things needed: electric sander,1can of brake cleaner, 2 cans of black spray paint(gloss),1 can of clear coat (gloss)

1) took off hubcaps and wheels off the car.
2) cleaned wheel with soap and water than dryed completely
3) sanded all rust and exisiting paint off of the steelie as much as i could
4) used brake cleaner to get the rest of the dirt off the wheel!
5) layed a table cloth over wheel outlined the outer part of the wheel with sharpie, cut a hole with scissors (so no paint will get on the tire itself)
6) began painting(let dry for 20 mins than do one more coat of paint)
7) waited atleast 20 mins before clear coating the wheel
8) repeat process for each wheeel

* just a fun little project, that IMO came out very good

HERE ARE THE RESULTS

why didnt you pick a more creative color? nice work btw

what do you mean? i thought black would look the best. didnt want it to end up looking dumb lol what colors are you suggesting?

lol I would go all out on steelies..





someone with photoshop might be more help than me

steelies can be widened too...might not want to go too far or this might happen...



This post has been edited by Neon90424: Nov 3, 2011 - 10:47 PM

Paint the center silver. undercover celica.

ehh well i dont have proper tools to take the tire off the wheel. plus my steelies arent like the ones you showed me. i love the red trim tho. idk what else i i could do to them. i love how they came out tho

they look good dude, now just lower it and get some spacers and it will be bitchin!

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**** yeahh! how much you think that would cost me to lower it and get spacers?

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it all depends on what setup you want to run, you can get lowering springs and struts or you can get coilovers, and depends on what size spacers youd like. it will cost more to lower it but it will be WELL worth it

in your opinion whats better coil overs or lowering springs? and i wouldnt want to space them too much just enough to make it look like perfect i dont really knoww. what do you think?

^ Which won't happen. A spacer large enough to look "perfect," which I'm guessing means close to flush, would be absolutely probably not too healthy of a size to run. I'm guessing increased wear on bearings, not to mention the studwork...I'm speaking 30MM+. Not a good idea, in other words. The setup of that wheel is just not optimal for stancing...

As for the springs vs. coilovers, the following thread answers fairly well.

http://www.6gc.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=80990

This post has been edited by SwissFerdi: Nov 4, 2011 - 8:19 PM

have to steelies widened some an run a small spacer

silver lip with the rest of the rim black always looks good an super easy to do

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haha nahh i wish i could get a sick stance but thats not gunna happen just a decently nice spacer to give it alittle wider look? what length?

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i think i actually just might put a silver lip on it . i would have to find the right look paint tho and masking the rest is gunna be a pain in the ass

I normally use the the cheap aluminum/silver spray paint
yea its normally easier to mask of tire paint silver then mask off silver with painters tape the paint black
or maybe charcoal gray looks good to
autozone sells a really nice rim paint that comes in silver an charcoal grey
cost alil more but gives a great finish
when I did my old rims with it my friends thought I had ny rims pouter coated

yeahh idk i thinkk for now imma just rock with the all black steelies for now. i deff want to lower it and get spacerss asap tho and obviously make it faster

I just did the same thing to mine only in the dark lol...they are only steelies but it helps a lot all considered lol

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what do you meann you painted your steelies too?