Has anyone painted these steelies?

Hey all, I just picked up a set of these steelies off of an 04 Tundra for a great price ($50 for all 4 plus the spare) and they came with decent tires to boot.
I’m thinking about painting them but I’m trying to find examples of these specific wheels painted to help me decide if I want to keep the stock silver, or paint them black. If anyone has painted these wheels, I would greatly appreciate you posting some pictures to give me an idea of how they turned out.

*I found the pic online, the ones I picked up don’t have nearly as much rust

 

I have no pics but stock silver will be your easiest time

Dad repainted these wheels on his truck and they look brand new

 

I did one in white primer to see if i'd like it.


Decided i'd do my starfish white & the steelies MF grey.

 

Pics self explanatory. Number your balancing weights and their locations, then pull them. Just does a nicer job. I treated the rust , then sprayed/brushed in some black on the back sides.
Scrape in those outer seams with a razor or pic where the two parts of the rim come together, and soak it in there with the rust treatment before painting.
Very happy with the Rust-Oleum wheel paint. BUT, wear a mask! I did it in the sunlight and the amount of metallic flake floating in the air from that paint was insane.
Good luck

 

This steel wheel would look way better with either no center cap, or a different type. That center cap looks like it should be on a 2002 Toyota Sienna

 

Maybe these?

 

These T100 Steelies are my fave

https://www.stockwheels.com/Toyota-T100-1997-1998-16x7-Steel-Silver-6-Spoke-69353-Wheel-Rim

 

I had several 77-90 years Toyota trucks and used the Rustoleum wheel paint on the ones that had steelies with excellent results.

 

I heard a diesel engine start up in my head when I saw this pic

 

X2 "wait... what?"

 

did it sound like a detroit 4-71?

 

I don't know what the fuck that is. But it sounded like every ram ever. LOL

 

Thanks! I’ll have to post some pictures when I get this project finished up.

 

Wheel painting in hiatus, haha

 

Dang it man! I feel this. Just had a flat episode of my own.

 

Sorry to hear that, hopefully both of our lucks improve in the future, haha

Could have been way worse, this was after 2.5+ hours of driving and right after I got out of a canyon with some steep downhill grades and drop offs that were a long ways down.

Definitely counting blessings on this one and sent out a prayer or two for good measure.

 

Keep them stock silver or flat black. The latter would be easiest to future touch up though because the black over spray will blend in on the tires better than silver. Either way the biggest thing here is prep work. More prep today = less issues tomorrow. Best of luck.

 

With any steelies I've ever had, I went with flat black, easy to touch up and holds up well.

 

Two stroke screaming diesel goodness.

 

Buy some takeoff starfish and paint them gold

https://www.tundras.com/threads/wha...-gen-tundra-today.2558/page-1903#post-3512194

 

No one is ballsy enough to pull that off, are they?

 

The only proper treatment for the starfish wheels.

 

I still have 4 Patrick’s in the garage just begging for this

 

4 wheels, 4 outfits

 

A professionally done Revelations themed build would be crazy. Anytime I see someone with Bible verses on their vehicle they’re always hand painted in dollar store acrylic though, haha

 

check out the lowrider scene. Those dudes in houston could airbrush scripture next to titties.