I was going to get a set of Sparco Drift's but i decided to paint my stock ones to see what they would look like. here you go

 

Looks great! Works much better with your MINI!

 

Looks great, but sweet jesus, are the spring blocks still in there!!???

 

^^^^ haha no i still had the E Brake on and it moved back a lil when i was removing the wheels

 

ohh i gotcha... mine does the same lol

is that plastidip? looks similar to mine, just better lol

 

Looks like you must have hit Rimpainter.com, I spent 50.00 bucks on paint and did the same thing they look sweet.

 

neither of those, haha its rustoleum wheel paint and clear coat, sanded them with 310 grit and went to town.

 

well props to you! very well done

didnt know they made wheel paint... good to know

 

they sell it at your local auto parts store. ill let you know how it holds up in a few months.

 

Hey, related to this post I've been re-working some R90's. The barrel part of the wheel was clear coated, and I stripped that and repainted.
I put a primer down and then black, then clear coat. The first coat of clear went on beautifully. I looked sooooo smooooth and shiny.
Being the perfectionist I am I wanted two coats of clear for max protection. I did not sand between the clear coats, as it doesn't really say on the type of paint I got to sand, it just says to wait 24 hours before applying a second coat. I let it sit for a day came back to put the second coat on, and now it's textured. Not the smooth glossy finish I had before. It's a little rough and matt looking. Not at all what I wanted. Should I have stopped at one coat and been happy? Or should I have maybe sanded a little between coats?

 

i put two coats on waiting like an hour between coats and its not rough at all i think its cause you waited to long. thats my guess im not a professional lol

 

I've done a little more research and what I've go is Clear Coat Orange Peel. The clear coat gets textured like an orange peel kinda feel. It's fixable by wet sanding and polishing. I'm going to put another layer on before I wet sand, cause my concern is I'll sand through my two thin coats.
How's the Rustoleum paint holding up? I used the same stuff.

 

looks like a great idea

 

Just make sure when you wet sand that you use super high grit sandpaper. Anything over 1000 grit should work, the higher the number the better.

And make sure you keep it wet. You might even want to grab a spray bottle to keep it wet between sanding.

It should come out just fine. Then, you can wax it just like your car and it should give it a nice polish. Good luck!