painting wheels
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Hey guys. Had my car painted black. It's almost done so now I want to paint the wheels since they look pretty bad compared to the new paint. I really want chrome but I already had these wheels and the tires are almost new so I'll use these until the tires are worn then get some different wheels. I'm not a fan of all black wheels so what I wondered was if I had the wheels repainted in silver and put a little bit of black in the clear coat what it would look like? Would it look silver with a slight black tinge to it? Anybody done anything similar? Here's a few pics of the car. Getting wet sanded now so will hopefully have her back soon!
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Yep left most of that stuff off. Left the trans am off the doors and shaved the antenna also. Sprayed a light coat of black on the parking lights and taillights. He's going to mix a little black in the clear and spray a few of the silver center caps so we can get an idea of what it will look like and see if I like it or not. I'll post a few pics after he does it.
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Here's what they look like. Silver base with silver pearl and a little black in the clear coat. With direct sunlight they look more silver; in the shade they look more black.
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Going to get tires mounted now
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Going to get tires mounted now
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They look good man. I was just asking this same question over in the wheel and tire section and could not get any answers. I have some black c6 zo6 wheels that I want to paint a gunmetal grey or the way you did yours. How did you prep them and what paint and paint gun did you use?
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Thanks guys. Mr Safety a friend on mine going to college for autobody painted them for me. I'll try and find out that info for ya. I know they use Nason paint almost exclusively. Got the rears on and used a 1" adapter to push them out a little more. Front is torn apart right now getting Strano's/Bilstein's. BTW that's not my Kia lol.
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They look good man. I was just asking this same question over in the wheel and tire section and could not get any answers. I have some black c6 zo6 wheels that I want to paint a gunmetal grey or the way you did yours. How did you prep them and what paint and paint gun did you use?
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Damn you guys are already trying to get me to spend more $! lol Honestly these wheels weren't my first choice but I had them on my blazer before I bought this and had an almost new set of tires on them. I don't have the $ for a new set of wheels and tires so I figured these can get me by for a while. I really want 10.5 or 11" rears and 9's in the front. Also not a huge fan of 17's in the front/18's in the back. I wasn't really going for the "murdered out" look either- even though it kind of happened. The car sat for about 3 years before I bought it- and then almost another year until I had some $ to spend on it. I didn't know you could get drilled/slotted rotors that cheap- I'll definately have to look into that. Are the ebay cross drilled/slotted rotors pretty good? Any sellers to avoid?