Alright i searched and everything... Has anyone tried the Dupli Color Wheel paint? I painted my bumper with just the dupli color automotive paint, and i was thinking that i should try the wheel paint for this project. I read the directions on the can at the store and it doesnt say anything about using a primer or sanding the wheels. All it says you need to do is spray the black wheel paint on and then use a clear coat an hour or so later. So any help on this would be sweet.

Thanks
Travis

 

i used the light silver color w/clear coat on my mustang pony wheels, and they came out great! i just basically cleaned them first, and scuffed them with a light grit sandpaper before painting them.

 

any paint job can only be as good as its prep work

 

I had great luck with refinshing the wheels on my Supra.

This is what I started with--a highly pitted and less than attractive 5-spoke wheel:



Here is the process & materials I used to restore the wheels:

(1) Insert 3x5 cards between the deflated tire and the rim & mask-off the valve stem.



(2) spray paint remover on the wheels (I used Martin-Senor (M-S) brand.) It took 3 separate coats to remove the factory clearcoat from my wheels. Avoid getting the paint remover on the tires.

(3) wet-sand the lip of the wheel (mine had severe corrosion where the wheel weights reside) with 220 grit 3M sandpaper. I did a quick sanding or roughing up of the spokes with the same sandpaper.

(4) dry the wheel and spray with M-S "Prep Clean" or similar.

(5) spray 3 coats of M-S self-etching primer or similar.

(6) spray 3 coats of Dupli-Color "Wheel Coating"



(7) spray 3 coats of Dupli-Color "Clear wheel coating." (clearcoat)


For the center caps, follow the same process but do not use the paint remover. (You'll melt them otherwise.)

The first wheel I sanded with 220, then 320, then 400. These wheels already have a textured finish (which is kinda nice because it helps hide any spraypaint imperfections), but I see no reason to go finer than 220.

Finished product:



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I might as well mention these wheels were refinished 3 years ago and they still look great today. I did another set of Supra wheels about six months ago following the same process. Take your time and you'll have a nice result.

Ken

 

Thank you thats exactly what i was looking to hear. How many spray cans of each paint did you go through?

 

can you post pics of your bumper

 

Click on my webshots and its under the painting my bumper album

 

I used about 2 cans of primer and 3 cans each of the wheel coating and clearcoat.

 

Im painting ht eCenterCaps on my AR ATX Victors. Ive already used a Rust Converter primer. I gotta go get the Wheel Paint soon. Just cant find hte Clear...

 

Painting wheels with a spray can from an auto store is ghetto.
Painting wheels with the tires still on is super ghetto.

 

why so ghetto?

 

How much was everything? Looks awesome BTW.

 

I painted my lower valance with Dupli Color wheel paint. This paint is supposed to be tougher and it has held up good so far. It's been 6 months now.

You should prep the surface as best as possible. I used a couple coats of primer, then 3 coats of flat black wheel piant, the 3 coats of Dupli Color clear. I let it sit for a week before I bolted it on. I'm happy with it.

 

Ghetto huh?? Hows this for Ghetto?? Here ya go man. That paint really is awesome and its held up for over a year on my wheels. I highly recommend it and if it gets scratched you can just touch it up.

Theres a video on the duplicolor website that shows you just how to apply it. I followed it just like they said. Good luck and post pics if you decide to do it.

I've honestly gotten more compliments on my wheel paint mod than any other on my truck. Go for it!

 

Posting assinine comments is ghetto.
Not adding anything useful in terms of insight is super ghetto.

Those Supra rims look spectacular and I'm looking forward to trying the same thing with my stock aluminum 4Runner rims.

 

painting your wheels or anything else on your rig is most certainly not ghetto!
it is pure ignorance why one would say such things..


The amount of tech and field savvy that goes into developing these job specific aerosol cans now-a-days is incredible compared to 50 years ago..
The uneducated mind just wont let itself believe that a great formula has finally made its way to the can .
One still has to clean and sand alot in addition to spraying the paint and what really has changed is that these chemical engineers have most assuredly
come up with job specific formulas that work great 90 percent of the time and in fact sometimes work better than a low class paint booth operator.


When i see pics of wheels and bumpers that have been sprayed and are still truckin after years and few touch-ups i know that i can trust these blends.
In fact i think comments like "ghetto" say more about the commentor and his/her fear that they might be ghetto if they dont pay top dollar for something.
That kind of thinking went way out of style a long time ago...right next to spray paint that didnt work on metals...
In fact some paint places love those kind of thinkers cuz they see em comin a mile away!
I suggest if anyone out there is still stuck in these kind of mind traps they wake up and join the 21st century cuz in these times it isnt how much you pay, but its about does it work and did you get there without being a jerk?..

 

I used the same paint on my Tacoma wheels. My are finally starting to chip a bit after about a year, but my runner has seen its fair share of offroading in that year, and I only have about $20 in this project. I still have some paint and clear left to touch them up.

Did pretty much the same steps as everyone above except I didn't use a primer. Maybe thats why mine are chipping but my wheels were only about a year old so i really didn't feel the need.

 

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Man the wheels look GREAT! I like how they match the grill.
Dam i might just have to do my 4Runner wheels the same color
I'm in Love!

 

heres mine done the same way

 

I used the gun-metal-gray on the rings for my trail ready beadlocks. i wet sanded the rings first then sprayed them. the paint has held up ok but doesn't like rocks. on a street only vehicle i'd say the paint would work much better.