Hey guys I bought these gold gta wheels for my 91 bird now im selling that so i want to put them on my 90 formula. I don't want to leave the wheels gold though. The car is red and I am trying to do a red and black thing. I was wondering if anyone has painted their GTA wheels or had them powdercoated? Does anyone have some pics? Please help!

 

My car had GTAs on it when I bought it. I painted them silver.

I simply cleaned em up, 1 coat of primer, 2 coats of toyota touch-up silver. Lasted through all the washing and everything over the next two years until i ebay'd them.



hope this helps.

 

cool they look real good. How did you prep them? Power Wash and like glass beaded or what? Thanks, Ron.

 

You painted them with out removing the clear coat? Most people use an aircrft aluminum stripper to take the clear coat, then sand it a little bit, then paint with what ever kind of spray paint or any other paint you want.

 

My GTAs were natiral/grey when I got them, but I wanted black ones. So I painted them about 18 months ago. Used Professional Grade gloss black Rustoleum. Just did many light coats from various directions to get down in the spokes. I think they look great, and no ones knows I painted them myself unless I tell them, then they can't believe it. By the way, they're on my daily driver, too. No chipping, cracking, or paint problems on them at all.

Here's a pic.....

 

nope i just washed em with soap and water and started painting. i half expected it all to come peeling off, but it never did.

 

alright thanks guys thats awesome .... i was afraid they were going to trun out like crap but I will give it a shot. Thanks, Ron.

 

Do yourself a favor and buy a piece of cardboard (non-corrugated) to make an insert. It keeps you from going insane from trying to tape the line just right. I little light math will tell you how long to cut it to...



After just pull the ring out and admire you're handywork...



I lined the edge of my insert with a small piece of tape to keep the carboard from soaking up paint and making the edges 'fuizzy'.
When painting you'll want to apply mild pressure to the insert just to make sure pint doesn't get under it.
Also, it will leave a 3/32" bare spot around the edge just like where the OE wheels were machined after painting.

Just my opinoin though...

 

So, you're looking to do something like this.......
Aircraft stripper, many, many times to get everything out of the laces, coat of primer, and 4 coats of black w/gold flake....
After you strip them, might as well take out any scratches or curb rash, and polish them to almost crome..... Thats what I did, have almost 40 hrs. in on them, but they look damn good to me.....

 

Looks good, Friski!!!!

Pssssssst..... did you know somebody swiped your spoiler?




LOL

 

paint em if you have to. but Ive posder coated a few sets of rims.

Thats the way id go.!!

 

I painted a set with Engine Paint. When i had got them someone had already started to prep them for painting. I figured the engine paint would hold up well with the heat from the brakes.
Never did get to see them on the car though, as the guy I was building the Iroc for turned into a real piece of work the year he was in Germany, so I gave him his Iroc back in pieces.

 

LOL

Well, I'm going (back) to gold soon so this thread is getting bookmarked. Dremel moto-tool... here I come.

 

Did you tape/clean the interior part of the wheel?

 

from a durability standpoint youd be better off with powdercoating. But itll cost a lot more

 

I might be having a supiditus attack but, are you meaning the backside of the wheel ?
If that's what you are referring to, yes, I taqped it off. I used some 8" paper, taped an edge (of the paper) and masked off the backside. I didn't do anything elaborate as it is just the backside of the wheel. The pictures I posted were examples I had saved. The wheel was painted less tires and on sawhorses prior to the pictures.

Not really on either account.
There are pleanty of paints out there just as durable at PC... and well more expensive (as a materials/labor cost).

 

DB... I'd love to hear some recommendations on paint.

Thanks in advance for responding.

 

thank you all for your help ... I have been reading all of your posts and it gonna try it. Should I do a glossy or satin black?

 

I used gloss

 

OK... I've got my materials. All I need now is time.

I'll photo-document as I go.

 

I got everything together and then yanked a wheel. After that, I took the time to clean with soap and water really good, I took some sand paper to the inside of the rim, and then masked the heck out of the wheel.


(note the required thirst quencher)





Multiple thin coats, 2-3 clear coats on top of one primer coat. Hope it is durable.

BEFORE:





AFTER:



There, back to the orginal color scheme.

 

looks much better dude

 

Whats to cost to powder coat a set of wheels? Sounds expensive.

 

Right around $100 each. Less if they are already preped.

 

I know this is a old thread but i got a question what about the outside of the rims like the chrome stuff is that paint or what is it mine is getting really bad on my gta and i tryed alot of stuff but dunno what to do with it

 

it's polished aluminum. do a search on how to polish aluminum, i believe there is a sticky at the top of this forum

 

Oh yeah... it's aluminum and will polish up real purty like.