to paint.... or not to paint.... oem wheels..

cgneon · Post by **cgneon** » Mon May 03, 2010 6:41 pm

Soooooo... finally fed up with my 17's i picked up a set of y spokes from a member here.... all in very good condition, except rashed lip on 2 of em.. so before i go buy some tires and slap em on, i wanted opinions on wether to paint, or not to paint.. flat or gloss black, or leave em as is..

my car is CG colored, i like the look of the silver rim i have atm.... and i cant decide if that color could rock black rims or not, OB has an orange blast neon with the stockers black and it looks very nice... but that color is alot brighter, and contrasts well with the black.

i was also debating on just painting the face and lip black and leaving the inside ring and edges silver..

thoughts?..

heydockyle · Post by **heydockyle** » Mon May 03, 2010 7:06 pm

Black, just like in my sig.

cgneon · Post by **cgneon** » Mon May 03, 2010 7:17 pm

is that gloss?

heydockyle · Post by **heydockyle** » Mon May 03, 2010 7:30 pm

Yep. With clear coat.

Post by **racer12306** » Mon May 03, 2010 7:34 pm

Yeah, I think a gloss black would look good on the CG.

ltr450r · Post by **ltr450r** » Mon May 03, 2010 8:03 pm

I say go for it... I am interested to see how they turn out

flhmfd · Post by **flhmfd** » Mon May 03, 2010 11:49 pm

satin black ftw.

theTeejmiester · Post by **theTeejmiester** » Tue May 04, 2010 3:16 am

simi gloss

cgneon · Post by **cgneon** » Tue May 04, 2010 6:09 am

hmmmm im really digging the semi-gloss..

cgneon · Post by **cgneon** » Tue May 04, 2010 5:11 pm

well, went to 3 places for paint and noone has the friggin duplicolor wheelpaint in black, well i did find 1 can, but its not even labeled gloss/semi/flat etc.... cap seemed flat black..

can i use engine enamel?

got bored and decided to photoshop my car.. now im not 100% sold on black now.. decisions decisions...

theTeejmiester · Post by **theTeejmiester** » Wed May 05, 2010 2:36 am

i just use the regular dupli color satin/semi gloss. not the wheel paint, holds up just fine, i have only touched up my wheels after getting the tires mounted, and its been over a year,i like it cause its cheap and i cant justify the cost to have these ugly things powder coated

heydockyle · Post by **heydockyle** » Wed May 05, 2010 8:53 am

I used Duplicolor Engine Enamel on mine. Holding up good through 1 summer and 1 bad winter.

NEON PARABOLA · Post by **NEON PARABOLA** » Mon May 10, 2010 1:55 pm

I used rust-olium industrial grade enamel paint from home depot, holds up really well. PLUS it's made to bond to metal.....I used rust-olium brand automotive gloss enamel clear, looks very nice......