Another painted wheel project

I never liked the two tone look of the TRD off-road wheels. So instead of ditching them, I found dupli-color magnetic gray to be a perfect color match to the factory wheel color. I prepped the wheels and painted them after reading the many great posts on this board. This is three coats of paint and two coats of the clear gloss top coat. I couldn't be happier.

 

Those look great! What did you do to prep them?

 

that looks like a job well done. Wheels looks awesome.

 

Tutorial ! Because DAMN that is sharp. Looks awesome. How many miles on the new paint job?

 

Thanks! Prep was simple but labor intensive. Sanded down using 800 grit all the machined silver flats that would receive paint then masked everything else off. Used rubbing alcohol and a number of microfiber clothes to wipe down all the surfaces to get it all clean. That's about it before hitting them with really thin coats and a half hour or so in between. The dupli-color matched the metallic sparkle so well. These pictures don't really show that detail but it is identical. Pretty great stuff.

 

Wow looks great! When you get more pics, post 'em!

 

Someone should try this on a Cement for me. Hah

 

had mine powder coated for 75 per wheel looks fantastic

 

Looks great, I really want to try this but in bronze.

 

That looks great! Nice job!

 

how the F did you powder coat your rims? was your truck up on blocks for a week?

 

hLooks great. I plastic dipped mine well over a year ago. Lots of off road excursions. No issues. I use a silicine base spray to keep them looking new.i

 

looks good!!

 

It just takes a couple of days.

 

Looks great!

 

That looks great with that softopper on it too.

 

Those look great! I always have such a hard time with paint

 

Thanks everyone! For Augustus, I'll have to photochop it onto a cement. This is the closest I got so far haha.

 

10/10, would recommend the Saw Phallus mod to a friend.

 

Those look good! I wanted to plastidip my wheels but since i've scraped my wheels a few too many times, I fear it would look bad and not touch up well once I do it again.

I plasti dipped my grille because it was fading and getting this gross splotchy look to it, and it's held up great for the 20k miles or so i've driven since.