ok...my wheel painting kinda walkthrough

I didnt use primer and I used Rustoleum Textured Black Paint and holding up well in the Mud and Rain. This color is a flat black but the paint is a rough finish Like a linex coating. Sells at Home Depot or WalMart.

Use Bigger Jackstands and Jack. I guess. HAHA

 

Do you have any pics of your rims close up? Lol, thanks for the help guys.

 

How long does the drying period need to be? Could I paint all 4 on saturday and be good for work on Monday? This is a great mod and top of my list like many others.

 

Here is one of them.

 

does the paint chip when replacing tires?

 

Can you still use to tire/wheel cleaner to clean them?

 

I had Les Shcwab do mine and they were pretty careful but did scratch them a little, but was able to touch them up with the spray can.

 

Looks great! I'll have to do mine soon now. I think it'll look nice on my white truck

 

x2 it will

 

how good do you think this would look on a white 98 xtra cab tacoma with factory alloy wheels? your truck looks awesome blacked out...

 

would this work for a 03 tacoma ????

 

i will be using your steps to paint my wheels this weekend

 

Greetings, i found this older thread when looking for tips as my wife and i are about to paint her TACO Sport 17's black. Then i saw your USAF in the siggy file and thought i would send a thanks your way. Both my kids are in the USAF. Our son at Charleston and our daughter at Travis. And speaking of starting them out young... here is a picture of our daughter helping me with my 1975 FJ40 chev.327 when she was three and now she's a Ssgt in AGE. Soooo, you never know what those seeds you plant as a dad will turn out to be!



I'll post a picture of my wife's TACO when we are done with the project. Thanks again for your tips you shared.

Thom

 

Here is a shot of my wife's daily driver after my she and i completed the rattle can job on the four 17" sport aluminum rims. It was a breeze. The tires were left on the rig, and after lightly sanding with 400 grit sandpaper we used electircal tape to tape/trim around the tire at the rim, then taped part of a plastic drop cloth to the first run of black electrical tape, sprayed 8 to 10 thin coats of rustoleum satin black with several minutes between coats. Looks as nice as something one would find on a showroom.

Cheers,
Thom

 

how has the paint held up.... do you still have those wheels on the truck, and the truck?