Looking for a way to make my stock Impreza wheels gold (paint, powder coat etc.). Saw some anodized gold paint from Eastwood but not sure about durability. Not sure about cost of powder coating. May replace wheels when the tires are gone so don't want to spend too much. Any thoughts or opinions?

Thanks

bruce

powder coating is the way to go if you want the wheels to look great and last a long time.

I have mine powdercoated. it costed me about $200 for all four wheels.

or the cheaper way is to go to "home despot" erm depot buy approx 6-8 cans of Rustoleum gold paint "Gold Rush" is the name written on the can
buy 2 cans of Rustoleum clear coat ...

get masking tape in 1" size 2 rolls
masking tape in 2" size

get some scrubbing pads soft , medium

this should run approx $50 bucks

then the fun part...

take 1 whole day (warm)
take wheels off (it helps)
wash wheels with warm soapy water and use scrubbing pads to take off brake dust etc...also make sure you do this all over the front and back if you want to end up with factory style look :)

next dry wheels :)
mask off each wheel around the edge where tire meets the rim with small pieces of 1" tape approx 1" long all the way round on the wheel outside and inside. then go over rest of tire with 2" masking tape not forgetting to mask off the valve stem ;)

after that you are ready to paint wheels :) find nice area away from car to spray wheels also a place thats not too breezy...
read instructions on can :) for spraying ....

i did 3 coats inside wheel and four coats outside wheel :) Gold
then on the outside 2 coats of clear coat :)

this will take you all day at least 8 hours to do correctly :)

Andy...who did it already and has "Gold 2000 RS wheels" :D

www.sqc-ny.com featured car for pics

Originally posted by Weasel 555
or the cheaper way is to go to "home despot" erm depot buy approx 6-8 cans of Rustoleum gold paint "Gold Rush" is the name written on the can
buy 2 cans of Rustoleum clear coat ...

get masking tape in 1" size 2 rolls
masking tape in 2" size

get some scrubbing pads soft , medium

this should run approx $50 bucks

then the fun part...

take 1 whole day (warm)
take wheels off (it helps)
wash wheels with warm soapy water and use scrubbing pads to take off brake dust etc...also make sure you do this all over the front and back if you want to end up with factory style look :)

next dry wheels :)
mask off each wheel around the edge where tire meets the rim with small pieces of 1" tape approx 1" long all the way round on the wheel outside and inside. then go over rest of tire with 2" masking tape not forgetting to mask off the valve stem ;)

after that you are ready to paint wheels :) find nice area away from car to spray wheels also a place thats not too breezy...
read instructions on can :) for spraying ....

i did 3 coats inside wheel and four coats outside wheel :) Gold
then on the outside 2 coats of clear coat :)

this will take you all day at least 8 hours to do correctly :)

Andy...who did it already and has "Gold 2000 RS wheels" :D

www.sqc-ny.com featured car for pics

Yup, this way works well, and takes about a day to do.:D

hokusai, ed, painted his factory rims gold. he did a good job too. ask him how he did it.
:D

just krylon them
most wheels you buy are painted and not powder coated anyways :p

painted wheels are tight!

BAM! :

sweet :D

heres mine:

Originally posted by Weasel 555
heres mine:

she looks different since the last time I humped...err...saw her ;)

so thats how your car looks like with that kit on ed.
:D

Yeah, I was going to have my 6 spokes refinished along with getting them repainted gold as well. I think they look really nice.

I'm looking for a Bronze Color for my Euro 17's!

yep. i should get it back this week. hehehehe

so will we get to see it on on the monday starbucks meet?
:D

is there a place that paint wheels for u in newengland, preferably rhodeisland

what about if i wanted it a darker color. like gun metal ish, or that nice articate(spelling?) color. i have a yellow car. what color rims does everything think i should powder coat them.

I would like to paint my wheels gold too, but i'm afraid it'll look ricey because my car is stock. any opinions??