Painting wheels black

[H D]

Could anyone photoshop my wheels a flat black? To avoid showing off your skills and advertising to everyone that you know how to do it well and getting tons of resulting requests, you could just email them to me. :grin:



Obviously, I'm considering painting my wheels. Thoughts? Criticisms? Experience? Pictures?



Of course, this would be at the same time I paint the cladding black.



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[gary s]

try tirerack.com and you can get an idea of what black wheels (not the stock rims) would look like. they have the option of putting in your type of vehicle/colour and what the wheels look like on it.



btw, i like black/gunmetal wheels :grin:



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[H D]

I've done some wheels that way on tirerack before and that's kind of what made me think it might work. Been a while, though. I'll look again. I'm just not sure if I should 'ruin' the stock wheels, which are actually in very good shape (even though they're really dirty in the pictures).



Good lookin' Z. The black wheels are a nice touch.

 

[Jerry Gerner 2]

I have pics of a black Trac with flat black wheels, I'll upload it when I get back in the house.

 

[Mike Yatkowitz]

Hugh, if you do deside to get the wheels done in black I would have them powder coated. It's a little more money but it holds up a lot longer.

 

[Art Garcia]

i like my factory wheels, im just that kinda guy. if i did do anything in that area i would just paint them black in some areas of the rim.



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[Jerry Gerner 2]

Here's the picture I have of the stock wheels blacked out, I'll see if there's more.

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[Kirk Risseler]

Not stockers but black.....



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[Coleman Brumley]

Here you go. Not perfect, but should give you some idea.



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And with black cladding:



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[H D]

Thanks everyone. Powdercoating is my future goal, but paint may have to do for now. I can't really justify spending that much at this time. At least with paint, I can cheaply touch them up occasionally until I get them powdercoated.

 

[H D]

Ok, so I used MS Paint and tried my hand at it just to get an idea. The trick is to sit far away from your monitor and squint. I think I like it.



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[H D]

And with black cladding...



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[Richard Kolb]

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[John Ratajczak]

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