Painted stock rims

Let's see them. I'm thinking about painting my rims instead of buying new ones. Stock rims are fine and I like my oem wheel style.

 

Before and after....
Notice I took off the center caps and painted the hubs to match as you will undoubtedly need to remove your center caps at some point and in doing so will gouge your freshly painted wheels. I have gone through this first hand. Painted center caps, only to gouge the wheel paint whilst removing them two weeks later. Just paint the hubs and no worries... note I also treated my fender flares and tires. I used a product called Renew and protect Blak, http://renewprotect.com/
stuff is amazing, used on tires and flares, you can see for yourself the quality of the product. From the before and after pics. The stuff will stain paint, garage floor, so be thorough in your prep work.... Also, last pic is with oem black lug nuts

 

that looks super good man. looks like you put a lot of effort into it and the trim came out nice too! Ill have to buy some of that!

 

That looks like some crazy piece of art, I like it.

 

Many thanks! I hope it helps, I swear by this stuff, any further questions don't hesitate to ask.

 

what brand of paint did you use? and did you sand and primer your wheels?

 

These aren't stock, but I painted some rims here:

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/anthony-y-el-burrito-blanco.372728/#post-10209983

 

I bought the spray paint at Walmart in the automotive department section. It's is rustoleum matte black. I also bought rustolium etching primer, it was right next to it. Be careful, they have all sorts of spray paint's which are not permanent, but are designed to peel, sort of like the new paint schemes that you see on cars which are removable. I did sand the wheels before I applyed the etching primer. I just used sandpaper as well as a thorough cleaning with a hose then rubbing alcohol prior to sanding.

 

Here they are

 

Rustoleum alluminum paint and clear coat

 

damn! nice work Islanti!

 

Thinking of doing mine white for a retro look

 

Make sure to post pics here if you do it, that sounds interesting

 

Some people have done the fat 5 spoke 4Runner wheels on gen 1 Tacoma in white
Looks great

I unfortunately have the butt ugly twist oem 5 spoke wheels

 

for sure, I'll be sure to do the same. thanks dude

 

I hear ya man, maybe you can pick up a different style set of factory wheels somewhere on here

 

For glares did you use gloss or matte?

Is it a wipe on or spray on ?

 

For the fender flares I did not use paint, i used a polymer renewal, which brings back original color, and protects against future fading from UV, rain, snow... check out the website. The specific product i used is called Renew and Protect Blak, and it is applied in wiping motion.
http://renewprotect.com/

 

Right

They have gloss or matte on that website it seems ?

 

of the prodcts advertised on the website, i used BLAK, that is what it is called, it's not advertised as matte. I also used it on my tires. check out the before and after, the difference is night and day.