Painted my stock OEM 20's
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Painted my stock OEM 20's
Firstly, thanks to jlstang351 since I got the idea from him. I'm not buying ne tires like him since im getting rid of my OEM 20's in about 4 months to get some 18" rims and tires. I decided to go with a textured black paint rather than color matching my truck. He was right, it took me and the girlfriend a good 10-12hrs. to clean, sand, mask off, primer and paint the rims. the masking and sanding part is extremely time consuming and from a distance they look great. if you're really **** though as soon as you get up close you can see imperfections in the taped off areas and such but i love them and for $40 bucks and alot of time you have a "new to me" set of rims lol
Here is the list of things i bought:
-3 cans of fine texture rustoleum black paint from home depot
-2 cans of sandable black primer from autozone
-some 400 grit sandpaper (used to get rid of some of the clear coat on the rims)
-some wheel cleaner to start cleaning off the rims
-roll of green tape from autozone to mask off the areas not being painted -an xacto knife to cut the taped areas
-a red scuff pad from autozone that i used to scuff the primer before putting on the final color coat
-some cheesecloth to pick up any dust/lint before painting.
i didnt take alot of time for pics of the process since i got all the info from these two great threads:
https://www.f150online.com/forums/20...ooks-sick.html
https://www.f150online.com/forums/wh...k-warning.html
now on to the pics:
truck w/o tires:
before picture of the rim:
all taped up after sanding, ready for primer:
first rim done:
close up of the wheel cap(i removed the chrome lugs before painting, they
come off pretty easy with a screwdriver):
closeup of some imperfections in my masking and cutting:
rim mounted on with wheel cap:
all done after 3 days:
Here is the list of things i bought:
-3 cans of fine texture rustoleum black paint from home depot
-2 cans of sandable black primer from autozone
-some 400 grit sandpaper (used to get rid of some of the clear coat on the rims)
-some wheel cleaner to start cleaning off the rims
-roll of green tape from autozone to mask off the areas not being painted -an xacto knife to cut the taped areas
-a red scuff pad from autozone that i used to scuff the primer before putting on the final color coat
-some cheesecloth to pick up any dust/lint before painting.
i didnt take alot of time for pics of the process since i got all the info from these two great threads:
https://www.f150online.com/forums/20...ooks-sick.html
https://www.f150online.com/forums/wh...k-warning.html
now on to the pics:
truck w/o tires:
before picture of the rim:
all taped up after sanding, ready for primer:
first rim done:
close up of the wheel cap(i removed the chrome lugs before painting, they
come off pretty easy with a screwdriver):
closeup of some imperfections in my masking and cutting:
rim mounted on with wheel cap:
all done after 3 days:
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just gotta sandblast em. have dirtyd photoshop you what you want to see if you like it before you do it.