Alloy Wheel Painting
Does anyone have any experience or tips on painting alloy wheels? I have a set of mx5 wheels and would consider using these to save a bit of money during my build as long as I can spray them black. I enquired about powder coating them, however it seems I would be better off just buying a new set of wheels.
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Give them a good rub down with a scotchbrite pad to remove the gloss and give a key and then just get them sprayed with a decent 2 pack paint.
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For longevity it would also be worth giving them a coat or two of etching primer before the standard primer and top coat. It gives a really good key on alloy wheels and redcuces chipping
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find a wheel restorer
a blast ,powdercoat primer and sprayed top coat is about £65 approx a wheel including any filling if you want somthing nice and long lasting :D |
I am only looking for a short term option so dont want to pay so much for each wheel. I have got a set of mx5 daisy alloys and am in the process of cleaning them up. I am going to polish the outer rim and paint the spokes and inner rim black. Once my car is on the road or funds are sufficient I will buy some nice new ones.
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I use top be the paint sprayer in my work and i use to do wheels for a few rally cars and all i did was shot blast them, etch primer and a top coat white 2-pac paint.
The pic below is one of mine. when i was into modifying cars i did a set in anthracite rubed them down with sandpaper, used filler primer from halfrauds and a few cans of anthracite later they looked brilliant considering they were done with rattle cans. hope this helps |
one tip i have learned was if you paint alloys with the tyres on put some washing up liquid on a brush and apply it to the tyre, any overspray can be washed off (Once the paint is dry ;) )
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I finally got around to having a go at painting one of my wheels. here is a photo of before and after..
here is the link: http://www.flickr.com/photos/6711258...in/photostream |
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