ok i am in the process of painting my wheels so far i have used aircraft coating remover to get off the old paint. and let me tell you this stuff works great, but it is a pain in the *** to use on multi spoke wheels. my wheels are the "spider" look and man just when you think you get it all off you find a huge chunk still left on, so if anyone is gonna do this on a multi spoke wheel make sure you really want to because i am going through aircraft paint remover like it is water!!! anyone know where they sell it? i sold out my local checkers store and i still need more! anyway my question is i am looking for black wheel paint but i cant find any duplicolor doesnt make it they only make graphite. is there something else i can use? will like high temp paint work? i need a nice glossy black. thanks guys and gals!!!

 

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anybody?

 

my buddy used high gloss engine paint or something on his and said it turned out nice

 

i've heard bbq grill paint works great. it comes in black.

 

yea, but i dont think it comes in gloss black

 

Paint stripper on multi-spoke wheels takes patience. If you don't have neighbors who care about toxic chemicals being sprayed all over the place, put a good sloppy coating of paint stripper on, and take your wheel out in the driveway and put a spray nozzle on your hose and turn it on the wheel full blast. If you can adjust it, adjust it so it's more of a jet and less of a fan.

Either that or rent a pressure washer to get all that **** off. Or, even easier, have them bead-blasted.

 

yeah that is what i have been doing it just takes time and alot of aircraft stripper, and thanks i am going to try engine paint and see how it holds up

 

You didnt have to use paint stripper. You can use any kind of quality spray paint and it will work.

 

I painted my rims by hand and I used tremclad gloss black
Remember... its hand paint so it wont shine like this all the time.. hand painting flat black looks really cheap! especially after it rains and gets a bit dirty

 

I want to see a pic of your rims being gloss black i have never seen gloss black rims 'DIY' all i have seen is flat.....lets see some pics with gloss black ls wheel!!

 

Patrick94GSR or something like that did a write up on how to paint wheels. I believe it's in his signature.

Edit: https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=316500

theres the link.

 

what sand paper grit should i use on the paint before i put on clear coat? i waited a day and i looked on the clear coat instructions and they said if you wait more than 2 hours the paint may look crinkled after applying clear coat, and i dont want that! thanks guys