Painting rally wheels

[BigRed Beast]

I've searched the forum(s) for a posting on painting rally wheels without removing the tires--someone had a concoction of comet mushed into a paste applied to the tire prior to painting--it was a better way of masking the tire.

Anyone remember that, or is my past starting to haunt me?

[truckster]

I used a paint brush to paint on a thick layer of dish washing detergent. Let it dry and then paint. I used Dawn, but any brand would probably work.

[RANDAL]

How about deflating them and stuff news paper between the tire and wheel

[mikekoala]

I was looking in to this a while back. There's a few videos floating around that show the slow and painful tape job.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0sl_n9Zcgw

[old man jimmy]

I've always used a deck of cards. Stick them in the bead overlapped.

[Warrens69GMC]

Originally Posted by old man jimmy

I've always used a deck of cards. Stick them in the bead overlapped.

i've used 3X5 index cards. You can find them everywhere

http://www.walgreens.com/q/index-cards

[BigRed Beast]

All good ideas, just remember a tip about the dish soap or comet or something like that. The best i can recall, it was using the comet to create a thick paste then painting it on the tire. Once dry, apply the paint to the rim. Once that's dry, wash off the tire.

I just couldn't remember which forum I saw it in.