svede1212

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Earlier this spring I painted my stock wheels (rears widened to 9") with Innovate hyper back chrome paint. I two toned them by painting them first a 2K gloss black (necessary for the hyper black) and then taped off areas I wanted to remain black. My purpose was to narrow the appearance of the spokes and also the outer rims of the wheels. Then I applied the hyper black chrome and followed with 3 coats of 2K clear coat as I think wheels get subjected to a lot of abuse. I'm very happy with the results. The "color" of the BC changes with angle going from a chrome to gray to almost black.

Metallifan

I'm not a fan of the 17s, but damn those are gorgeous. Great work.

04gto5.7

Those look damn good

Brutal Boba Fett

That two tone works well togeather...

GoatPilot87

Very cool man, nice and clean. Closeups?

joeyagls1

indeed sir! Great wheels.

SpeedyMerrickan

looks wayyy better than painting them just black. Which IMO doesnt look very good.

svede1212

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I agree. IMHO all black looks like wheels without hub caps. It's funny tho. One of the things I liked about my car was the unimposing and more sophisticated look of it. The darker tone definitely makes it look aggressive and I won't be passing her off as a Cavalier anymore I guess.

FWIW the car sits a little lower than the picture shows. After having her up on jack stands for a week it took a drive to settle her back to the normal ride height.

420gto

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Looking good and I don't like all black wheels. The hyper black adds a nice shine. Do they make a heat insulated paint? I'd like that in my engine bay.

Raoul-Duke

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Bloody damn good man!!!

svede1212

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Sorry it took so long. I wanted to get a pic in the sunlight and it's been raining for a week. Finally had a chance to pull her out between showers to get a close up. The wheels are a little dirty and I selected the angle so you could see the chroming better. At some angles it looks dark grey. These also are a slighly matte finish as I went overboard and put 3 coats of 2K clear coat on them. They can also be made extremely reflective (but then you're going to see every flaw too).



No one that I saw who made black chrome paint claimed it to be high temp but I did see that this one was good for 200*. I think it should work for everything but on the metal of he engine or radiator itself. I plan on "chroming" a few parts.