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.

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

"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*

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.

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

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.

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

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

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)

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.

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!

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 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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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!

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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 🙂💪🏽

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

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🤣🤠

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’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

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

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

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!

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

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

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.

those wheels are pristine compaired to mine span out and went up a curb took part of the tyre and alloy still holds air though!

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!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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 😂

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

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

You guys are awesome!! Keep the vids coming.

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 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.

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

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 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! 🏎️

That intro is gold lmao

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.

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

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

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

such a Relaxing episode

I subbed bc you worked for it and asked. great content, dudes.

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

Watching Zach teach by working is therapeutic.

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.

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

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

Ayy, that Streetlight Manifesto shirt is fly as hell.

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

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

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

I learned so much about painting, thank you.

Love the video keep up the great work

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

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

I did do wheel refinishing for cheap a number of years ago - some 13" Honda factory mesh alloys for my '91 Civic to replace the stock 13" steelies. Degreaser Sandpaper Cheap sandable primer Cheap etching primer Black epoxy based "chassis" paint All in, I probably had about $30-$40 on top of the $25 I spent for the set of wheels!

I’m glad you mentioned the cost of time at the end, it would be way more efficient to have someone else do this job in almost 90% of cases

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

Would love to hear from Donut about how the wheels are holding up now that it's been a few months. Definitely a cool project. Curious to know if the more expensive sprays used were actually worth it...?

I'm still waiting for Zach to follow the old Jobe motto again. "if it ain't done twice, it ain't done right".

I truly love his how to videos!!!

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

Those MB Battles like they've seen some BATTLES