gts rim masking and painting

**ozbox** · 14-11-2010, 02:38 PM

i have a couple of sets of gts rims hangin around for my own use so i figured i would get them sandblasted and paint them up..i have one set of 14x7 and one set of 15x7 which i am mixing to use 14x7 on front and 15x7 on rear...the first set i have painted is in the traditional grey centre silver outer but the second set i will be doing in reverse colours for something different..
firstly before i get into descriptions of masking etc lets look at what this is costing me..
the 15 inch rims ive had for 10 years and they cost me then $100 each..
the 14x7 rims i bought recently and paid $100 each..
so $800 for 8 rims..
sandblasting was $15 a rim...$120.
i bought 4 litres of gts silver and 4 litres of gts grey which was $350 for the 8 litres,a bit more than needed to do 8 rims but its always good to have to much than not enough..
fineline tape 3 rolls $30..again extra tape for later..
time taken too prime/hifill and rub down ready for paint and then paint silver 4 hours..
time taken to mask up centres and paint about 2.5 hours..
the process for painting gts rims is quite simple as long as you are a patient person..
sandblast or rub down,primer/hifill..then rub down nice and smooth..then paint the whole rim in the silver and let the paint cure a bit before using the fineline tape to mask out your insert..then use masking tape to fill in the areas you dont want to be painted the dark grey..use a razor on the tape to cut the masking tape..mask up the rest of the rim and paint in the darker colour and then demask...the use of fineline tape gives you a nice sharp edge on the colour and also does not allow the paint to stick to it so when you demask the paint stays on the wheel on not on the tape..

**ozbox** · 14-11-2010, 02:40 PM

so these rims will be on the sinbox later this week....

**jennie285** · 14-11-2010, 10:23 PM

Gees they look good Oz....lovely job

**ozbox** · 14-11-2010, 11:13 PM

thanks jennie....just goes to show that im not just a pretty face....

**agr071** · 14-11-2010, 11:18 PM

When will we see the ones done in the reverse colour??

**ozbox** · 14-11-2010, 11:27 PM

Originally Posted by agr071

When will we see the ones done in the reverse colour??

i will be painting the dark grey during the week and then its when the mood and the sun gets me to do the mask up and silver the spokes...the ones above took me a month coz of weather etc...

**0488TINTER** · 07-11-2011, 02:00 PM

just a fewquestions
1) Did you do the reverse set
2) what were the 15" originally fitted to

**ozbox** · 07-11-2011, 02:27 PM

no i havent got around to painting them yet..will be doing that soon now its warm..
the 15x7s were original pontiac rims..i also own a 69 ram air 3 gto which the rally 2s were original fitment on but i bought wheel vintique rims for it new so these were the other set i had..not its absolute originals and they had a couple of marks in them..

**0488TINTER** · 07-11-2011, 05:55 PM

ok, i was racking my brain (stump really) to think of a Holden that came with a 15 inch and thats why i couldnt think of one

so im assuming, from the look, that theyre the exact same centre in a larger outer rim?

**ozbox** · 07-11-2011, 06:46 PM

no they are a 15 inch centre with a 15 inch outer...
you used to be able to get step down rims from roh to put 14 inch centre into a 15 inch outer..dont know that you can get them anymore..when pontiac started doing the 15 inch rally 2 rim there was a 1 year run of 14 inch centre to 15 outer and that was 1970..after that they were all 15 inch centres with 15 inch outers..dunno why they did this coz 69 models had 15 with 15...