Hey guys, it's Zach - I want to point out that I DEFINITELY should have been wearing a proper respirator while painting. ESPECIALLY because I was using activated paint, which makes it much worse for you. I wasn't thinking, and should have been. I'm setting an example for a lot of you guys and I promise to do better on the personal protective equipment. Love you all!!

Donut should do a tool series. Like how to shop for the right things. When it's ok to go cheap. Etc. I would watch them.

Me: Yeah, I could probably do this Zach: Step 1, take you tires off Me: Well maybe next time

"First step: get your tires off." Welp, I guess that's the end of the video for me.

How to repaint your wheels; Step 1: Make friends with a powder coater Step 2: *Reap the benefits*

Imagine doing all this work and then realizing you have 3 more wheels to do

Sometimes you watch Money Pit to learn how to do something yourself, and sometimes you watch to learn you don't want to do it yourself.

No joke my girl just scraped my wheels at a McDonald’s drive thru when you uploaded, that McDonald’s reference made me shit myself haha

Very good and detailed video. To anyone reading the comments, I would recommend repairing the rash yourself, but then just drop it off at a powder coater. It typically costs $75 per wheel to have it sandblasted and powder coated which is only $10 more than he paid to paint it himself. You won't need to spend 8 hours of your time and you'll get a stronger finish in the end.

I swear Zach may not look like on the surface but he seems like one of the smartest dudes ever. It seems like he can tackle absolutely any project and make it look/perform professional.

Donut ads are some of the best made by any channel on KZfaq.

2 Things Zach, I would say always sand down the primer, regardless of how flat it lays down, you need those fine scratches of the 400-600 grit for the paint to adhere to the primer. As for the tack cloths, its always better to completely open it and let it air out for at least 5 minutes. that cloth has this residue that if used too rough on your panel, itll leave that residue and give you fisheyes on your paint and itll reflect on your clear. Other than that, im super impressed with how much you know man. Amazing job (just a tip from a body tech/painter)

“Who changed my clothes?” best line in this vid. Great paint job too

Since sir Christopher Fixtopher already covered this, I just watch for pure Zach Jobe goodness.

Repaired wheels for 6+ years, probably the best DIY job i’ve seen! I wish a lot of DIY attempts that I fixed took half the steps he did. Also could have done all 4 wheels in under 5 hours, as good as they did just call a pro, your time is worth the little extra money and more than likely the work will come with a warranty.

As a wheel repair guy, it's cool to see you guys do this! I'm pretty impressed with the outcome, definitely one of the best DIY wheel repairs I've seen.

I know we are all car mod professionals here and would never make silly mistakes, but it's really important after you do this to get your wheels rebalanced, especially since you pulled the weights off the wheel for painting. A balanced wheel is a happy wheel!

I swear, only Zach can make watching someone paint a wheel interesting for 20 minutes. Love how you basically learn a life skill with his videos.

Zach is definitely my favorite from Donut. This was very well done, explained well. TBH it may be more cost effective to buy a new wheel or pay someone for some people, but it can be fun to work on something and you'll feel good about it afterward.

As a qualified automotive refinisher I approve every moment this was pleasing to the fullest

I like how they still ask people to subscribe as if 90% of us weren’t already

Can we just admire the amount of care went into the painting process. It’s borderline inspirational.

I’m a retired Army helicopter avionics/ electrical/ armament technician and instructor. Now I just teach the course. When I was working on the airframes with a retired Navy sheet metal guy he explained to me you should only work he file on a surface in one direction; away from you. Not in a back and forth motion. The back and forth dulls the filing edge. He started of using the aforementioned technique with the coarse side of the file; but went back and forth instead of away from his body with the fine side. The wheel came out great IMO. I’m actually thinking of going this route instead of shelling out $1000 on a set of new wheels!!! Thanks for the great “How-To” video.

Hey Zach, love the content. Don’t forget the cost of removing/remounting and balancing the tires. Hard core DIY people like myself usually do not have free access to this equipment. I just had 4 tires removed and new ones that I had mounted and balanced, that cost me $150 in my rural southern Pennsylvania area. Thanks and keep making great content Zach.

My favorite part of the "Zach sleeps at the office" bit is the mattress leaning against the wall while he slept on the creeper.

The best part about doing it yourself is that you will be extremely proud of your work. Imagine seeing your own paint job on your wheels attached to your car. Every compliment will make you happy and it will be worth it in the end. This is why I do all my work myself on my car, I learn, suffer haha, and then feel the amazing joy of seeing it done.

For a DIYer this is about as solid as a tutorial you’re going to get. I wish I would have had this 5-6 years ago because it’s covered all my lessons learned and hundreds of other videos perfectly in one. Wait-a suitcase it. Also, +1 for spray max, epic products

I've fixed curb rash and refinished those exact wheels using a near identical process for a foxbody running in the NASA Camaro-Mustang Challenge series. We stuck with Duplicolor products and no clear coat for a much cheaper result. We were only going for "race car quality" and not a show quality finish, but they still turned out about 90% of a show finish for less work and expense. I've also used citrus based strippers to completely remove the finish from wheels that had a number of previous low quality finishes applied to them. That is a much more labor intensive process as you have to go over it a couple times with the stripper followed by a mineral spirits wipe down before you go to the sand paper. I found a combination of metal and plastic putty knives, copper pot scrubbers, metal welding brushes, and steel wool work well when removing the normally very thick factory wheel finish when using the strippers. Having completely bare metal was a good way to fully inspect the wheels for cracks. When some of the wheels were stripped, it uncovered a raw as-cast aluminum finish that had a much more course texture than some of the other wheels. It was a cool texture, but it didn't quite match the other wheels we had. So if you stip the wheels, be prepared for what you might uncover, especially if they have been produced by different manufacturers, or at different times by the same manufacturer. Too bad you didn't do it in the video, but did recognize the fact that you needed to up your PPE game, especially when using any type of catylized paint.

To hear Nolan say “buenas noches dias muchachos” made my day.

Pro tip: if you don't have a paint booth wet the floor before paint to keep the dust and dirt outta the air

Great vid. Thanks for the info on tact cloths. I've dome this diy approach on 4 different sets if wheels and never figured out a solution to the dust creep between coats. Much obliged!

Well done bro. I love refinishing wheels, it’s so satisfying

i feel like jobe's the only one on the donut crew who can work on cars so his position at donut is basically permanent

Love that he said he can do it in 4 hours and started work late afternoon so he can finish once it gets dark lol I bet many of us can relate to this haha

your videos are great man, this is what a trully car guy would do, this is what gives you that love for your ride, the effort you put on it, great serie man!! cheers from Germany

I’ve been using 2k clear on all my projects for years! Absolutely love the product and swear by it any time I’m doing a rattle can job

Money Pit and High Low are the absolute best series on youtube. Zach explains things so elegantly, very knowledgeable dude. I have been debating doing this recently and this definitely got me the knowledge I need to do it.

Just me who finds this guy working on his own car extremely satisfying? Like honestly when he completes something and he's so happy with it literally makes me happy too🤣🤠

This is a brilliant tutorial! Thanks for making it. I must say, though, I'm nearly coughing while just watching you spray without a proper respirator. That wheel sure did come out nice. For wheel maintenance, I use Autoglym Custom Wheel Cleaner on my alloy rims. It's incredible stuff! I find all the brake dust and road grime pretty much falls off. Again, I'm talking about wheel maintenance, not stripping them back for painting.

Man this guy is a god send I come back to these videos for so many of my DIY projects

That 2k clear is insane, I used it on a motorcycle gas tank and it never had any issues. You should wear a proper mask with that stuff though, it's nasty!

Waking up to a new donut video is like waking up on Christmas

i recently finished four old, beat-up wheels for my GTI. used the ChrisFix method and they came out amazingly. I'm leaning towards team DIY on this vid

Dude, Zach, another killer video. Short, sweet, and hilarious. Keep up the amazing content!

I was a professional painter and powder coater for 2 years and honestly he did a great job. The fact it took 8 hours is a bit rough though 😂

ZACH: Let's see how they look on my car. ME: *still patiently waiting to see the finished product on his car*

Thank u guys for making cars and the community approachable while teaching us some stuff we can use along the way to save some cash 🙂💪🏽

Nice to see him honest about the time required. I see so many people do DIY videos and say “for $50 and just a hour of your time...” when they already have hundreds of $ in tools needed (removing tires for instance) and it would take a normal person 3-4x as long since it’s their first time doing it, AND the results won’t come out quite as advertised since a lot of it takes practice to get just right.

Everyone on the donut channel has come such a long way and it’s a pleasure to watch these guys doing what they love

I love how they keep filming into the night like how we normally keep working into the night on our cars. Such an amazing channel!

I would always say it's worth it doing it yourself. Aslong as you feel you can do it. And have the space. Always the better route to go. Awesome job 👏 thank you for the great video. Very helpful tutorial.

This was such a great informative video! Thank you! Well put!

As a representative of the Latin community I'm pleased to certify Nolan's excellent spanish pronunciation and intonation. Well done man

I swear at this point Donut should become an Ad company because these Adverts are immaculate

Digging the Streetlight Manifesto shirt. I thought I was the only one that had that shirt!

Just did this with my Focus ST snowflakes and I'm so glad I did. Used a Rust-Oleum universal primer/ paint, effex clear, and some duplicolor clear. Finish looks great. Only regret is not using more Effex

I love the episodes where they fix the aesthetic flaws of cars. Makes them look as cool as they really are

I did this with some Junkyard OEM rims for my 07 Honda fit. I painted them white to match my car and they look pretty good for an afternoons work.

Very good video! Only downside is the repainted wheel is a shade darker so it would be easily noticeable. Unless you are doing all 4 wheels I would just send it in to get color matched.

Juuust curbed my wheel yesterday, good timing on the video thanks!!

Me with my steelies and plastic covers : "Hmmmm. Interesting!"

“It would be really funnyyyyyy if this felllllllll.” We’ve all been there buddy.

If I get anything worked on I am bringing it to you Zach. IDC how far I have to fly or drive. Your attention to detail is phenomenal.

I used krylon filler primer, and duplicolor paint and clear. They came out great, and the only problems I had stemmed from wind and me rushing. 2 years later and they still look good. Totally worth the money. Take your time and do it eight

THE LORD HAS BLESSED US My second hand OEMs have a bunch of curb rash, and they're flaking

With a little more of practise Nolan would be speaking spanish as nice as a native🤣🤣🤣

Def gonna be referencing this when touching up my Regas and Tom's C7R. Quality vid

such a Relaxing episode

5:40 "I'm gonna start around the back, just to get the ol' juices flowing, if I'm gonna mess anything up, might as well be the the back" Now read that again, but slowly

That intro is gold lmao

It came out really good. I am impressed.

You guys are awesome!! Keep the vids coming.

Slept on a creeper when there's literally a mattress on the wall next to him 😂🤣

I have no intention of refinishing my wheels but I watched that whole thing and enjoyed it thoroughly. Entertaining, useful and informative. This is the kind of thing I want from Donut. Thank you! 🏎️

This video took me back to auto body in college. Nice work

probably one of the best videos dedicated to painting, loved the video

Watching Zach teach by working is therapeutic.

Ayy, that Streetlight Manifesto shirt is fly as hell.

Got some konig rewind graphites i plan to paint bronze for my new-to-me NB that have been curbed pretty bad by the previous owner so this is 200% useful info

Like Zach said in his comment, you should DEFINITELY wear a respirator. I did some paint work on my car last week and that 2K clear coat is some real toxic stuff. like you saw in the video it makes the room foggy so the air is full of it, i had to spray a coat and run out of the garage

I just finished doing this with my Facebook market place rims and it’s definitely the way to go had a good end result too

That streetlight shirt! Loved this video. I plan on painting my wheels in the future so I'll definitely revisit this.

I learned so much about painting, thank you.

Those turned out great man. And 2k clear in a spray can is a game changer. I use it all the time

The “It happens to the best of us..... and the worst of us” part in the beginning had my ass rolling

My day is 100% made every time I get a notification for a new donut video.

Love the vids, I have absolutely no problem watching Zach do anything, used the skills here to paint a fridge. Donut should have Zach in more vids. Another suggestion is for Zach to get the Low Car and bring it up to Medium Standard.

As someone who works jn a paint store i enjoyed all the great information that a lot of people skip out on! That tack cloth🤌🏽 thats what im talkin about

I love that this channel really resembles the “every mans” garage in some way or another. Thanks for what your do Donut Team! 😊🤟

Zach's just a good bloke. Ya he's got like 3000 hours left on prepping his rims but as a wrench myself, it does make a guy want to help him out.

Watching this at the end of 2023.....thus was one of the better videos donut ever did as far as easy to do at home for everyone projects. But the thing I noticed most....Massive diffwrence in just 3 years in the quality of the videos you guys are putting out.

I truly love his how to videos!!!

Day 53 of asking James to do an uptospeed on Top Gear

Those MB Battles like they've seen some BATTLES

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 Content! Love this wheel episode! You should do a powder coating wheel episode next!

it made me so happy that he said nice after realizing he spent 69 dollars

I didn’t know we had a Rude Boy in the donut team!!?!! STREETLIGHT BABY

I really needed this got stock 18s rims to paint for my maxima 👍

WOW IVE BEEN WORKING ON REPAIRING (cleaning really, they were on a old vw that sat in a lot for years) MY WHEELS FOR A COUPLE WEEKS AND JUST REALIZED I WONT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THE PAINTING BECAUSE MY DADS BUSINESS OWNS A FEW POWDER COATERS...IM SO HAPPY. was super nervous about painting too so this is a hugeee relief.

Listening to Nolan speak spanish in the add was legendary. Specially if you're a Spanish speaker lmaoo