Can wheels be painted?
 

I have wheels with the inner area (beadlocks?) black and the rim part
chrome. I would like to have these all black if possible. Is it possible
to paint these myself without the paint flaking off in a month? If so, what
process would I go through to prep and paint?

Thanks,

Bill

Re: Can wheels be painted?
 

On Thu, 3 Jun 2004 14:13:48 -0700, "William Oliveri"
<wuji@bigvalley.net> wrote:

>I have wheels with the inner area (beadlocks?) black and the rim part
>chrome. I would like to have these all black if possible. Is it possible
>to paint these myself without the paint flaking off in a month? If so, what
>process would I go through to prep and paint?

I've never heard of a way to successfully paint a chromed part. You
can try sanding it, but I expect the paint will blow off the next time
you hit the wheel with a pressure washer.

I suggest that you have the wheels stripped to bare metal by a
professional plating company. Look in the Yellow Pages.. Then you can
prime and paint, or have the parts powder coated.



John Davies
http://home.comcast.net/~johnedavies/
'96 Lexus LX450
'00 Audi A4 1.8T quattro
Spokane WA USA

Re: Can wheels be painted?
 

On Thu, 3 Jun 2004 14:13:48 -0700, "William Oliveri"
<wuji@bigvalley.net> wrote:

>I have wheels with the inner area (beadlocks?) black and the rim part
>chrome. I would like to have these all black if possible. Is it possible
>to paint these myself without the paint flaking off in a month? If so, what
>process would I go through to prep and paint?

I've never heard of a way to successfully paint a chromed part. You
can try sanding it, but I expect the paint will blow off the next time
you hit the wheel with a pressure washer.

I suggest that you have the wheels stripped to bare metal by a
professional plating company. Look in the Yellow Pages.. Then you can
prime and paint, or have the parts powder coated.



John Davies
http://home.comcast.net/~johnedavies/
'96 Lexus LX450
'00 Audi A4 1.8T quattro
Spokane WA USA

Re: Can wheels be painted?
 

On Thu, 3 Jun 2004 14:13:48 -0700, "William Oliveri"
<wuji@bigvalley.net> wrote:

>I have wheels with the inner area (beadlocks?) black and the rim part
>chrome. I would like to have these all black if possible. Is it possible
>to paint these myself without the paint flaking off in a month? If so, what
>process would I go through to prep and paint?

I've never heard of a way to successfully paint a chromed part. You
can try sanding it, but I expect the paint will blow off the next time
you hit the wheel with a pressure washer.

I suggest that you have the wheels stripped to bare metal by a
professional plating company. Look in the Yellow Pages.. Then you can
prime and paint, or have the parts powder coated.



John Davies
http://home.comcast.net/~johnedavies/
'96 Lexus LX450
'00 Audi A4 1.8T quattro
Spokane WA USA

Re: Can wheels be painted?
 

On Thu, 3 Jun 2004 14:13:48 -0700, "William Oliveri"
<wuji@bigvalley.net> wrote:

>I have wheels with the inner area (beadlocks?) black and the rim part
>chrome. I would like to have these all black if possible. Is it possible
>to paint these myself without the paint flaking off in a month? If so, what
>process would I go through to prep and paint?

I've never heard of a way to successfully paint a chromed part. You
can try sanding it, but I expect the paint will blow off the next time
you hit the wheel with a pressure washer.

I suggest that you have the wheels stripped to bare metal by a
professional plating company. Look in the Yellow Pages.. Then you can
prime and paint, or have the parts powder coated.



John Davies
http://home.comcast.net/~johnedavies/
'96 Lexus LX450
'00 Audi A4 1.8T quattro
Spokane WA USA

Re: Can wheels be painted?
 

William Oliveri did pass the time by typing:
> I have wheels with the inner area (beadlocks?) black and the rim part
> chrome. I would like to have these all black if possible. Is it possible
> to paint these myself without the paint flaking off in a month? If so, what
> process would I go through to prep and paint?

This link will get you going but my experience is
painting over chrome is a real pain in the butt.

http://www.ripper1.com/tech/paint_over_chrome.htm


--
DougW

Re: Can wheels be painted?
 

William Oliveri did pass the time by typing:
> I have wheels with the inner area (beadlocks?) black and the rim part
> chrome. I would like to have these all black if possible. Is it possible
> to paint these myself without the paint flaking off in a month? If so, what
> process would I go through to prep and paint?

This link will get you going but my experience is
painting over chrome is a real pain in the butt.

http://www.ripper1.com/tech/paint_over_chrome.htm


--
DougW

Re: Can wheels be painted?
 

William Oliveri did pass the time by typing:
> I have wheels with the inner area (beadlocks?) black and the rim part
> chrome. I would like to have these all black if possible. Is it possible
> to paint these myself without the paint flaking off in a month? If so, what
> process would I go through to prep and paint?

This link will get you going but my experience is
painting over chrome is a real pain in the butt.

http://www.ripper1.com/tech/paint_over_chrome.htm


--
DougW

Re: Can wheels be painted?
 

William Oliveri did pass the time by typing:
> I have wheels with the inner area (beadlocks?) black and the rim part
> chrome. I would like to have these all black if possible. Is it possible
> to paint these myself without the paint flaking off in a month? If so, what
> process would I go through to prep and paint?

This link will get you going but my experience is
painting over chrome is a real pain in the butt.

http://www.ripper1.com/tech/paint_over_chrome.htm


--
DougW

Re: Can wheels be painted?
 

Dont know about Crome, But the local Sandblaster will:

sand blast and PowerCoat for $25 each.


Have several buddys with nice looking wagon weels. . .


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