Painting your Wheels, How to PowerPoint.

[SHYANNE]

you need some toyos and it will look awesome.

[H3_ATX_BLK]

Originally Posted by SHYANNE

you need some toyos and it will look awesome.

LOL Im either gonna go with the TOYO's or the Mickey Thompson Baja's, probably with Tax money.

[Steve #1]

Looks very nice. I'm just curious why you removed the clear coat. Did you use the same spray on material for the grill and emblems, and if so, how is it holding up.

I'm planning on doing mine before to long and had used engine enamel on other vehicles in the past and was planning on doing the same on the 3. I may go this route if it is durable. I've never had any problems with the engine enamel.

[H3_ATX_BLK]

Originally Posted by Steve #1

Looks very nice. I'm just curious why you removed the clear coat. Did you use the same spray on material for the grill and emblems, and if so, how is it holding up.

I'm planning on doing mine before to long and had used engine enamel on other vehicles in the past and was planning on doing the same on the 3. I may go this route if it is durable. I've never had any problems with the engine enamel.

I did it to make sure I had a clean rough surface to work with, under the clear coat the aluminum is nice and rough and makes a good surface to work with, I only did the grill a couple of days ago, and seems to be holding up well, Also this stuff works well because you dont have to worry about streaks or pooling, it goes in with that nice textured finish, I like the semigloss contrast to the high gloss paint.

[subunix]

Lookin good

[ctluba]

Great post, Wheels look great!!! One question, can you perform this process on the stock chrome wheels. I am in the process of either buying aftermarket, powder coating or trying your do-it-yourself method. Thanx for the info.

Also, what is the deal with using bed liner? I have never heard of this before. I started to check out the hummer forums and I have seen it mentioned a few times. Is it just more rugged and durable as opposed to paint? thanx

[sattv]

smile so we can see ya Nice truck

[Hucky]

Originally Posted by ctluba

Great post, Wheels look great!!! One question, can you perform this process on the stock chrome wheels. I am in the process of either buying aftermarket, powder coating or trying your do-it-yourself method. Thanx for the info.

Also, what is the deal with using bed liner? I have never heard of this before. I started to check out the hummer forums and I have seen it mentioned a few times. Is it just more rugged and durable as opposed to paint? thanx

Nothing is gonna really bite into (etch) into the chrome, so you would need to start out with non-chrome wheels to make it worth your money

If your dead set on chrome, then you should have them chemically dipped to remove the chrome, sandblasting wont do it.

Using Line-x or Rhino coat, (Bedliner spray) is only temporary as well and will turn whitish in color in due time. If your shop doing the spray coat is any good, they will want your parts to be blasted and primer ready before they apply theyre warranted material.

If your Rig is strictly for getting dirty and not a dual purpose rig, then anything you do will be fine, but if your trying to impress the ladies, do it right.

Powder coat would be your longest lasting, and most bang for your buck method, they will media blast your rims before they powder coat, dont start with chrome rims, they wont powder coat and they cant blast them off.

Good Luck