I know this sounds a little odd and really ghetto but has anyone ever painted their stock wheels with high temp engine paint? Maybe spray a few coats of silver and a coat of clear on top? I'm thinking about spraying my stock 15" RS rims like this. Do you think that this would turn out well? See any problems that might happen from doing this? Thanks a lot.

 

Why do you think that you need high temp paint? I've painted many wheels with regular spray paint, and everything turned out fine. I like the fact that I can change my wheels appearence with in a day.

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'82 Firebird, dead stock, 9 bolt disc rear, over 200,000 miles and still going strong, more to come...
http://www.spinfrenzy.com/stingerssx...easures.html#4

 

I figured it would be more durable that way. Wouldn't it?

 

I used to have a set of 15x7 z28 wheels that i painted with silver hi-temp paint, they looked great i also just recently painted my Monte SS wheels with it, heres a pic that u can see them in



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87 IROC-z 305 TPI
Borg Warner T-5 fresh rebuild
10-bolt 3.73 Richmond gears rebuilt GM posi,
formerly BW 9-bolt w/3.45 gears(broke it)
Ported Plenum and Runners Homemade AFPR
ACCEL 8.8 wires, High output coil,and cap & rotor
Bosch platinum + 4 plugs
Ram Air w/ K&N filters,
MAF sensor screens removed, TB coolant bypass
Polyurethane tranny and torque arm mounts
No Cat, Dynomax Headers & catback w/custom tips
K&N oil filter,Mobil 1 synth,Factory Oil Cooler, Futura GLS Super Sport tires 265/50/15 rear and 235/60/15 front mounted on 86 monte carlo SS rims.

406 siamesed TPI in progress

 

yea, unless you drive your car on Mercury you probably don't need 500-1500 degree paint. From recent experience, i'd suggest practicing painting stuff first with the paint you're going to use and be patient. especially if you want them to look good.

 

It is only as durable as your top coat. Use some regular paint and some urethane or protectant clear.

Take it town to bare metal and use primer, that way it will be less likely to chip. It will turn out much better.

Or use some Tremclad, toughest paint around!

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Colin Finkle (Temp. Registration)
'87 Camaro Sport Coupe, 305 V8

 

Thanks for all the help boys.

 

here's an idea... paint them "IROC" style. as in have the inserts dark grey, but the rest silver. here's a pic on my old wheels on my car... if you really want to see detail go in a paint program and zoom


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1988 Camaro SC - Red
2.8, TCI 3200 Stall TC, B&M Transkit, Flowmaster Exhaust, CAI
'83 Z/28 Hood, '89 IROC Foglamps, '87 IROC Wheels
Z/28 Grille, "Heritage" Stripes, White Face Gauges, Homemade DRLs

1966 Impala 2Dr. Hardtop - Black
283, 3 on the tree, dealer AC, F41, Vette Wheels
98% Stock - stock besides the obvious
73,425 original miles - Slowly being restored