What would you do with beat rims

[boxster_s_boy_34]

Originally Posted by FTD

I have four beater wheels that I got for track days. What would you do, if you were thinking about painting or restoring them to some level of dignity? All ideas, no matter how wacky, are welcome.

I would just have them bead blasted and the power coat them some really loud neon color just to be different.

[cvhs18472]

I got a set of winter wheels which lookes just about like yours. I deceided to paint them and through some research realized that the wheel color on Porsches were not the same as the Artic Silver of my car. I bought one of those cheap drop down sand balsters for about $35 , cleaned the wheels well and then went to the local Auto Paint store and got a pint of primer, a half pint of Artic Sliver and some clear coat and went home and sprayed the wheels. Came out great and have had a number of comments about what was different about my wheels, when told everyone just hit their forehead and said Oh. You can go to most any Auto Paint Store and get small quantities of any color you want. Ed

[rick3000]

I think something like this would make those rims look a lot better.
You could also add a personal touch with the stripe.
Here are instructions:

http://986forum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=10897&highlight=wheel+painting

[Cloudsurfer]

When re-finishing wheels you want to paint an not powder coat. Powder coating will not show small stress cracks if they occur.