Painted my swirlies!!
 

Just got the left sides done and I'm working on the right. I'm alternating; swapping the spare out with the one I'm working on so I can keep driving it, its taking a while to sand down and mask the wheels.
I used a scotch brite pad to rough up the wheels and caps then wetsanding before and after priming. Heres the steps I'm taking:

Clean tire, rim, and cap with mild degreaser
Scuff with pad
wetsand
mask aluminum veneers, tire, rim holes(back of them), and center.
wipe down with acetone
prime with self-etching primer
let dry
wetsand
paint with Ceramic caliper paint
let dry
wetsand again
paint again
let dry
Clearcoat with rim clearcoat for extra brake dust resistance
remove masking before clearcoat dries
let dry
clean up overspray with acetone (will not harm the aluminum, but will harm the new paint)





Heres the pics of the right side:


BEFORE:
https://i159.photobucket.com/albums/...s/105_0006.jpg
https://i159.photobucket.com/albums/...s/105_0003.jpg



AFTER:
https://i159.photobucket.com/albums/...s/105_0162.jpg
https://i159.photobucket.com/albums/...s/105_0163.jpg
https://i159.photobucket.com/albums/...s/105_0164.jpg
https://i159.photobucket.com/albums/...s/105_0165.jpg



I had a small incident when I was getting ready to put the tire back on when my jack just gave out on me and dropped the left rear down on the rotor, but it didn't hurt anything luckily. Just goes to show that I need to use my jackstands....








Edit*** added before pics...

RE: Painted my swirlies!!
 

Needs before pictures and...

...ALWAYS USE JACKSTANDS!!![sm=smiley7.gif]

RE: Painted my swirlies!!
 

Got the before pics put in.

Very stupid mistake not to use jackstands, I could have injured myself, or worse, my Blazer.

RE: Painted my swirlies!!
 

Wheels look great. Nice job

RE: Painted my swirlies!!
 

Nice Brent, pretty dang nice! You know what would be even nicer though.........lol [sm=bling.gif]

RE: Painted my swirlies!!
 

Definitely looks nice!!

RE: Painted my swirlies!!
 

I though about doing this to my rims, but the only color I think I could go with is white seeing as my Blazer is white. That would be a real pain in the @$$ to keep clean and make sure the brake dust stays off of them. They are black now, but what color would you guys recommend. I might just leave them black.

RE: Painted my swirlies!!
 

Personally I would go with black. You could do another color if you added a pinstripe with that same color.

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I just didn't like the metallic grey that was on there... it looked like primer. Yuck! You can paint them white, but that will, like you said be hell to clean. I'd go black if it were me. Black rims on a white truck wouldn't look bad.

I replyed to the e-mail you sent me Yooper. If you don't mind, PM it next time though. I don't check my e-mail as often and I visit the forum.

RE: Painted my swirlies!!
 

Very very nice!