01-19-2007, 12:35 PM
Evan Wrote:ViPER1313 Wrote:From a guy who tried to spray his rims - if you want them black just powder-coat them and do it right the first time. You will save a lot of time and heartache in the long-run.No way, spray job done right is everybit as durable as an OE finish. If you halfass it with a coat of krylon, well no shit its going to suck. I have a set of wheels I painted that I tracked for 2 years and they still look great.
I might ask your advice if I decide to go this route then Evan. What kind of prep work did you do on the wheels? I'm guessing you sanded them up a little to get the initial coats to stick?
I was thinking 2-3 coats of color per wheel then 1 coat of clear on top of that after some good prep. I guess the prepping is where my questions come in.
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