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its official, i decided while at work tonight, that tomorrow im going to paint my rims gunmetal. i know this question has been asked a hundred times but no one has really given an answer that i felt was satisfactory. what do i need to do to prep the wheels for the paint? just get a degreeser and clean them with that and thats it? isnt there more to it than that?
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I imagine you'd want to primer it first. Im pretty sure the same type of primer used for car paint would work. Abraising the surface with degreaser or abraisive would probably help too of course to clean it off.. or use a SOS pad maybe.
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can anyone else help? i dont really want to scratch up the rim to prep it, because if i decide i dont like the paint i want to be able to remove it and have a nice rim underneath...
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well ive done 1 wheel. so far it looks REALLY GOOD!! i went to kragen to get some gunmetal paint, as i was about to buy it i noticed a paint that was made specifically for painting wheels so i went ahead and got that instead, the color wasnt gunmetal but it was pretty damn close. kris like!
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LOL, I just did this to my car today.
I got a flat the other day, which I got by running over a key
yes that's right a regular deadbolt style key that was lying in the road.
Well anyways I took off the tire and had it in the garage so I could plug it. Well I have this problem that when i take off something from my car I just have to mess with it. So I started sanding then priming and then before I new it I was painting my rim. I had this paint lying around and it came out damn close to gunmetal. I though it looked good so this morning I woke up went to the parts store and got some paint, then got home jacked up the car and as of now I have all my rims done the same way.
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send a pic my way please!93ProbeSE,custom tails,custom grill,painted interior,rims,clear corners,metallic tint,bonzai exhaust, custom cold air intake,3 ten JL audio 750 rockford fosgate amp.Comment
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yah send me a pic too
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