i surprised myself tonight

[Pipeless416]

well ive always wanted black rims, but my new clutch and basket kinda drained my quad funds. i really wanted to just have the stock rims powercoated, or fork out my life savings for some hipers, but i saw the painted rims thread and it gave me the idea to just give it a shot. if they don't hold up, i'll just wire wheel the paint off and polish them back up. im not getting my hopes up, but after roughing them up and cleaning with rubbing alcohol, i might be surprised. heres the start..

[Pipeless416]

i might use a semi gloss final coat to kinda bring down the shine a little bit, but i'll just have to see them after they have some clear coats, and when they're not in fluorescent lighting.

[Pipeless416]

since everything else has been painted on my quad with great success, i figured why not try! more to come later on

[BigBore24]

looks good. im interested in knowing how this holds up because i want to do mine sometime. what kinda paint did u use? did you primer them or just scuff and clean them? let me know how they hold up after riding

[Pipeless416]

thanks, i just used gloss black rustoleum, and i used like a 220 grit sand paper to rough them up, and then cleaned them with a degreaser, and then rubbing alcohol to get everything off. i only have two coats on two of the rims so far. it takes a while to tape them and prep them. oh, and the first coat of paint was really thin and i let it dry completely before i put any more on.

[DementeD]

IF..u need to strip them..use aircraft paint remover..
works great pretty cheap and can find it out walmart

ive had to remove paint from car rims before so ..been there done that...

[skidoome]

black is pretty....

[Pipeless416]

new pics.. talk about the suspension stretching out :eek2: :p

[Pipeless416]

soon to be on all 4

[AZ440ex]

Looks good! Hey even if they do scratch the touch up should be pretty easy and cheap

[00.400ex#55]

hahaha, im in the same boat as you. i dont have that kind of money for some hipers right now so i made some imaginary ones. theve held up great i painted before last summer and added the stripes a few months ago.

http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa289/quadracer56/P6020001.jpg

[powermadd400ex]

wow that looks great, it'll definatly turn heads
00400ex dude do u have a vid of ur quad ripping? cause that looks sick!

[Pipeless416]

Originally posted by 00.400ex#55
hahaha, im in the same boat as you. i dont have that kind of money for some hipers right now so i made some imaginary ones. theve held up great i painted before last summer and added the stripes a few months ago.

http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa289/quadracer56/P6020001.jpg

thats pretty sick! me likey!

[00.400ex#55]

Originally posted by powermadd400ex
wow that looks great, it'll definatly turn heads
00400ex dude do u have a vid of ur quad ripping? cause that looks sick!

ya i pmed you, i dont wana steal pipless's thread

[Pipeless416]

Originally posted by 00.400ex#55
ya i pmed you, i dont wana steal pipless's thread

no worries! i'd love to see it too lol, so go right ahead.

[00.400ex#55]

well if you insist:devil:

its nothing special tho its just me blowing it a few months ago while it was running far to lean. oh, and ignore the ending of it

http://s203.photobucket.com/albums/aa289/quadracer56/?action=view&current=P3230055.flv

post in the hybrid section if you wana know anything else or pm me, back to your painting rim thread

[Pipeless416]

:eek2: :eek2: ... what was this thread about again...? if they had a smiley that showed drooling, i'd use it here hahaha

[hondarider101]

dont wire wheels the paint off use gass let it sit for about a day and it peels it self off. they look good but i dont think they will hold up

[trx400EXtreme]

rims look great.:macho definately adds to the looks of your quad. in a good way.

[Honda#4]

Looks great man.

[Pipeless416]

got some finished pics

[Pipeless416]

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[Pipeless416]

last.. maybe..

[Exrider434]

Your quad looks awesome dude. The wheels came out great.

[Pipeless416]

thank you. i appreciate that. :)

[red_rider_069]

so how do they hold up after riding? any gloss loss or any negatives?

mine are all scratched so i dont think it would look nice with all my scracthes hehe
http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk220/red_rider_069/maride.jpg

[trxridr]

i painted mine like two years ago, but i didnt sand before and im regreting it, the stock fronts had all the paint flaking away after 1 3/4 years, but im repainting them soon and doing it correct

[phs17]

did you remove the wheels before you did them or did you paint with them on ?

[Pipeless416]

when you say remove the wheels do you mean the tires, or the actual rims from the hubs? all i did was take off the rims, then i taped as far down into the bead as i could. im glad to report that i took my quad to the worst place imaginable to ride, and theres not a chip in them anywhere, even after powerwashing the heck out of it when i got home.. too bad everything else wasn't in as great of shape.. :rolleyes: :p

[Ruby Soho]

glad its workin for ya

[NacsMXer]

The rims and quad look nice :cool:

I would think that almost all of the wear should be to the outer rim lips, provided you aren't too rough about cleaning them and what not. Should be simple to touch up as needed or you could simply go for the polished lip look down the road.

[honda729]

how they holdin up i was thinking about doin this but I dont want to have to repaint them every month

[dirtmerchant42]

yes how are these holding up pipeless????

[Pipeless416]

so far i only got one good size chip, but that was after a pretty brutal ride. everything else is holding up amazingly. the extreme gloss look kinda went away which im glad.. oh, and that one chip was very easy to fix. :) all in all, im glad i did this. too bad im 4 hours away from my quad when im at school :(

[brian76708]

Originally posted by Pipeless416
so far i only got one good size chip, but that was after a pretty brutal ride. everything else is holding up amazingly. the extreme gloss look kinda went away which im glad.. oh, and that one chip was very easy to fix. :) all in all, im glad i did this. too bad im 4 hours away from my quad when im at school :(


I know what you mean i just moved for college im 3 hours away from mine can't wait to ride this weekend finally going home

[Pipeless416]

you a freshman? if so, i won't lie.. it doesn't get any easier to go without riding haha. sometimes i tell my brother to go out and take pictures of my quad sitting in the garage and email them to me. it holds me over for about 5 minutes. :p

[honda729]

im in my 3rd year the only thing u can do is spend 14 hours a day on here and drive around really fast lol

[Pipeless416]

3rd here too.. and i hear ya haha. i literally live on here 9 months out of the year.

[brian76708]

Originally posted by Pipeless416
3rd here too.. and i hear ya haha. i literally live on here 9 months out of the year.

Yup im a freshmen but next year i might get a storage unit to store my quad (if its cheap enough) because the Silver Lake Sand Dunes is only 1 away from here instead of 3 from where im from

[grassman]

does anyone have pics of rims painted different colors??

r ur rims just the stock aluminum ones?

[Pipeless416]

Originally posted by Honda or DI3
r ur rims just the stock aluminum ones?

yep

[glaze11]

what you think?

[Pipeless416]

looks awesome. nice frame too.:cool:

[brian76708]

what color is that frame and is that pc