Stock 17" Sports painted Anthracite on MGM?

I have been wondering too.

 

Oh dear lord, I'm totally doing this when I get back from Overland Expo.

 

^^old thread i know but did you ever paint your wheels? if so can you post pics and what kind of prep work did u do?

 

Finally painted the wheels.

As far as prep and painting, here are the steps I took.
- removed weights from front lip
- washed with soapy water and scrubbed with green brilo pad
- dried with towel
- wiped with tack cloth
- sanded with 600 grit
- rinsed thoroughly with water
- Dried with towel
- wiped with tack cloth again
- taped off valve stems by wrapping tape around stem
- used index card method between wheel and tire
- primed with self etching primer
- dried/heat cured with a heat gun
- lightly sanded any necessary areas that were not to my liking
- wiped sanded areas with tack cloth
- painted with duplicolor "graphite" wheel paint
- heat cured again
- let them dry overnight (10-12 hours) in the garage
- next day I took and had them balanced with sticky weights
- admired hard work

I tend to over prep, but I have found it better to over prep than to under prep. I have found myself overusing the tack cloth, but I would rather overuse it than have dust and hair particles on the wheel and paint over them.

Just an FYI for those wondering, yes I painted my calipers red, and my rear OME shocks red. I hated the yellow color the OME shocks were. So, I sanded them down, primed them with universal primer and sprayed them with red VHT spray on caliper paint. Actually, I painted one rear with primer and paint, and the other with red Plastidip, as a test to see which I liked better and which holds up. I will be removing the plastidip from the one rear and painting it with primer and VHT caliper paint. As it looks sharper. The calipers I actually painted with the brush on style caliper paint since its easier to work with on the calipers.

 

Looks awesome. Nice work

 

Looks good!

 

Nice...

 

Now you need some meats to show em off!

 

Indeed. That's the next upgrade on the list, some 285/70/17 AT's

 

What brand?

 

Not sure yet, thinking BFG. On my '09 I had Toyo Open Countries, and was not too thrilled about how they rode.

 

Checkout the Hankook Dynapro ATM RF10s, great tire and price. I have almost 60K on mine, with tread left. I will be replacing them with Duratracs for something more aggressive.

 

Yeah I hear a lot of good thinks about the Hankook's. But they seem to usually be priced more than the BFG's. Thanks for the info man.

 

Ill second the Hankooks, just picked up some for $134.50 a piece. Pretty pumped with them so far

 

This looks good.