Just painted my rims the other day, but I'm gonna have to replace the old tires, and the bar that my local tire spot uses to remove the tire from the rim might scratch the lip of it, so I figured i could just masking tape off the lip so that it wont get scratched...

Is this a bad idea?

 

goto a different tire shop// or paint you wheels better

 

how can painting it better prevent metal from scratching it??

 

Find a different shop.

 

I have 1st hand experience changing tires. To break the bead they will have to stick a tire iron in there. Typically they are nylon or plastic wrapped to prevent damage to the rim. Unfortunately there is no way around this, and there is high probability that the paint will get scratched off your rim.

As the previous person was trying to say, a really good paint job on your rims is "less" likely to scratch off. I would imagine a powdercoated wheel would be more likely to withstand the tire iron.

At any rate, you need new tires, if you painted your wheels, simply let them put your tires on, sand down any scratches you find and repaint them. The nice thing about home paint-jobs, is they can be easily fixed at home. I wouldnt worry about it too much.

-unsung

 

just have them take off the tires then powder coat them yourself and have them put the new tires on it will save you from having to repaint you rims evertime you touch them

 

haha okay thanks for the suggestions guys, I have some spare paint left so don't know why i was that worried about it.

 

sounds like the shop you're going to probably has an old style tire machine

 

plus one powder coat

 

ya man its not a big deal to do it yourself go to harbor freight get a powder coater + some powder for like $35 then do each rim and bake them in your oven and bam some perfect rims you will not need to repaint everytime you take them off or rub them or change tires or just chiping from being old with heat and sun like regular spry will

 

any shop that is set up for big wheels and takes their time should be able to mount without scratching the paint

 

POWDER COAT THE RIMS! Painting looks hideous! Powder coat looks AMAZING