Paint for Torque Thrust II's?
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Paint for Torque Thrust II's?
I picked up a set of polished Torque Thrust II's, and prefer the classic gray centers. Has anyone painted theirs or know a paint that is close to the magnesium color?
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Racer
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Last edited by Frank_Nesta; Feb 14, 2014 at 01:00 AM.
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Honestly I just used Krylon paint. I prepped the wheel by scuffing the spokes and then cleaned them with prep sol. Tapping took a long time but it was worth it. After a couple of years i have a few minor chips that are barely visible.
Racer
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I have used duplicolor wheel paint, once on a daily drivers wheels and the slots on the C3 wheels. I used graphite it has a metallic look to it looks better than black but then I,m partial to my own choices.
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Just tonight I found a 2 step paint that turns chrome into black chrome. It's made by Dupli-Color and is called Shadow. I plan to try it on the exhaust tips for my Z06. Probably not what you're looking for but I thought I'd mention it.
For my '69, I used a Rustoleum paint that's made for wheels to paint the spokes only on my AR 200S mags. Here's the color I chose (3 colors to choose from)-
http://www.rustoleum.com/product-cat...ormance-wheel/
Here's how it looks on the wheels-
For my '69, I used a Rustoleum paint that's made for wheels to paint the spokes only on my AR 200S mags. Here's the color I chose (3 colors to choose from)-
http://www.rustoleum.com/product-cat...ormance-wheel/
Here's how it looks on the wheels-
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Thread Starter
Team Owner
Joined: Feb 1999
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From: Republic of Texas
Just tonight I found a 2 step paint that turns chrome into black chrome. It's made by Dupli-Color and is called Shadow. I plan to try it on the exhaust tips for my Z06. Probably not what you're looking for but I thought I'd mention it.
For my '69, I used a Rustoleum paint that's made for wheels to paint the spokes only on my AR 200S mags. Here's the color I chose (3 colors to choose from)-
http://www.rustoleum.com/product-cat...ormance-wheel/
Here's how it looks on the wheels-
For my '69, I used a Rustoleum paint that's made for wheels to paint the spokes only on my AR 200S mags. Here's the color I chose (3 colors to choose from)-
http://www.rustoleum.com/product-cat...ormance-wheel/
Here's how it looks on the wheels-
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I think every set of magnesium wheels I look at the color seems different. I can't make up my mind if gray or bronze is what they should look like. Dupil-color does have both. I think it's matter of personal taste. A while back Hot Rod had a Plymouth that Pure Vision did a make over on and they used bronze. I thought it made a set of billet wheels look period correct.
Last edited by 3JsVette; Feb 15, 2014 at 08:59 AM.