Painted my stock rims gunmetal

[fernank1987]

JUST PAINTED ONE TO SEE HOW IT LOOK. WHAT DO YOU GUY THINK?


I ALSO PAINTED THE INSIDE OF MY HEADLIGHT, BLACK.

[Coderedpl]

Did you paint the city light spot too? Hard to see....

[1SICKAUDI]

They're going to look like brake dust covered wheels.. Just get new wheels.

[BASARAB]

Did you paint the city light spot too? Hard to see....

lol

[daudic]

They look great and they won't look dirty as fast as stock paint.

[sobayb6]

i like em

[mikebo212]

agreed with them looking nice, how did u paint them??

[SykoraA4]

not bad. you dont need to shout though. oye.

[fernank1987]

I spray paint with autozone high performance wheel paint.
Primer and sand the curb damage, then gunmetal paint and finished with clear coat.

And yes I did paint the city light and outside is smoke.

[Übermensch]

They're going to look like brake dust covered wheels.. Just get new wheels.

HaHa

[fernank1987]

I don't really feel it.

compare to original

[Mc Suly]

There nice, should have gone 100% black with a bit of gloss!

[fernank1987]

going to try black this time. don't know if I should do black chrome or just glossy black. don't like the look of flat

[brownishwater]

You need to do something about 4x4 mode before autozoning the shit out of your Audi.

[D0lphinGrey]

^^x2

Might be just the camera but it looks like you have ruined the headlights, they look 'dirty'...

[fernank1987]

it has the smoke plastic cover thing that you can get from ecstuning. with the camera you can see a lot of reflection from the surrounding.

[ryanworth]

1) Stop spending money on these mods and lower
2) Paint wheels black or go back to stock, doesn't flow with your color car
3) Remove smoked film on headlights. They look shitty.

<3
-Ryan

[Sherbakoff]

It's strange, but the headlights doesn't look black inside, maybe grey?

[jerqs]

looks budget.

[B-Time]

The gunmetal looks good. I am not a fan of stock wheels painted black. The smoke film makes the headlights look like shit.

[A 4 Awesome]

fix your headlights, the paint looks super-cheesy. CC if you want. Lower before wheels imo.

[fernank1987]

yeah, the headlight I bought it here and it came smoked already didn't really realise it till later. but I still going to take the headlight out again cuz one of the ballast is flickering. and I order ballast plus bulb from lowerA4. I only painted the spare tire so I didn't really screw too much.

[beantown]

I only painted the spare tire so I didn't really screw too much.

Definitely was a smart move.

[digitalAUDI]

I painted my stock wheel stock wheels the same color and it looked fine. Looks better when the car is lowered and the center cap is on as well.

Agreeing with everyone else on the headlights. They look dirty...

[cbbepop]

nice

[jimrobbington]

Wheel looks nice, but remove that head light film

[event]

but I still going to take the headlight out again cuz one of the ballast is flickering. and I order ballast plus bulb from lowerA4. I only painted the spare tire so I didn't really screw too much.

I've read several times that flicker is from the bulbs and not ballasts, you might want to confirm that before wasting money replacing things that work. Seems like a good call on just doing the spare, but better pics would really show how the gunmetal compliments.

[VdTechnofreak]

Wheel looks nice, but remove that head light film

^^ but just the wheel--when on the car, it doesn't flow. Somehow gunmetal doesn't work for me with your car color. Bet you'll see better at nite after the film is gone...

[fernank1987]

I removed the film and yeah it's much clearer than before.

[ryanworth]

Much, much better. You should've CC and finished the black out process while you had the lights open, lol. Next time.

[AudiTFSI3o3]

^^ agreed. i, personally, would've only painted that satin strip that is attached to the headlight cover and left the xenon surround as is. my .02

[Koby]

^ that

[Adork4]

The headlights look much better without the film. I want to do the cc mod on mine but am afraid they won't seal properly afterward and I'll get a bunch of condensation. As far as the wheels go, I agree that you should get your stance taken care of first. No matter what wheels are on your ride, they will look like garbage if you're not sitting pretty.

[vannyhuj]

I like the initiative, and the DIY looks good. However, I think with your car color you need to finish the pseudo-titanium look. Paint your trim and grill surround black, to complete the look. I also agree that the headlights look better without the smoked film.

[AWDTURBO]

Your headlight idea sucks!

why would you ruin bixenons like that ..

[Au-V]

CAn you do a DIY on painting yoru rims?? thanks

[ryanworth]

CAn you do a DIY on painting yoru rims?? thanks

1)Mask/tape off where you don't want painted
2)Paint in a left/right swiping motion over the desired area
3)Do however many coats you want. Wait 30-45mins between coats
4)Let dry and done.

Lol, not too complicated.

[QUATTROA4B7]

^^ On top of that, if you don't want the paint chipping right off
I suggest before paint: cleaning, degreasing and sanding with
a high grit. Even steel wool,or scotch brite will do the job, anything
to scuff up the surface. After the wheel is clean an prepped, follow
ryanworth's list. It IS pretty easy.

[fernank1987]

I cleaned it really good first and dry,
masked the tire and valve,
spray primer and fix the curb damage
then sand it to make it smooth
spray light coating and let it sit 15 mins
spray more coating but a little heavier(this didn't drip thanks to the first light coating)did this like 4 times 10-20 mins in between.
then do the same with clear coat glossy after 30mins
make sure is a lot of coating around the edge. I used half a can for one wheel.
wait 24 hours and your done

[pw211]

^^x2

Might be just the camera but it looks like you have ruined the headlights, they look 'dirty'...

Yup, looks like you took em apart and didn't seal them right