I want to paint my Stock wheels black, i'm just not sure how to do it . Any help from you guys would be great.

Please post your pictures and how to do it.

 

Im downtown chicago and actually just sent my wheels out to get powdercoated from the place below in streamwood. 85 a wheel and about a week turnaround. I went with like a flat black and will post some pics from you as soon as I get them back and mounted.


http://www.readypowdercoating.com/index.html

 

Mine should be ready in about a month. $65 a wheel, but they are real busy. Will post when done.

 

Thanks man for the website link. Yea please post your pictures.

 

Some pics of black wheels

https://www.jk-forum.com/forums/show...t=black+wheels

 

okay fellas here they are just picked them up and their at the tire shop now getting mounted. its flat black but my camera makes them look much lighter, will follow up with mounted pics. He's a reall cool guy and does nice work!


http://www.readypowdercoating.com/Contact%20Us.htm

 

Those look sharp, dude! Can't wait to see 'em on the jeep!

 

 

$40/wheel sand blasted and powder coated

 

Here's mine painted...



Up close....



A quick rundown....

I took off all 5 wheels leaving the jeep up on jackstands. I suppose 1 or 2 at a time would work, but I wanted an "assembly line" so I could work through all five and by the time I was done with number 5, number 1 would be ready for more work (for the most part). Tires were left on for the whole process.

I sanded each wheel inside and out with a fine grit paper.

I let some air out of each tire to allow me to wedge posterboard between the rim and rubber. I cut a bunch of small pieces of the posterboard with small curves to shield the tire from spray and carefully set it up.

I used self etching primer first on the front and back of each wheel. I put a few light coats and lightly sanded just to make sure it was smooth all around.

After the priming was all set, I used Rustoleum Hammered black spray paint. Once again, set the posterboard template and several light coats on each wheel inside and out. I didn't really worry about making sure the inside was perfect, but I wanted it to be black. I used quick strokes on the outside taking a lot of care to make sure it looked great.

I let everything dry overnight and threw the wheels back on the next day. It's been well over a year and I've only had to touch up one spot. The reason I used the hammered paint was so any touching up would be easy. The textured finish allows you to kind of spray and go if you need to do anything rather than redoing all the prep work.

I think the whole thing cost me about $30 or so. I didn't want to powdercoat since any chip or gash requires a full redo of the wheel.