SSrussman

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Well me and another member on here z-28_u_ho are painting my wheels tomorrow and was wondering if there was any tips or advice some of you could give that have done the same.

Not painting the entire area of the inside of my wheels but just the five spoke star and the center section. Going to be very technical in masking off other parts of the wheel and was just wondering if anyone could give me some advice. thanks.

-Russ

kcsov6

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I sanded mine and used this self etching primer (like 5 dollars at advance auto parts) some high temp engine paint because it was all I had and some wheel clear coat all spray can stuff from advance. Have saw people get good result also from using automotive paint through a professional gun

SSrussman

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Thanks man I brought all spray can primer, paint, and clear and got tack clothes and 320 sandpaper. so hopefully all should go well. Atleast I hope lol..

onecrazygm

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they make wheel paint which is thicker and sticks better i would look into that

kcsov6

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Used the wheel brand clear talked to a few painters and they said any paint should be fine as long as it was protected with good clear and the wheelpaint is spray can paint

SSrussman

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Well my one of my other friends used standard automotive black paint from advance through a gun with of course the primer and clear and his wheels look great and have had no issues with any chips or anything. So I just bought the same stuff he did except in a spray can so it should all come out the same once it's done. Just really looking forward to the new look.

kcsov6

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yeah you shoud be fine i know of MANY different things and combinations used to paint wheels and all turned out great

SSrussman

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Well I do appreciate the reassurance though as this will be my first experience painting wheels so thanks again.

SIK02SS

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my recommendation, is take off your tires. if you dont, the paint will go on thin around the edge where the tire is and when you get new tires put on it will chip/flake/scrape off. take the tires off to get a better spray and dont worry about it later.

dont ask how i know this

SIK02SS

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and i used 2 full cans of duplicolor wheel paint you can find at almost any automotive store and duplicolors clear

torquejunky

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just don't forget to get em real clean after you sand em, use lots soap and water and then wax and grease remover

SIK02SS

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thats also a big one

SSrussman

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clear is about to go on...thanks for all the good tips and followed all of what I had read and heard to do so it's going good. Kept me from doing any of this today .

thanks,

-Russ

SSrussman

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finished up the passenger side today and will be parking the car till next weekend as I'm going out of town tonight till monday. Altough just taken with my phone the picture has come out alright but am looking forward to completing the driver side next weekend..



the picture on the left is after and the one on the right is before.

kcsov6

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I like what I see so far good job

SSrussman

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For some reason the picture looks photoshopped to me but i'll be borrowing the g/fs camera to take better pictures when the driver side is done lol...

JSmee99T/A

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are those profils? if so why didnt you sell those no longer made rims and buy the black ones that are? i would love silver ones but there are none damn now one less set...