I'm working towards a green and gold theme with my car, which as it has been pointed out is great, right up to my rims. More then one person has suggested I just put on ghetto golds.

I have 2 problems with this:

1) I don't like crosslace.
2) I really like my current rims.

So.. has anyone ever painted thier rims successfully? Is it very difficult? Can someone who is a real novice at painting do it?

Do not do it. I fear that it might be a bit excessive. If you do that, then why not color your hair green and gold?

I would just suggest chrome rims. But the weather is fairly brutal up there so, I think something similar to my rims would work excellently with your car, the rims of yours and mine share some similarities such as being spoked without crossing, etc.

ill trade you for my 5 spokers

what rims are you running now?

EDIT: I just noticed your avator, I dont know if a novice can pull this off and have the paint last a long time

Silver 9 spokes.

I painted the rims on my GP but it was just painting them black to match the car...I'm not sure how trying to pull off a color match would work...you could possibly go for a matte finish gold but I'm afraid that would look cheap...the process was pretty simple. I used some scotch-brite to scuff the silver finsh, then shot some primer gray and then the glossy black (hi-temp engine enamel) and I can go back and touch up if I need to (which I've done after rebalancing and alignment)...the biggest problem is you must ruin the factory finish to apply the paint so there is no going back.

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they were ghetto golds at one time, professionally color matched and painted by a paint shop, however the gold is showing thru in a few spots.

If changing the color of the rims is going to be your thing, I would first have them media-blasted, then powdercoated. Will be a bit more $$, but will last a lot longer and will be much easier to care for.

And won't chip off and reveal your old color