Painting my wheels

[laneiac]

So I am going to paint my wheels. They are polished Ultra 654's or some darn number, but I want black wheels. Dont really feel like going through the process of ordering new wheels, and figured I could probably paint em up real well. Any tips? I was thinking some primer coats and then lots o black. Should I spray on some clear?

 

[graewulf]

Anyone understand cams?

make sure you scuff them up first... brillo works well to scuff the coating. Otherwise your primer won't stick, though I think if you scuff, youcan just paint if you don't expose the bare metal. If they're aluminum make sure you have the proper primer.

 

[Joopin]

Forget paint, find a guy that will powder coat them for ya.

 

[mingez]

I asked the same question, and TC had a great product that I didn't use on my wheels but ended up using on some household stuff. Here's the thread.
http://www.jeepz.com/index.php?name=PNphpBB2&file=viewtopic&t=322792&highlight=black+wheels+revisted

 

[TwistedCU]

From that thread:

Any ideas? I also toyed with the idea of rattle canning the ones I have, but I'm worried that they will just turn out like the butt. I don't want to ruin them needlessly. Has anyone done this?

Yes, me. I bought some polyurethane wheel paint from VHT coatings and sprayed the factory 15x7 wheels for my YJ. They turned out great! I bought "satin black" instead of gloss or flat. Not too shiny, not too dull. Satin is more forgiving to the rookie painter than gloss would be :wink:

SP-183 is what I went with...

http://www.caswellplating.com/vht/vht_spec.htm

I'll look and see if I have a pic of just one of the wheels.

 

[TwistedCU]

 

[Sully]

Clean them up real good with a pressure washer or some high powered hose. Rough them up. And blast away. I sandblasted mine by the way.

 

[laneiac]

Alright, thanks for all the info folks. I am gonna hopefully get to it next week, I will try and take some updated pics of my jeep after it. Since I have never posted a pic of my jeep on here.