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>Hey Marcus, some of the guys at RRE think your car is there
>again. They thought my car was yours cause the blue paint
>and gunmetal wheels. It was kinda funny.
Hahaha that's pretty funny. I bet they think all the NT guys are ricers into body kits and paint jobs huh? A couple of the workers asked me about my rims too, not knowing what car it came from.
Here is a simple write up.
1) Spray in warm weather in the day, in an area away from the wind (I did mine at 2 am which is not a good idea since it was about 40 degrees and I couldn't see in the dark).
2) Wash the wheels good (I used some bug and tar remover on them too to remove any sticky stuff).
3) Sand the wheels lightly with either 400 grit wet sand, or the brownish red scotch-brite pads (the ones people use to sand the door jams and under hood area of their cars when doing paint jobs). We just want to scuff the surface a little, but I barely sanded at all. Might not even be necessary.
4) Put masking tape around the edge of the rim (between the rim and tire). I had to use a lot of small 2" long pieces of masking tape since the wheels curve. I tried to get it as deep under the edge of the rim as possible, to keep any paint from getting onto the tire. Make sure the tire is dry before you try to tape it. Then I used more tape along the edge of the tire nearest the rim, to cover it up real good. Finally, I taped pieces of newpaper over the time to protect the entire tire.
5) lay the wheel over some newspaper, and spray your base coat. You want to wait at least 5-10 minutes between each coat. A few coats of high temperature base is probably good. I used high temp black Duplicolor paint (500 degree). Make sure it dries between coats, and do thin layers. Patience is the key.
6) Spray your actual color (gunmetal in my case). Again, thin layers, waiting preferably 10 minutes between each layer. I used probably about 6 layers of gunmetal.
7) Let the gunmetal dry very well, longer than 10 minutes, and then spray the clear. Clear goes on a lot quicker than the base, and it's hard to see drips. So again, do very thin coats. I wasn't careful and dripped the clear in a few places. 3 -4 coats of clear should be good.
8) You're done, but keep in mind your wheels are painted. If you go get an alignment like I did, and they clamp those metal clamps onto your rims, it will scratch off a bit of the paint. You can always touch it up. Powder coating is the best way to do it, but costs around 200 and you have to take your tires off and have a spare set of rims. The total paint cost was $20.
Ok, dang, I think I'll put that write up on my site sometime...
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2004 WRX - WR Blue Pearl
1997 Eclipse GS - Royal Sapphire Pearl
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