Daytona Rims

[triple1972]

Hello! I want to freshen up the black on a 79 Daytona rim. Any suggestions on brand and gloss of paint? The PJ1 epoxy gloss black seems like a good choice but maybe too much gloss?

[m in sc]

low gloss caliper black.

[Aloha808]

Hey Triple1972, I was wondering how you plan on painting the rims.  I'm going to be doing the same thing soon with my Daytona.

Do you plan on cleaning and polishing the aluminum areas 1st, then covering with tape to then paint the black portions?  Or maybe some other method?  Just curious because I never have done this before.

By the way, thanks Mark for the color info.

Russ

[SoCal250]

yep, factory finish was low gloss
Yamaha color code: 0098  LGB  LOW GLOSS BLACK

http://www.2strokeworld.net/forum/index.php?topic=2301.msg19629#msg19629

[Diablo007]

I'm guessing it's paint then sand  the paint off the areas that aren't supposed to have paint.  It seems that's the way LA Sleeve did my cylinders anyway.  Then again I may be waaaaaaay off....

[Hardy]

When I did my 400e rims (same as Daytona in Australia) I polished the lips first, then taped up and painted.

Took a lot of effort but end result was worth it!

Hardy

[Aloha808]

Hardy, what type of tape did you use (painters tape, pin striping)?   I am leaning towards that method.

Thanks

[Hardy]

Not sure of the exact name but it was blue masking tape. I also used a razor blade to trim the lines on the spokes.

Hope that helps.

[Aloha808]

Yes, that helps. 

I will chime back in a few weeks or less with an update on how it went.

Thanks,
Russ

[m in sc]

ive used pinstriping tape in the past for similar tasks (cyl fins etc) . .02

[Aloha808]

Thought I would chime back.  First of all, sorry if I jacked this thread.  It does fall under the umbrella of the title.

Anyway, I painted the front rim.  I am not going to do the back rim for a while.

Did it in four steps.
1.  Cleaned the rim with scotch brite pad.
2.  Polished the aluminum with "Mothers" polish.  It seemed to work better than autosol.
3.  Taped the polished circumference with blue painters tape.  I used Mark's suggestion of pin stripe tape for the polished aluminum spokes.  The width of the pin stripe tape was basically right on.  Thanks Mark!  That saved a lot of time.
4.  Painted it.  I had a difficult time because of the numerous angles on the rim.

It took about 3-4 hours.  It is not perfect, but better.

I hope I can post the pic correctly.  It compares the newly painted front to the unpainted rear rim.

Well, I guess the file is to large to post.  It is only one picture?  Maybe someone can educate me on how to post a pic.

Thanks

[Aloha808]

I thought I would try to submit the pic again. 

Thank you to the forum member who sent a PM to help me.   Also to Mark for increasing the the upload size.

I am not a techy person.  Matter of fact, I don't even own a cell phone. 

[SoCal250]

Looks good nice work.