Painting wheels yourself is un-possible?
 

http://bbs.legacycentral.org/viewtopic.php?t=22503

I love this board!

JC

That guy that says they chip and flake horribly must not know how to sand or do any sort of prep work. Mine turned out nice :D

http://www.mustangmods.com/data/7144/wheel.jpg

I like Mr. Naysayer's title. :lol: I should probably be on that board too... :p

It's all in the Prep Work.

ha

Please see my post in that thread :D

coffee cup mod?

aparently a Starbucks mug is the perfect size for a cold air intake on those older Legacy's...

:huh:
people do that?

if it's on the internet....it must work!

I've had good luck with wheel painting, you have to take your time.

http://www.seccs.org/forums/attachme...&stc=1&thumb=1

I have also painted several sets of wheels, It's all in the prep people, Also on a side note, I am going to starbucks to buy a new intake. Then I will be teh fast4r.

New advertising gimmick: "Free Legacy intake with every Venti Mocha." :idea:

And on-topic (wow!), how long does it usually take to do all four wheels, and do them right?

I really take my time with cleaning, sanding, more cleaning, inspections, then paint. I average a wheel in about an hour and a half, maybe less.

When my tires wear down on the SSRs and I have to change them I'm going to look into some options for fixing the cosmetic chip damage I have on two of them. I don't know if I will paint them, but I'll see.

Paint them JDM green.

more like magnesium blue

They out'd us, everyone hide!

Oh well.....I'm scared.

It really doesn't matter...I just cannot justify the cost of powdercoating when I've done just fine with my painted BBS's. But if you have the money to spend and don't care, then by all means powdercoat.

Oh, I really hope drama starts over these thread :lol:

Though, I have seen forum drama start over stupider shit then painting wheels. :rolleyes:

Um.... all hands to battle stations? :lol:

BTW: JC... after Matt went off in Lovelock, he had to repaint his wheels. And I believe Eric had to repaint one his 'cause someone tipped it over on its face.

Home painted wheels can look just as good as/better than stock if you take the time to do the prep right and clear coat them. However I would say they're about 80% as resiliant to damage as the factory paint that's put on at high temperature. But the nice thing: if you damage the paint... all you gotta do is repaint 'em! It's not hard, especially if you're flat blacking 'em.

Yeah, I had to repaint one of my BBs's, as well as Eric's, which I dropped on its face... both would have scratched anything though.

Is it easy to buy paint to match either the stock gold, or stock silver colors ? :) anyone with experiance on this thanks :) i have a messed up rim situation (see this post) thanks
http://www.seccs.org/forums/showthre...8739#post68739

oh snap!

http://hrpworld.com/index.cfm?form_p...action=product

google ownZ j00.

Good Find.