So when i bought my Camaro it came with a stock set of 15'' z28 wheels, they were pretty beat up and had some grim on them but after cleaning them up they looked decent, but they weren't what i was wanting, without the funds to buy some zo6 wheels or some te37's i decided to just paint the rims i had until i could afford some new ones.

I first wiped them down and hit them with some goo gone and cleaned them up. They were looking like this:




After that i used a coat of flat black 99 cent paint from wally world

let dry 5 min heat gun at 500ish degrees and let dry 5 more min:



Second coat, 5min + heat gun + 5min:





third coat, 5min +heat gun + 30min:




gloss all purpose clear coat, 10min + heat gun + 5 hours:




waited until fully dry and removed tape:





I took a butane torch to it and held it there for about a min and tried to scrape off the paint, not even a scratch a lot more durable than i had imagined. Looks better than the stock rims in my opinion and a lot cheaper than having a shop powder coat them/ but i am not saying if i had the money i wouldn't have them powder coated

 

Very well done! Now just get rid of all the corrosion on the inside where the rim contacts the tire so you don't get a rim leak.

 

thanks man, yeah im going to take a wire brush to it and put them on after i get my lowering springs

 

very very nice indeed sir

 

Looks Good ! shows what you can do with a bit of elbow grease !

 

Don't these wheels have a clear coat sprayed on them? I don't know how well paint sprayed onto clear will hold up. I bought a set of similar wheels and had to use "Aircraft Stripper" on them to remove the clear. Did the "Goo-Gone" look like it was removing the clear coat?

 

^As long as they were scuffed they will be fine.