Painted my Pony Rims today Check them out! *PICS*

[Starscream88]

I think they came out nice

Forgive the ugly drum Rear disk convertion coming soon,

And yes the cars dirty, I know!

Enjoy

 

[Starscream88]

nice and glossy huh

The "bits" of crap on the tire are from the tape I used to tape the tire off with,

I gotta get some "Goo-Gone" stuff to take it off,
And then a nice coat of tire shine,

But they were just painted and I dont want any chemicals on them for a few days so the clearcoat can set and make brake dust easy to wipe off

I did the front too but no pics yet,

 

[93 teal terror]

ill send you mine so you can do them too

 

[Starscream88]

lol okay

I actually enjoyed doing it,
Took a lot of prep work, and this is my first time painting anything like this,
For my first go Im happy with the result

I actually have the other 2 to do,
It started out just re-furbishing one,
Then that one came out nice, So I had to do the other one to make the side look right,

Now I have to do the other side to make the car look right,

adds a bit of "bling" to the car lol

 

[hllon4whls]

It really did come out well. I expecting to see some black painted rims when I read the title to this post. What was the color/brand of the paint that you used?

 

[ALMOST STOCK]

Looks Great

 

[MadMatt5oh]

Great job

 

[Starscream88]

I used a specific wheel paint that I found on the shelfs of Wal-Mart for $3 lol,

I think its Dupli-color?
Ill go check,

But its specific for Alloy Wheels,
Its only in one shade of silver, I think I seen Bronze too,
And the clear coat is Krylon Crystal Clear,

Total was $7 inc tax for both paints,
I used one can of wheel paint per rim,
Ill go check the can now for exactly what its called

 

[Starscream88]

Heres the stuff I used
Ive seen it in lots of places so If anyone needs to do the same im sure you will find it easily,

It says its for wheels So I thought eh whatever ill give it a try,

 

[Starscream88]

Oh and according to the can its "Track Tested"
Gotta sell it to the ricers after all

 

[92GreenGT]

Please let us in on the process you did this. Did you do the center caps also? Thanks and they look great. I love pony wheels for some reason and ones in great shape really get my attention.:worship:

Dave

 

[huskerpower02]

looks great

 

[BlackFox5.0]

they looks nice, but oyu shouldn't have put the weights on the outside like that....they look better and don't ruin the rim if you use the sticky kind on the inside.....oh well

 

[Starscream88]

Heres what I did,

Obviously I cleaned the rims up good,
I used brake cleaner and rubbing alcohol to make sure the area was totally clean,
Then rubbed that off with water on a rag so the paint would stick to the surface,
Took off the wheel weight (yes I know there fugly but I dont have the sticky ones, If you can buy them at pepboys or something ill get them )
Taped off the tire
Taped off the Pony in the centre cap (That took a while to make a tape template)

Then sprayed and sprayed untill the can was empty leaving time for paint to get "tacky" between coats as per instructions on the back of the can,
Then I left it for a few hours and came back with the clearcoat,
I think I did 3 or 4 coats,

Then left over night to dry in a garage,

Thats it

Thanks for the compliments guys

 

[hllon4whls]

To dress up those drums, get some high temp black paint and spruce them up too. Looks a whole lot better than rusty stock stuff.
Total cost $4 including tax assuming that you have a wire wheel or a wire brush already.

 

[Starscream88]

Yeah I was thinking of doing that,
Ill do it when the other side gets done,

The reason I didnt do it was because I was unsure of what color I wanted,
Either Black or Silver,

 

[Henceforward]

Very nice, makes me want to hold on to my pony rims. But I want to do that neat 5 lug, with the 17" pony rims.

That paint sure does help!

Good Job.

 

[92GreenGT]

Awesome

StarScream, do you have AIM or ICQ or something we could talk on off of StangNet. I always like to talk with people to get info from the horses mouth.

Dave

 

[Kevin R.]

That looks great! I can't wait to do mine, but I must wait until I get new tires, because I am just gonna paint em with the tires off.

 

[bmo37]

that actually looks so good I couldn't tell the difference between the stockers or those painted ones, great job