Hey guys, so a buddy of mine has an 03 Durango and he wants to paint his stock rims black. Him and I have a pretty good idea of what to do just not the right primer/paint/clear coat to use. If anyone knows or would like to share there opinion on what a good and correct process is on how to paint these rims black would be very much appreciated!! Thanks!

These are the way they are now....

And this is how he wants them....

 

Have em powder coated.

 

Yea we considered that but he would rather save the money and paint them ourselves, plus it's something we would do instead having someone else do it for us.

 

Read through this, it might have some tips since the guy painted his wheels.

https://dodgeforum.com/forum/1st-gen...-painting.html

 

yea i read through that before i posted the thread lol didnt really have what I was looking for, thanks though!

 

Hey jake7 thanks for posting my thread up haha. Yeah painting the rims is not hard but it aint easy. Plenty of places to go wrong trust me i did...lol

I used duplicolor protective enamel. its pretty durable.

DON'T USE DUPLICOLOR WHEEL PAINT!!!

It leaves a horrible powdering residue everywhere!!!

Clean em really well, Sand them down with 320-400 grit sand paper. Then clean the again. i left mine on the truck still which doesnt matter if you spray your coats evenly and from the "RIGHT" distance away.

I didn't use a primer and mine are holding up well after going trough rain dirt gravel roads and the car wash.

Though i do have a lot of paint on them! lol

I messed up enough to where i don't like them. A lot of people tell me it didn't turn out bad though.


So clean them well

Sand them well

Clean them well again

use a enamel "chip resistant" paint or else "RUSTOLEUM" wheel paint. and a rustoleum protective enamel clear coating.

there really isn't much to it.

clean em, sand em, clean em. paint em carefully

GOOD LUCK.

p.s TAKE IT AS A HINT THAT I MESSED UP AND I LEFT THE WHEELS ON THE CAR. o just take em off and dedicate a good few hours to them.

 

Isn't that "Sadikone1's" durango?

 

There is lots of info in google if you search. I just copied and pasted the first one that popped up.

http://www.ehow.com/how_2133567_cust...ar-wheels.html

 

Alright thanks for the info ajoshi91 and jake7, this is just what we needed to do this project! Yea we are probably going to take the rims off to do it to make sure it comes out good lol and yes that is Sadikone1's durango

 

I always liked black rims but not the shiney stuff I went flat black over brown rustol primer Now whenever i take out a tree/rock/bystander i take out a can and patch it up to new.