91Firebird

the clear coat on my rims is peeling off and it looks like crap. I do not have any money for new rims. i was thinking about lightly sand blasting them and then painting them, but i dont know what the outcome would look like. anyone ever done this ? any other suggestions ?

blue89vert

wet sand and re clear

Phate

From my experience, the only way to make a rim really look decent is to have it powdercoated. Rattlecan just wont cut it, and I may be wrong, but I doubt you'll find a paint you can use in a spraygun that will work at that high temp with some kind of ceramic in it.

I'd just get new rims. I mean cmon, $400 for a new set of rims, you gotta have 400 somewhere

91Firebird

iam tight on money because im trying to save up to buy a motorcyle this summer. I might just have to buy new rims though.

91Firebird

p.s. your car is really good looking phate. I imagine its pretty damn quick too. have you ran it ?

96camaro

x2

Phate

Nah I havnt lately. Right now im back into the 'breakin' period, I threw another rod bearing a couple weekends ago autocrossing.

But yea, shes peppy for a v6. I really want to run against a stock SS and see how I do.

2000v6cam

yea powdercoating is definatly the way to go if u want to get the wheels looking good

blue89vert

ill sell you my american racing wheels for 300 if you come pick em up =]

91Firebird

any idea on the pricing to powdercoat 4 aluminum rims ?

ITSA6

$100 here but i don't know what average is

FredoCamaro

Powder coat will run you around $100 a wheel. If your wheels look like crap you really have nothing to lose. I would wet sand and re clear coat first and if that doesn't look good then spray paint them with high temp gloss black. It won't be show quaility but if you do a good job with the prep work they will last for at least a year or two maybe even longer untill you can buy some new ones...

My buddy did this to his stock 02 firebird wheels and they still look about the same and its been 3 years ...lol

imported_Unknown

how long have you had your rims for?

FORCE_FED_Z

Phate- I'll let you run my Z if you want... don't be scarred of my 'whistler mod' under the hood..