Painting Rims

[hurst1979olds]

I was wondering if anyone has any experience with restoring aluminum rims. I bought a commuter car which I hated the rims. So i bought a set from the junk yard but the clear coat is peeling and such. So I want to clean them up and paint them charcoal grey.

Has anyone used Eastwoods Wheel paint? I have a paint gun and they sell it in quart. Its a ceramic paint. They also have it has rattle can which is acrylic laquer. I think I would be better off using the ceramic paint. http://www.eastwood.com/ew-ceramic-whee ... al-qt.html or http://www.eastwood.com/charcoal-gray-w ... t-set.html The rattle can says it needs to be cleared but the quart doesn't.

Also what do you guys think I would need to do to sand them down?

 

[-83MONTESS-]

I helped my buddy paint the rims on his fiance's 03 Eclipse last year. We used Eastwood paint, I cant remember which kind but it was a dark silver and it turned out awesome. Like always the cleaning is the worst part with all the brake dust. We used the spray can type without a clear coat and they still look good. One is scratched up from hitting a curb(women drivers :lol: ) but the others still look good.

 

[the ghoul]

soda blasting, or glass media blasting is well worth the money in this case!

 

[gp02a0083]

i've had no problem with repainting my cutlass wheels with some white rustolium, prep work is key