has anyone used this before? i'm thinking of painting my rims. They have a really nice looking "charcoal" color thas a dark gunmetal look...

 

i have a uber dark gray paint, looks graphite in nature, but a few shades lighter. maybe a shade darker than gunmetal. then it has metal flakes in the paint, not alot, but enough to make it sparkle like gunmetal. I had it mixed for me, and i have about 1/2 a liter let. if you want it, let me know. I can make aerosol sprays from them. (8/12 oz each). I think i have enough for about 10 cans.

 

I used that same dupli color paint on my stern aguzze's, and it came out very nice. Just use a few light coats and move your hand back and forth quickly when you spray.

 

let us know how it turns out.. i have some old CRX rims that i might just have for extras and they are sprayed black now. i might respray them

 

you have any pics?

 

yea, pics would be nice... how long did u paint them ago? has it lasted? did u use the clear coat?

 

yshi wonders if they come in takata green

 

ewl...only if the caar is black and has a buch of Castrol sponsor stickers on it

 

I'm suprised that ricers haven't started getting into this stuff:




Or have they already?

 

i'm wondeing how well the paint sticks to the wheels...

 

you gotta prep the wheels right or no paint will stick no matter what kind it is. you will get nasty flaking and chipping.

 

u mean sanding and primer and stuff? i read the instructions on the can, and it didnt say anything about primer... from my experience... most things metal (smooth) needs a coat of primer...

 

I painted my WRX wheels with this stuff, and it worked out great.
Here's my "how-to".....

http://www.revscene.net/forums/showt...threadid=73123

cheers!

 

Duplicolor does a good job. Just prep by roughsanding, cleaning up with a tack cloth and then a coat of primer. Primer also makes the color look better too.

After that, several light coats with sanding in between if you have the time and desire. After the final coat, apply a few coats of clearcoat and the wheels will look great.

I've done several sets of wheels like this.

Duplicolor "Pewter"




[Modified by Todd00, 3:41 PM 10/3/2002]

 

i painted my HX rims using the "graphite" gray color. the color came out nice, and it holds up pretty well. i have driven about 3000 miles on it so far, and still no chips. here is a picture:

 

hypa thanks, but your link dont work, gotta be a member... anyway u could summerize the the best process of painting the wheels?

Project CTR man.. thas looks good man! i think im gonna get that color too... any more pics?

todd00 thas not the wheel paint is it? i didnt find that color...





[Modified by d8168055, 5:06 PM 10/3/2002]

 

Here's mine. I did sand it a bit, and the paint has stuck pretty well (no primer), but it's flaking a bit around the outer edges (next to the tire mounting bead). I think this can be fixed by using aircraft stripper to remove everything down to bare metal (incl. factory clear coat) and then spraying. I will do this whenever I get the time.

 

I painted the wheels in July of this year. The paint has held up, although the paint is rather easily scraped off if you accidentally hit it with something, like I have done when I'm putting the lugs on. (My lug wrench barely fits into the stud hole on the wheel.) As for prep, I painted my wheels when they were brand new. I sanded them down using a very rough grit, cleaned off all the dust, then painted. I didn't use any primer. I used a few coats of clearcoat at the end, but it's only because I bought it ahead of time. You don't have to use clearcoat unless you want it to look really glossy. I have a few dark, crappy pics but they're at home and I'm at school right now.

 

That teg looks good with those rims painted. What color was used and how many coats?

 

Stock on left, duplicolor on the right. Just sanded, painted with two coats and finished with two coats of the clear coat, no sanding in between.



[Modified by R134, 2:24 AM 10/4/2002]

 

Here's my stern aguzzes painted using duplicolor graphite paint, sorry the pic is so dark. This is my first time posting pics, hope they come out.

 

is everyone using the wheel paint or just the auto paint (graphite grey)? i bought 6 cans of the graphite grey and am debating to return them and buy the wheel paint.

 

I used this, graphite gray wheel paint from DupliColor

 

how does the paint hold up to washing, wheel cleaners, road rocks... etc?

 

Did you bake them in the oven>?