What are you guys using to paint wheels?

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What are you guys using to paint wheels?

February 15, 2007, 10:31:49 AM

I've got a set of wheels I want to do up in a satin black. The budget isn't going to allow for stripping/powdercoating, so I'm just going to clean/scuff/paint them.

I suppose the "std" Krylon or Rustoleum stuff would be ok. I've had real good luck with the high temp (500*) engine paint and thought about using that instead. I was going to then bake them afterwards.

Thoughts?

What are you guys using to paint wheels?

Reply #1 – February 15, 2007, 11:00:37 AM

Dupli-Color Wheel Paint is THE bomb. $5.99/can, comes in about 8 different colors (white, argent, gunmetal, matte black, gloss black, bronze, and dark argent). Resistant to brake dust, looks GREAT. I restored some Magnum 500's with it and I have some Bronze for the GTO and some Gunmetal for Layla if it ever stops freaking raining!

What are you guys using to paint wheels?

Reply #2 – February 15, 2007, 11:02:05 AM

Who carries that?

What are you guys using to paint wheels?

Reply #3 – February 15, 2007, 11:25:34 AM

WalMart, NAPA, CSK, Summit, and direct from Dupli-Color.

http://www.duplicolor.com/products/wheel.html

What are you guys using to paint wheels?

Reply #4 – February 15, 2007, 11:37:00 AM

Autozone and Advance both also carry that stuff...

Been thinking about trying out some of that myself. Would like to paint up my wheels with graphite.

What are you guys using to paint wheels?

Reply #5 – February 15, 2007, 11:43:56 AM

Looks like I'll have to give the satin black a try.

What are you guys using to paint wheels?

Reply #6 – February 15, 2007, 01:38:39 PM

Agreed,used it to paint my ponies and it works awesome.

What are you guys using to paint wheels?

Reply #7 – February 15, 2007, 01:43:11 PM

Chuck, I use engine paint on just about every part on my car. I've had good luck with that stuff.

Alan

What are you guys using to paint wheels?

Reply #8 – February 15, 2007, 04:01:00 PM

the dulicolor paint works great, also works good on carbs.

What are you guys using to paint wheels?

Reply #9 – February 15, 2007, 04:53:32 PM

That 1200 degree engine paint does hold up pretty good, I've painted a bunch of stuff with it...it always goes on very well and seems pretty scratch resistant for spray paint.

What are you guys using to paint wheels?

Reply #10 – February 15, 2007, 07:35:37 PM

Those are my MN12 7-spoke wheels after using the aforementioned Dupli-Color wheel paint (argent).
I think they turned out fantastic, but I have yet to install them on the car. I'm too cheap to put tires on them. :)
For what it's worth, this particular paint was very easy to work with. As long as I shook the can often, the metal flake didn't "pool" anywhere on the wheels; it applied very smoothly and evenly.

What are you guys using to paint wheels?

Reply #11 – February 16, 2007, 03:53:51 PM

I used the wheel paint in gunmetal on my waffle stars, and it works very well.

What are you guys using to paint wheels?

Reply #12 – February 16, 2007, 05:01:39 PM

They better not be Tri-bars! :D

What kind of prep work did everybody do? Or did you just clean them up a bit and started spraying?

What are you guys using to paint wheels?

Reply #13 – February 16, 2007, 05:08:11 PM

well i did motorcycle wheels, have yet to do the wheels on ym bros car. With the bike rims i used the 3m pads, forget what they are called, but it cleaned and scuffed them up good

What are you guys using to paint wheels?

Reply #14 – February 16, 2007, 06:24:06 PM

Quote from: Ether947;129937

They better not be Tri-bars! :D

Yuppers....Not going for the Cobra R look though (kind of hard to do with a Scorpio

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