Jake2121

Me and my father recently thought that my stock rims looked kind of beat up so we looked online for a nice set of rims that was in our price range and we could not find anything since I am only 15 and won't turn 16 for another month to get a job. So instead we got some spray paint and clear coat and it turned out to look like this...





I was wondering if I could get some opinions if this was a good idea and looks good or if I completely ruined my rims... Thanks for reading

cmh

cant really see the rims that well because of quality of pictures but i think it looks pretty good man... now that they look kinda like after market rims i would put spacers and drop the car...

Jake2121

Yeah I plan to lower it a little in the future... but like I said I need a job lol
But thank you for the positive feedback
I am also spray painting the emblems black... so it should go good together.

also sorry for the bad quality my little sister stole the good camera lol

I'll try and post better pics here in about an hour or so...

Luxor

iTrader: (15)

Should have sprayed them with some Aircraft Remover stripper instead.

SupLex

[QUOTE=Jake2121;6454122]Me and my father recently thought that my stock rims looked kind of beat up so we looked online for a nice set of rims that was in our price range and we could not find anything since I am only 15 and won't turn 16 for another month to get a job. So instead we got some spray paint and clear coat and it turned out to look like this...





I was wondering if I could get some opinions if this was a good idea and looks good or if I completely ruined my rims... Thanks for reading [/QUO

No not completely ruined but its almost there... the stock 400 wheels looks best when cleaned and in its original form IMO...

Jake2121

Here is alittle better pics of the rims

Jake2121

I tried to clean them up as best as I could but nothing was working it still looked like crap... But this is just to make it look half way decent until I can afford some aftermarket rims.

maclem8223

Don't spray paint the emblems...use a product called plasti-dip. That way if they don't turn out the way you want them to it will just peel right off. You can find it normally at Lowes or Home Depot. I've used it on several vehicles emblems and it comes out great every time. Just my .02

Li Ls4

iTrader: (12)

+1 for plasti-dip. i used it on mine and it came put great. + u dont even have to take ur emblems off the car either

Jake2121

Thanks for the advice but I have already done it.... :/ I am about to go apply them right now. I wish I would have known that sooner but I will post some pics to this thread here in about 20-30 min. of the emblems

maclem8223

Well I'm sure they came out fine...the only reason I use plastidip when it comes to small things like emblems is because the process is super easy to reverse. The stuff just peels right off when you want it to but other than that is stays on pretty good.

Jake2121

Well the 2 "L's" for the Lexus logo look just a bit rough but it looks pretty good over all

anyway here is the pics of the "Lexus" and the "SC400" emblems the other ones I need to get gorilla glue or if you all have any suggestions on what glue to use please tell me lol

maclem8223

I never used glue...3M double sided tape cut to fit with an exacto knife. I'd assume gorrila glue would eat the s#$t out of your paint!

ThomasGS4

iTrader: (19)

3M double sided tape is the way to go.

I wouldn't recommend anyone using glue.

1KhpWrx

iTrader: (7)

its looks pretty good...
looking at your post count and the way you were writing i thought the emblems and wheels were painted while on the car...