Car Wheel Rims

I'm not really sure what they are officially called, but my car wheel rims or hubs or whatever are rather dull, and I wanted to know if I could just sort of... spray paint them a different color?
Maybe like a metallic blue or something?
Would that work? Or is there specific... erm... wheel rim paint?

Yes Absolutely you can paint them.... It would be best if you could take them off the car..... Its ok to leave the tire on..... Clean all the dirt and grease off them.... Dry them off.... Sand down any rust... If the rust is heavy use a wire wheel on the end of an electric drill.... Then sand them down.... Go to a hardware store and pick up Wet Sand paper.... Its usually black or gray sand paper and its made to be used with water.... Keep it wet and sand the finish till its dull.... Primer and paint wont stick to glossy paint finishes.... Use 600 grit paper.... When done dry it off..... let any water evaporate out of any crevasses...... Use paper and tape to mask off the tire.... You dont want overspray on the tire.... Apply a coat of spray paint primer.... after this is dry apply a spray paint coat of what ever color you want....


ABOUT COLOR..... Be carefull --- The wrong color can make the car look corny..... If its an old school car from the 70's or before then you could paint the wheels to match the body, or white, or black or silver and it would look good...... If you car is a newer front wheel drive car then I would avoid any color except black, aluminum color, white, gray or silver.... But hey -- its your choice...

Slap in a new set of chrome lug nuts and it will look great.....

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2008-10-13 18:09:58 by Pursue Happiness

Video of how I design rims on Catia V5

Has anybody ever wondered why car wheel rims appear as if they are spinning backwards at a fast speed (maybe at least 25 mph?), then at slow speeds, the rims return back to their forward rotation. Has anybody else noticed this and can explain why this happens? I am guessing something to do with how the light is reflected off of the rims creating an optical illusion.
I do not mean spinners either, sorry for the confusion, but I do appreciate the effort.

This is an illusion and will only appear within motion video footage. In the real world, the motion of the wheels would simply blur with sufficient speed.

This artifact is called "aliasing". This is caused because motion video is actually a series of still pictures displayed in rapid succession, measured in "frames per second". Television screens show us 60 interlaced frames per second (in the United States; 50 in Europe and Australia), movie theater film at 24 frames per second, film destined for televsion at 25 frames per second, etc.

You can imagine how this can create aliasing. Imagine that a six-spoked wheel were spinning at exactly the right speed that in 1/24th of a second, it were to make exactly 1/6th of a full rotation. A movie film recorder would take a still image of the wheel and then 1/24th of a second later, it would take another image. But since the wheel has six spokes, the next image of the wheel would look almost identical to the first, assuming all the spokes are equally spaced, etc. Over time, the motion video would look like the wheel was not moving at all because the six spokes would appear not to move. What is simply happening is that your eye is not seeing all of the motion that is happening in the 1/24th of a second in between each frame.

If the wheel were turning very slightly slower than this, then the spoke would not exactly reach the next 1/6th of its position. Instead, it would fall slightly behind where the next spoke's image was taken in the first frame. The third frame would again take an image with the next spoke falling slightly behind again. Over time, the motion video would make the wheel appear to be moving slowly backward.

(Note that this effect *can* be seen in real life, but it would require a light source which has a "strobe" effect. The sun would never do this, nor would standard incandescent lights. Some flourescent lighting, however, has a flicker to it, which is why some people have difficulty working under them. Television sets, of course, also have a flicker since they are displaying those still images in rapid succession. Ever try spreading your fingers out and moving your hand back and forth across a television screen?

This makes TV light a good way to test out aliasing. Turn on the TV at night and turn off all the rest of the lights in the room. Then, take a toy wheel with spokes and turn it at different speeds under the television's illumination. At certain speeds, you will see the aliasing effect.)

2006-08-11 12:22:00 by Vincent

Wheel Cleaning Brush features black thick bristles stapled-set into wires for added protection.
Color: Black bristle /black handle
Store in a shaded place. Hang or lay flat.

I have custom rims on my car but they dont have the same wheel nuts like normal cars have. What will I have to use in order to remove them?

you should have gotten a key that is for those wheels only

2009-10-03 07:51:40 by redboy_virgo81

Machine aluminum head
Bulls-eye level easy to read
Easily balance wheels with 1-1/2" to 4" diameter

I have aluminum wheels on a truck and the rims are coated with brake shoe dust & or burn in to them.like to know how to clean them

Mother's Mag and Aluminum Polish is the best thing for aluminum wheels. It will make the wheels shine like mirrors.

We use it not only to detail cars, but also on Fire Department vehicles.

http://www.mothers.com/02_products/05100 -05101_b.html

2008-11-08 11:02:35 by Roger S

Im lookin for these car wheel rims that are silver like any rims but they have a black sort of trim to them, anyone know what the style is called?

ur looking for a black/chrome rim with a machined lip the means u want a rim that is chrome with black accents and a chrome lip go 2 a wheel store and they will be impressed u no exactly what ur looking for

2007-08-21 14:15:29 by chembeh