i wanna paint my steelies

[dbales]

as the title says, i wanna paint my stock steelies. i've only seen this done to other cars like EGs, but haven't seen this done on a cb. if anyone has any pics post up please and also, what's the best paint if i wanna rattle can them? i know powdercoat would be the best way to go but i don't have the cash for that right now so how can i get the best results on a budget?

[stence2028]

I would say get the spray can they have in autozone or any autoshop.dupli-color i think its called.they have some specialy for rims.

[Raceboy]

Leave them black and rock hubcaps.

Are you planing on painting them some off the wall color or something?

The only painted steelies I thought looked good were some 13" painted white with white center caps with red H's on a slammed EF.

[Ander]

It's been done.

[Raceboy]

It's been done.

Steelies should always be black in my honest opinion.

For example this particular CB with the orange steelies screams "HEY LOOK IM ROCKING STEELIES!" It draws attention to the 40 holes In the rim and the fact that the weights are painted orange as well.

I seen a guy the other day that had bright red steelies. I understand that red rims are the hot sh!t right now but red "steelies"? No.

But hey to each their own.

[dbales]

I don't want anything too off the wall, like no red, and definitely not orange. I've got a few small rust spots on mine and wanna repaint them black, or a wrinkled black. and i hate the way my hubcaps look.

[JoshM]

[Ander]

^ That's hot.
Steelies are just rims. I don't think they should be dismissed just "because they're steelies"

If they look good, they look good.

[Dobermann]

Just wait and get EXR wheels, or lude wheels. That guy with the orange steelies spent $10 on primer, $10 on paint, and $5 on masking and stuff.

If you check kijiji or craigslist you can probably get some nice alloys for $200-$300. And they won't look like trash.

Unless they are widened steelies. My friend with an MK3 has 16x9 steelies. I wasn't sure at first but the look baller and should be painted properly to match.



But, if your doing this for winter, painted hubcaps are the way to go. Heres mine.

[pnoycb7]

I say matte black or gunmetal.

[dbales]

i love the blue steelies with the whitewalls. i'd like to do that maybe in the future. i really like the look of the stock rims and widened ones would be awesome. but i'm leaning more towards repainting the faces a black and spraying the lip a different color.

btw, anymore pics of the white accord on whitewalls? preferably close ups of the wheels.

[JoshM]

btw, anymore pics of the white accord on whitewalls? preferably close ups of the wheels.

It's a friend's car. He just put them on yesterday, so no more pics of them on the car yet.

But, here's a close up of the wheels:

[TracieS]

thought this was the one I see at ia every year.

[JoshM]

Probably is. The exterior has stayed 95% the same over the last few years. Only things that's changed on the outside is a fresh coat of paint and various wheels.

[crazymikey]

Those blue ones are sick!!! And Dobermann's hubcaps are sweet too.



There's a white '89 Civic sedan around the corner fromme rockin bright pink steelies. It's a girl's car, and it actually looks kinda cool.