appropriate. Thanks for watching!
THAT SURE AS HELL ISN'T FAST !!
Took me about 2.5 hours, I think It would be hard to do it any quicker without severely comprising the outcome. Although if you have a quicker method I’d love to know, could be helpful to those in the comments. Thanks for watching!
@@running2redlinefor he quality of the results, i think this is not long at al. the black gloss looks amazing on the vette, good job and great tutorial.👍🏼
Much appreciated!
Black wheels look shit
Cool
Black wheels are hands down the best looking
@@melroberts8877 if your a chav
Those rims look beautiful original I just don't get obsession with black wheels there so ugly in my opinion. Everyone black wheels no creativity anymore
The rims were corroding, so I had no choice but to paint them. This car also has a black roof with black front headlights so it matched those.