who said panting yourself wheels is a bad idea?

[hypercrush]

if you use rattle can you ARE half-assing. get real dude rattlecan is shit for anything that is exposed to sunlight/weather. their "clearcoat" isnt really going to help you much either, its non-catalyzed. if you want to say you did it the right way you have to use quality materials and not be lazy.

for the record i do custom paint for a living you can check my other posts/blog for work i have done, im not talking out of my ass.

[pumpin_fistsE36]

just got done with mine, dont expect long term but just to get me through the summer

look good man!

[pumpin_fistsE36]

I think you type amazingly fluently for a second language- even better than some (read: most) of us Americans/Canadians/U.K. blokes.


btw, LOVE the spray job you did, thanks for taking time and doing things the RIGHT way.


edit:don't get mad if I missed your country lol

haha thanks! im from South Africa and English is not my first language but the title was just a mistake due to me being overly tired from working on the car all night lol

thank you i took my time and did it right, no point in half assing something and having to redo it later! but these wheels have been sold and i bought some BBS style 5's

[pumpin_fistsE36]

i made this at 3 in the morning i was tired and wasnt thinking straight give me a break haha

[e36cabrio]

My sprayed wheels

just got done with mine, dont expect long term but just to get me through the summer

[Justa_Lowlife]

I think you type amazingly fluently for a second language- even better than some (read: most) of us Americans/Canadians/U.K. blokes.


btw, LOVE the spray job you did, thanks for taking time and doing things the RIGHT way.


edit:don't get mad if I missed your country lol

[Mike S]

sold these wheels and got some style 5's and they are not rattle canned lol powder coated!!!!

Nice, let me know when you have them mounted. I'd like to see the progress.

[pumpin_fistsE36]

my guess.. english isnt his first language.

thats exactly right!
im from South Africa give me a break lol

[OG patina]

Thread title...WTF!?

my guess.. english isnt his first language.

[pumpin_fistsE36]

sold these wheels and got some style 5's and they are not rattle canned lol powder coated!!!!

[pumpin_fistsE36]

I was just putting that out there for people that are thinking about painting their wheels.

And yeah, Ceramic pads are the way to go. I have them on my car, even though its a Kia... lol

thanks for the input man, hey dude i can see a stanced Kia...its all good

[pumpin_fistsE36]

I gotta get ceramic pads next year, my wheels are filthy within 150 miles (like 3 days)

haha yeha its a pain in the ass, i have never regular pads on any of my cars always get ceramics!

[andybob]

i mean ill wax them eventually but for now they look good, i dont have to worry about black obnoxious brake dust since i have ceramics pads

I was just putting that out there for people that are thinking about painting their wheels.

And yeah, Ceramic pads are the way to go. I have them on my car, even though its a Kia... lol

[kramerbuccs24]

i mean ill wax them eventually but for now they look good, i dont have to worry about black obnoxious brake dust since i have ceramics pads

I gotta get ceramic pads next year, my wheels are filthy within 150 miles (like 3 days)

[pumpin_fistsE36]

They look good.

Just to clear something up, wax is a good idea. But, make sure you wait about a week to apply some wax. While the paint is curing, the solvent in it is evaporating and even though the wheels my be dry, there is still some stuff going on in the paint. If you wax them to early it will hold in the evaporating solvent and you will get "solvent pop". The only way to fix that would be to re-sand to bare metal and do it again.

i mean ill wax them eventually but for now they look good, i dont have to worry about black obnoxious brake dust since i have ceramics pads