Making factory wheels gold
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Making factory wheels gold
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?
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bruce
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bruce
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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.
I have mine powdercoated. it costed me about $200 for all four wheels.
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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"
www.sqc-ny.com featured car for pics
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
Goldthen 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"
www.sqc-ny.com featured car for pics
Last edited by Weasel 555; Dec 2, 2002 at 05:45 PM.
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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"
www.sqc-ny.com featured car for pics
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
Goldthen 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"
www.sqc-ny.com featured car for pics
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Yeah, I was going to have my 6 spokes refinished along with getting them repainted gold as well. I think they look really nice.
