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[LBCxGUY]

well, i just needed some tips on prepping my rims. i bought a couple cans of graphite wheel paint and clear coat wheel paint. oh yeah and the rims are 7th gen gts wheels. i just want a good turn out and not having to redo them. i was just thinkin clean them sand them down a bit spray then clear cloat. does that sound good enough? any help is appreciated!!


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This post has been edited by LBCxGUY: Mar 20, 2005 - 10:12 PM

[celicaboy04]

I would sand them with somewhere between 200-300 grit. That should be enough to wear down the surface but not leave any sanding scratches. If you have to, go over it with 400 grit sand paper if any scratches are left behind.

After you thouroughly sand the wheels, go over then with a degreaser of some sort. It will help take out any remaning oils that might lead to the paint flaking off in the future. Rubbing Alcohol or something with Amonia in it should suffice if you have no waxer/degreaser.

After that paint the wheels.

Do only one coat at a time, dont try to paint it all at once or you will have drips. Same with the clearcoat. I would suggest somewhere around 4-5 coats of clear because wheels tend to take a lot of weathering if you do a very thin coat of clear.

Make sure you paint in good temperature too - somewhere around 70 degrees.

Any other questions let me know.