hey guys
i just painted my rims flat black(3 coats) using bar b q grill paint(black primer)...i know Yoshi with the yellow type R as well as some other guys on here have painted there rims flat black
when i put some tire cleaner on my tires some of it got on the rims and the cleaner was absorbed by the paint and spotted residue was the result...so the rims look black with darker little spots at various places around the rim
i'm going to put another coat of paint on them tomorrow

i was wondering if putting clear-coat on the rims would help prevent this? any other stuff i can put on the wheels to protect them?
responses would be appreciated it
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I just left the overspray on the rim. It just went away (evaporated?) after a day or so.

-y

 

i also painted my rims bar-b-q black... i primered it and painted it... i dont know how long the paint will last though... i dont want to put a clearcoat on it cuz basically i want it as fat as posible... i just like the look... will a clearcoat really protect it that much or is it really not worth it?

also... is it possible to powdercoat a wheel in an ultra-flat black color?

 

Take your car to the track. You'll generate a lot of brake dust. Then, never wash off the wheels. They will keep looking flat black.

 

 

 

There is such a thing as flat clear coat.

Also, most aerosol paints need for a few days to properly cure, I'd not be painting them and then using tire cleaner on my tires for at least two days. BBQ paint is good for heat but it's pretty poor for hardness. Many auto shops carry a paint called "truck roll bar paint" or similar name. This stuff is hard and I painted an older set of bronze rims black and it was still on there a few years later when I sold the rims. The only thing is this stuff is gloss black. But flat or semi-matte(gloss) clear coat can fix that.

The brake dust idea is where the original term "powder-coating" came from.

 

I painted my rims with flat primer and enamal (3 coats) Dupli-Color spray paint. If I get a chip or cratch I can touch it up real easy. After 2 AutoX events on a rather gravely course I have yet to find a chip in the paint. I say instead of clear coat put on another coat of paint.

 

How about the anodized finish on SW388s? Anyone have any helpful hints on keeping them clean? Any particular wheel cleaner? Simple Green ok?

 

I'm not sure if this applies to painted wheels, but hope this helps.

When I painted my motorcycle headers with "heat proof" flat black paint (basically the barbeque paint everyone uses) I also put the headers in an oven and baked the part with the paint for around 40 minutes at 300F. I did this for every coat applied (four coats). After doing this and reinstalling the header the paint has yet to chip off even with rocks and debris hitting it.

I'm not sure if baking a wheel would harm it but if it doesn't it would be a timely but effective way of preventing the paint from chipping.

 

cool
thanks guys for the replies...but today i bought some clear coat that i thought was matte clear finish.....turns out it still left a gloss over the wheels
guess i'll have to strip everything and do it again
its funny how a $6 project turns out to take up all your time and be more of hassle than u thought

 

Does anyone have pictures of a black integra with black rims? Or a web site that has this. Thanks

 

eek! i apinted mine fla black and right after i cleaned the tires w/ stuff. and the overspray stuck on there. i didnt know i was supposed to wait 2 days until i cleaned them. aaaahhh i thought the stuff would come off when i sprayed it w/ water, but ivee been too lazy. i guess ill have to paint 1 more coat...

here's a pic of my wheel w/ the overspray (u can sorta see it)