Painting wheels

[freeride6772]

I have 98 stock GS wheels. I want them to be a different color. I was wondering if i is a good idea to paint them. If so what type of paint is the best and is there any tips? Thanks

 

[flashburn02]

You should not paint your wheels with spray paint!

If you have access to a sandblaster and a spray gun you will have a chance of the paint not falling off. You will also need to remove your tires to do this properly.

I have a set of black bbs wheels, err, alloys that someone else spray painted and they look awful.

 

[Snobordin8]

Check into getting them powdercoated, IMO it's the best looking finish there is.

 

[PieEyedPiper]

Spray painting is fine, there are a few tech article on how to do this. I did mine and I couldn;t be happier..unless my stock GSX wheels were lighter.

Use the right supplies and do the right prep work and you'll be fine.

 

[xioca]

You should not paint your wheels with spray paint!

If you have access to a sandblaster and a spray gun you will have a chance of the paint not falling off. You will also need to remove your tires to do this properly.

I have a set of black bbs wheels, err, alloys that someone else spray painted and they look awful.

A spray gun is overkill on wheels. Spray paint will work just fine, as long as the proper prep work was done.

 

[1g_tsi_awd]

Powder coatind is really nice though... But if you don't have access to that, Spray paint FTW!

 

[TC Mueller]

They do make rim paint that you can buy and it works just like spray paint. My buddy painted his tC wheels bronze and they turned out awesome. I think he just got it from autozone or somthing.

 

[wvturbo2]

yea my boy paints his 5 spoke wheels black and they look good. He had to repaint it after a year or something, but that is still cheap

 

[IslandTSI]

Spray paint is fine. The wheels have to be prepped properly or they will not come out looking very good.

I used duplicolour wheel paint on mine and they came out pretty well.

These pics are all after a full year on the car

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Im going to paint my new wheels bronze with the same duplicolor paint.