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Old 04-23-2012, 10:53 PM
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Default Anyone paint their stock 05-07 wheels/pics?

Im looking to possibly paint my stock wheels flat or gloss black.I thought about using paint stripper and polishing them but painting may be easier.Has anyone done this?I have a few chips in paint im gonna sand first....
Looking forward to the pics!!!
Oh yeah my car is artic white
Old 04-23-2012, 11:16 PM
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Here's a pic of some on an S10.

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not black but painted stockers.

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Old 04-23-2012, 11:25 PM
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That looks awesome btw!!!!
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Do a search for "black wheels" and you'll see a few.

If you're thinking of black wheels you could always spray yours with Plasti-Dip. If you don't like it then simply peel it off. Lots of youtube videos showing how to do it.
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don't paint them. It was a $400 mistake for me. The 1st time you dismount a tire the paint is coming off. And with black it really looks like **** .For the same price get them powdercoated.
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Today my brother inlaw(upst8z06) and i took my wheels off,sanded and primed them.Tommorow we are gonna wetsand and do them in duplicolor graphite.These are just summer temp wheels until he gets new ones for his z then those will be going on mine with wider fenders!!!
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If you're looking to do a black finish, why not look in to Plastidip? It's inexpensive and best of all, if you don't like it or go to sell the car, it's removable.

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Rustoleum self etching primer
Rustoleum wheel paint (graphite)
Rustoleum wheel clear coat

Sorry about the image quality it is a cell phone pic.



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I would use VHT wheel paint to spray yourself then clear.
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Rustoleum self etching primer
Rustoleum wheel paint (graphite)
Rustoleum wheel clear coat

Nice job!
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Thanks. The wheels were in rough shape and i figured what the hell.
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Nice job!
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I really liked those five spoke wheels. I saw a nice clean original C5 (white vert with black top) with chrome five spoke C6 wheels and it looked great....very "correct" for the car.
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Crf450r those look good with black.
I got the paint and clear on tonight.Hope to get them on tommorow with pics!!!

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