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Bed liner on stock wheels.

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#1 ·
Howdy,
I have been contemplating this for some time now and I finally did it today, painting my stock wheels with Bed liner.
Initially I was just going to paint the windows on the wheels and leave the face silver. This did not work so well, but I will include the pics anyway.

First, go to the store and buy 2 cans of rustoleum truck bed liner. Be sure that you do not grab 1 can of bed liner and 1 can of undercoating. Stupid walmart people put them both in the same row. guess I should have verified I got the right thing, though.


Second, pull the spare off the jeep and bring it into your shop/garage/workspace.

Yes, the sheets have poka-dots on them. No, they are not my sheets. They are my girlfriend's sheets.


Third, Mask off the edges of the face and window area if you are going to paint the windows, so you don't sand the face.


Fourth, Sand the area to be painted, whether it be the whole wheel or the windows only. I used 200 grit sandpaper so it was not too smooth, but not too rough.



Fifth, Clean off the dust with some alcohol and a rag.

Sixth, if you are painting the windows, cover the opening with paper/tape.


Seventh, paint from the inside of the wheel, try to get in the corners as much as possible. Then let it dry for about 20 minutes. Peel off the tape/paper and then decide you should have just painted the whole wheel all along. At this time also realize that you sprayed with undercoating, not bed liner.


Eighth, take the wheel, or another one, back inside and remove the center cap and wheel weight. Save these and mark their location with a little bit of paint of a sharpie. The weights can be popped off gently, but it takes some time. I took a wide standard screwdriver to the open point on the clip of the weight and pried them off. The cap just pushes out from behind.

Ninth, sand the whole entire surface of the wheel, including windows, and clean again.

Tenth, I placed small strips of masking tape around the wheel, right where the rubber meets the rim of the wheel to keep the tire from getting sprayed and them taped huge index cards to make the masked area larger, couldn't figure out how to do the "index card trick".


Eleventh, Begin spraying with the bed liner. I sprayed around the rim first, then did the windows, then the face areas. I found this worked the best. You need not do a very thick coat, and don't worry if it has a glossy finish in some areas because it will even out as it dries. Make sure to spray from over a foot away. Let the wheel dry for about 30 minutes.


Twelfth, While that wheel is drying, start on another a wheel.

Thirteenth, Touch up any areas on the wheel that need more bed liner on them.
 
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#64 ·
Can bedliner be used on the stock base steel wheels? The black wheels look great and I am very interested in doing this.
 
#67 ·
My stock steel wheels have been that way for about 4 months, they are holding up fine in the mud and rocks. I left my center cap silver. They are a little dusty, had to go fill my feeder yesterday and check my game cam. On a sad note, this is the 1st time I have had the top up in 2 months or more. Supposed to storm all day here.

 
#74 ·
I painted my stock wheels today. They look good; however, I should have done an extra coat. One is not enough. I also did not take them off the Jeep. I used painter's tape on the lug nuts and around the edge of the rim. Then I made a round template out of cardboard to protect the tire. Finally, I used a large piece of cardboard inserted into the wheel well to protect the rest of the Jeep from overspray. It worked. Although it needs a another coat. Bedliner rules!!!!
 
#77 ·
You really can't see the inside of the rims past the caliper/rotor.

If you dont take the wheels off its going to be a pain but...

Tape off the lugs
Find a big piece of cardboard and cut out the size of your rim so you can put it against it to prevent overspray.
Sand rim with 1-200 Grit paper
Acetone the rim real good
Spray evenly in every nook and cranny exposed.
Let dry
Give it a second touch up coat.
Let dry.


Took me about 3 hours (with help) to do all 5 rims, off the jeep

Start to finish
 
#90 ·
So far, I got the spare done yesterday and let the final coat dry until this morning. Then put the weight and center-cap back on and bolted it onto the Jeep...

Then I went back and detailed the 'Jeep' inlaid letters and left the center-cap alone. It might be hard to see in the pics, but I think it looks good...
I'll get to the others this week...
 

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#92 ·
I don't mean to be a pain, but I'm seriously considering this, and I was wonderig if you could post a close up of the rim, is it smooth like spray paint or is it really rough like sandpaper?
 
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