spend all day yesterday fixing up my rims and getting rid of all the curb rashes and painted it, enjoy

before



after






i even got a special surprise too!!!

 

sucks.....

 

overspray on your tires? that looks terrible...almost as bad as that tire looks. i would've painted the wheels an odd color other than gunmetal. something like highlighter yellow or white or teal or something lol just not the typical gunmetal/black everyone seems to go for.

how did you fix the curb rashes? jsut shave them down? or did you use something to fill them in?

 

i didn't cover the tires cause i'm getting new ones this week so why bother. and i think i'll stick with gunmetal not the flashy kind. and i used this thing called "quiksteel" to fill in the rashes and then sand it down.

 

probably started sanding at 400 grit and worked up till 2500..

 

I don't want to be mean but I think you didn't do so well. You can clearly see overspray and certain spots look like it has too much paint or not enough. Anyways, if you like it than it's all good.

 

9 hours? I think they could have come out better not to be and *** or anything just saying i use to do this alot and they would come out perfect.

 

Where did you get that quicksteel stuff at, auto store?

Also, did you not get an alignment after lowering your car? That tire wear looks pretty severe compared to the rest of the tire.

 

Do a write up! i'd love to this to my lobster claws!

 

look alright but get some new tires hahah

 

hmmm GHETTO FAB on a Lexus!! I think not.. I dont mean to be mean but if you're going to do something please do it right or else its going to be Flame ON!

 

should've masked the lexus emblem and done the middle hub as well, looks pretty ridic with the off color hub sorry, but a for effort haha

 

^^LMAO I didn't even notice that!

 

The finish is very uneven. I'd bet you'd start seeing the color start coming off after a rainstorm or two. I'd take these rims over to the local powdercoaters if I were you. Why would you do something ghetto like this to your lex mang?

 

How thoroughly did you clean the rims? Did you sand the entire rim? That paint is going to hold against an alloy-metal? I had some rims fixed years ago, some well known wheel repair center in PA...did amazing work. Prob like $100 a wheel. Shipping is the worst part.