TIFF

Just asking as my Audi A4 has 18" RS4 rims on and they could do with a little tidy up...

TBH i dont want to spend the money getting them done properly as it is only a runaround.....

Has anyone painted there rims with the tyres still n them....if so, whats the proceeder

TIFF

Que the people saying dont be a tight bastard..........

But there not THAT bad but i dont mind spending a day having a go myself

c.h.r.i.s

I painted the alloys on my 1st car satin black, just masked the tires off wth masking tape and newspaper. Then rubbed down, primer then paint

TIFF

just worried that it will look PROPER shit where i mask off the tyres

c.h.r.i.s

Just take your time and do it neat

Twins

iTrader: (18)

Get the tyre shop to just pop the bead down on the outside so you can do under the lip but leaving the tyre on the wheel.......

mikelomax

really easy just break the beads on the tyres and wedge the rubber away from the rim edge, this way you can get all the way around the edge and not just the face.


regards
mike

TIFF

They might aswell take the tyre off if they do that........i just dont want to pay Ł80 to get them took off and back on again

c.h.r.i.s

Ł80 ?

TIFF

Yep!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What if i let the tyre right down....could i break the bead myself somehow

mikelomax

yes just lie the wheel down on the floor with a plank of wood on the tyre and drive up the plank with another car they will just pop off really easy.

regards
mike

GavStyli

i done this!
not really, saves the agro of taking tyres of then put on again, balancing, and theres always a risk they would scratch the wheel when they put the tyre back on.
doubt they gona charge you much just to push the tyre away from the rim, after you paint them, all you gotta do is just fill with air and no messing around getting tyres put back on again.

C4llyT

I've done it, no finish issues as masking tape is stuck to tyre, so clear of lip, so paint goes where you're thinking it won't.
Really quite straight forward, just a pain in the arse taping it up ripping all those bits of tape up.



Nice and tidy rim.

TIFF

Cool....will give it a go

C4llyT

Just give that part of tyre a real good scrub so the tape sticks, saves getting stressed out later on

Lee Reynolds

you can get flexi masking tape too what bends easier than normal stuff

xr4x4rs

iTrader: (5)

Ł80 to take tyres off lol

i could get them off for you for abut Ł10-15 lol

and refitted and balanced for the same lol

but just make sure you get sticky masking tape as shit stuff doesnt tend to stick very well

C4llyT

What would you call non sticky masking tape, newspaper?

xr4x4rs

iTrader: (5)

well thers low tac and high tac

depending on what you use it for

vroomtshh

FOrget all this masking tape nonsense. Let the tire down and mask it with clingfilm. You can get it right under the gap of the tyre and no worrying about wether it sticks or not. I practically mask everything with clingfilm now

Dicko&Vacant

iTrader: (3)

yep always do em with tyres on, if your that bothered get a tyre place to deflate them first, do the wheel then get the tyre pumped up

fuzzy

i did mine with rattle cans and just masked around the tyre and rim. perfect finish in charcoal mettalic and has lasted a year so far.

Dicko&Vacant

iTrader: (3)

heres the ones i did for Craig Todd off here

before


after




just peeled tape off afterwards job done

mercury grey minter

You just need to let the tyre down and as said above ,break the bead.Easier to mask and paint.Than when you have finised,just inflate them and the bead pops back on the rim.

Here,s mine

CharlieSaff

Has anyone does a guide on doing wheels yourself? As I'm looking at doing some myself at the mo, I'll get the tyres taken off though... Is there a special etching primer to use for alloy? And what do you guys do for plastic centre caps?

Cheers

foreverwhite

will normal body filler do for filling kerb marks?

fuzzy

i used 2 part metal filler . the old "stronger than the metal itself" stuff. metal primer worked fine on the alloy and the plastic centre cap.

matts1

asa above, what do people use for badly kurbed wheels?? what do you sand them down with on the edge.

Csm

I did set of cossie lattice alloys about 8/9 years or so ago ............................ that was a fuckin mission but saved a small fortune lol

jameswrx

Reminds me of the time I refurbed the wheels on my evo 6.. got the wheels 2nd hand to refurb and they had knackered tyres on. I decided against getting them removed.. "I'll just cut them off!" I thought.. big mistake LOL. ended up trying to saw through the side walls but there's a lot of those bits of wire in there and fook me it's tough.

Should have seen the blokes face at the tyre place when I presented him with a wheel just with the side walls on

TIFF

Looks like i am doing the Audi rims myself then.......just need a nice darkish color i think

Drunken Master

Saw this a while ago http://www.detailingworld.co.uk/foru...ad.php?t=36167

Don't know if it's any use.

twinkle_2k86

I did my RS turbo alloys myself. and i never took the tyres off, and didn`t mask them up either. all i did was cearfully cover the tyre in tyre shine (megs one) and as its a silicon based poduct, the paint doesn`t stick to the tyre, and just rubs off .

before



all primed up



and finished

C4llyT

Don't want silicone about when painting I thought?
Very innovative though!

simonc

My local bodyshop only charged me Ł160 to refurb my 18 inch V70R alloy wheels x4, i waited until i needed new tyres & bought them from tyre traders on the net saving myself about Ł100 for 4 tyres then took the car & new tyres to the bodyshop, they even disposed of the old tyres for me + balance up the new ones & refit to the car , dropped it down one day & picked it up the next & they're perfect, i've had a few sets done by them as they are so cheap & a good finish. Can't see the sense in me mucking about when i could be out earning money instead, it would cost me Ł150 to stay at home for a day & piss about doing it myself & they do a better job !

Simon.

AlexF

they usually do!

If you cut coners it looks like you have cut corners too!

pratley

Done mine with rattle cans as i wanted a change of colour. Just keyed them up with green scotch, primed, painted and laquared and left the tyres on.

C4llyT

Mine don't, still clearance to inside of lip to apply paint with this method.

JamesH

iTrader: (21)

Cheers Drunken Master

Little Joe

Just get Stu to pop the Tyres off and pop them back on.........