Painting my factory rims any pointers i wanna do a bright blue

[biggiesmalls]

Hey guys ive seen a few good paint jobs theres one guy with the green snowflake rims. i would like to buy the supply's at a local store preferably.

thanks cheers.

[stevenma188]

Do the prep work (ie sanding etc) and do lots and lots of thin coats.

[biggiesmalls]

do you know any tutorial pages ill do the prep work i juss wanna learn how to do it first ;/ thanks

[kjmckenz]

Tutorial for you:

http://mazda3revolution.com/forums/2010-mazda-3-how-guides/3192-how-paint-stock-wheels-tires-mounted.html

[biggiesmalls]

yess!! tyy nice ride by the way :)

[kjmckenz]

You're very welcome & thanks.
I'm going to be "borrowing" some steelies to do this to my wheels some time early next summer.

Hopefully the tutorial is very useful for you :)

[blankets3]

in for pics!

[zoso]

****ing sick, I was thinking of doing the same thing on my stock rims, I wanted to use them for winter tires come November and by March save up for a set of nice rims and tires.

However i like the 2010 stock rims

The main concern of mine is the durability of the paint, will it hold up to rim cleaners and the like?

[coriolis]

****ing sick, I was thinking of doing the same thing on my stock rims, I wanted to use them for winter tires come November and by March save up for a set of nice rims and tires.

However i like the 2010 stock rims

The main concern of mine is the durability of the paint, will it hold up to rim cleaners and the like?

It'll hold up decently, but a proper powdercoat will be much better.

[Donutz]

Someone did a "how to" thread here on tm3 (I'd look it up for you but I'm on my bb). Like Steve said, lots of thin coats. It might seem like a lot of work but you'll be sooo much happier with the results. Painting isn't so much about the actual spraying of the paint; its a multi-step process and prep is huge part of painting. As for paint colour, do some tests if you aren't sure about the colour. This step is also well worth the time invested. If you can't find an off the shelf paint you can get a custom paint mixed and loaded into an aerosol can. Lastly, if this all turns out to be too much effort, you could consider powder coating. PC is expensive, but comes with a whole load of benefits.

Good luck! Take some pics and post them up!

[bman13]

Tutorial for you:

http://mazda3revolution.com/forums/2010-mazda-3-how-guides/3192-how-paint-stock-wheels-tires-mounted.html

wow that is a great write up...index cards = genius

[zoso]

wow that is a great write up...index cards = genius

I had a hell of a time with the index cards, they kept falling out every time i tried to move the wheel, or the wind picked up plus with their placement, it was near impossible to get the can in the right position to get a good spray in the right placed. It's better to use painters tape and use small 2-4 inch pieces to cover the tire around the rim and some dollar store masking tape to cover the rest of the wheel wall.

Plus when ever i had to take a hose to it to wash off the dust on the wheel, the cards would soak it up and rip easy. Taping in the way to go