I am wanting to paint my RS wheels black and polish the lip but want to know how to do it and which paint to use if you have done this can you please tell me the steps you did for i could do it.
Thank You in advance,
Rodolfo

 

Duplicolor make special wheel paint. you could also get them powder coated that would look better that the paint IMO.

 

Dont know what the kid used on mine, i traded him a trans for them, i will PM him to let you know what he used. He is 18 and did a DAMN fine job!!!

 

I was thinking of getting them powder coated but they charge me $80 for each rim and i think i prefer polishing them than doing that i also been thinking of polishing them all but how would it look better on a silver car black or polished wheels

 

Thats how i was thinking of doing mine but i think it would need some more polished parts what do you guys think

 

I painted a set of gta wheels black once and used a high temp wheel paint and clear coat from my local pep boys. turned out great.

 

Do you happen to have any pic that you could post

 

No this was ten years ago when I was a teen,I just cleaned them to the max,Taped them off perfectly to the max,used some sort of liquid prep its like alcohol base to get all finger grease of and gives it a great dry surface for the paint to stick to not sure of the name of the product.painted the back side first,then the fronts. waited a few hours and applyed clear. Im not body guy I was just guessing about,but they turned out really good like new.

 

what color is the car?

 

right now i am doing the body work but its going to be silver with the GFX black and the ss scoop and the headlight buckets black

 

ah sanded up wit 180 sandin paper to git the fish eye out an then 320 to smooth it out! clean it this time!! lol or U WILL GIT FISH EYE !!! put 2 coats of sealer , then 2 coats of paint, an 2 coats of clear . just used black paint ! not hard to do

 

Zr1 wheels come in a few varietys polished silver or black ,sound like a good match to me,unless yourr hearts set on your rs wheels.hers a few examples.

 

How much do those wheels go for i am thinking of staying with my rs wheels since when i bought the car it had new Z tires in it and it still has the tag on it

 

Did you start when it had the clear still or the clear coat was off already also do you have any pics of how it came out

 

ITs all a matter of prefference and budget,I belive a set of zr1/ss wheels retail around 699 per set,and look awsome on 3rdgen camaros.
I was shopping for a long time when I came across these for 350.00 with tires! my best advice is paint what you got and keep you eye out for what you want

 

What color are your wheels now? got a pic?

 

Heres one http://www.killebrewonline.com/Car/9...wheel_shot.jpg its not mine but excatly the same

 

If you choose powdercoating, you can get only the parts youwant coated, then whatever you want polished. That is how I had mine done, after the custom widening.

 

wow it would just get some aircraft paint remover spray them,then let them sit wipe all the old clear of clean them,polish them and just reclear.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Klean...motiveQ5fTools

thats stuff works awesome will the old clear/paint will basically fall off

 

i have heard that once you polish them you cant reclear them

 

How much did they charge you to widend the wheel and coating

 

Im sure google could answer it,cause hoenstly im not sure,but see no reason why you couldnt.

 

i have read that you could but that it wont last as long

 

GM put a clear coat over their bare/polished 91-92 wheels.

Clear coat is how you keep the polished area looking polished.

 

Agreed

 

I have searched here in this website and they all say that they dont clear coat them that they just polish them