DIY: Refinishing your rims.

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Old 05-17-2009, 08:06 PM
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Originally Posted by WhiteHeadTurner
Question. What's the site to buy good wheel paint? Were do I get the bondo. Lastly, think a black paint will look nice on G37 rims??
You can get the bondo at Walmart, Target probably, Home Depot, and Lowe's. I go to Walmart because it's cheaper.

For the paint, you can get them at walmart, autozone, home depot, or anywhere they sell paint.

I personally will only use Montana spray paint because they are much better quality than Duplicolor, Krylon, etc. They are made for graffiti and you can get them in a variety of colors, gloss or matte finishes, and I believe they have a primer that is already mixed within the actual paint. When I used the matte black on my OEM 17's I didn't even clear it and I used one good coat and it last a good month or so until I sold them. No chips, except for my carelessness when I was removing lug nuts.

Depending on the paint line you get from Montana, the cans are between $5 and $10 per can, HOWEVER, some of the cans, like the one I just recently got that is $10 per can is almost twice the size of a normal can (750 mL as opposed to roughly 400 mL).
 
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BUMP!

Anyway you could reload or repost the pics? I would love to refinsh my rims and I would like to see your pics
 
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I know this is an old post but I would be interested in seeing the pics or another DIY if anyone has them.
 
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^ me too
 
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I have used dupicolor twice now. i used the graphite color on my oem 17" and they turned out great, granted after over a year there were a few chips from rocks or removing the lug nuts. I just recently re did the 19" rays I picked up for steal. I decided to use silver for these. I plan on having them stripped soon and having the powdercoated in a chrome. But I will post some pics in a few.
 
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me four
 
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nice thread
 
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this is when i did mine




after.....the rims done tinted and dropped

 
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^^ Looks good.. What color is that??
 
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Old 12-31-2010, 01:15 PM
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its ford matallic gray
 
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wow im glad this thread lived!
 
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^ Any chance of getting the original pics back into the OP?
 
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yes. im actually going to be working on a set of BMW wheels soon. ill make a new write up for you
 
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