what color should i paint my stock wheel covers?

[matthewboii]

i have a sedan, and i woke up bored and decided i want to do something fun thats cheap..

im thinking white with black trim...

suggestions?!


EDIT::

heres how it turned out!

[KCALB SIRAY]

by "trim" do you mean the lip around the cover? And are these the covers you have?

http://us.autos1.yimg.com/img.autos.yahoo.com/izp/toyota_yaris_sedan5spdmt_2008_exterior_sideview_64 0x480.jpg

[matthewboii]

aha i just did the worst paint-mockup of all time, but here

black out whats blacked out and color the rest

[KCALB SIRAY]

Paint the entire cover white (mask off the toyota symbol as to not paint it) paint with a 3/4" black lip. Paint the center chrome yota black. Make sure to sand and prep before painting

[matthewboii]

i think im going to avoid the lip simply because i dont need my wheels looking any smaller then they already do...

decision made and i will be back with my first pics in a long time up laterrr

stupid site and its deleted accounts.. ive been on here longer then a month. jeezee

[KCALB SIRAY]

good luck

[matthewboii]

heres a pic of two of them almost finished, they are all done now, and on my yar yar, but it was too dark for a picture,

they arent the best quality because i have never done this before but they are good enough for me and i love them, full car pic tomorrow :smile:

[blacksandiegovitz]

What color is the car ???

[YAR1S]

What color is the car ???

look below his name.....

[LEGATO``]

look below his name.....

:laughabove:


hmm yehh im kinda interested to see how your color combination turns out

[matthewboii]

im really excited for it, i think that the contrast will look nice, and the reason i went with the black was so that it would blend with the ugly steel wheels better

[facebreaker1212]

hubcaps are for females...real men just take them off

[matthewboii]

well im GAY so what does that mean then?!


ahahahahaha
:thumbsup:

[PHXDEMON]

As much as hubcaps suck. if you are poor right now I say just paint them matte black.

[Ryu]

I will give you some more idea of the hub cap I tried before.
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c200/alwayshappyboy/White%20Rim%20Yaris/Picture022.jpg
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c200/alwayshappyboy/White%20Rim%20Yaris/Picture012.jpg
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c200/alwayshappyboy/White%20Rim%20Yaris/DSCF0021.jpg
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c200/alwayshappyboy/New%20Yaris%20Pic/DSCN0342.jpg

[matthewboii]

all done!

and im really happy with the result considering i have never spray painted anything like this before...

yeeee

now im not bored with my yar yar

and on top of it i didnt have to spend money i didnt have ^_^

what do ya think?

[YAR1S]

its differnt..... I personally dont like the stock hubcaps.... I took mine off and got new ones.....

[YAR1S]

get some back to black on those tires and that'll make them look nice and shiny :D

[matthewboii]

aha yeah i actually just sprayed em with tire shine after i took the pics,

bad timing

[YAR1S]

:P Im a little obsessed with that stuff.... its amazing how a little bit of that stuff can make a big difference.

[matthewboii]

its so fun and easy too!

my friend stayed the night the other night and when he left in the morning i did his tired and took off his front plate aha

i was like

MUCHHHH BETTER

aha

[jonr0613]

do you use clear coat after painting the hubcaps?

[jonr0613]

can somebody teach me some painting basics please...

regarding sanding the hubcaps what grit should i use?
after sanding the hubcaps, what else should i do? i've read something about prep? can you help me with this?

and then what else?

sorry guy i really don't have any idea of painting....

[SilverBack]

First off, you wanna use very smooth sandpaper. Something that's 600 grit or smoother works great. Then grab a spray can and hold it about a foot away while spraying in a sweeping one side to the other motion to get an even coat. After it dries, you can block off certain areas with masking tape and paper to fill-in different-colored details with a paintbrush. Let that dry, then take off all masking. Voila!

[matthewboii]

yeah i put a clear coat on afterwords just for protections sake