Thread: painting chrome wheels?

has anyone done this? i want to paint my chrome wheels and make them a black chrome. i thought of using the spray tint stuff but unsure how it will work on wheels.

Don't paint chrome. Just don't.

ok. so what do i do? do i need to media blast the chrome off?

they sell stuff to spacificaly tint chrome rims? lol go test it on a junk yard rim

I'm not sure what goes into the process, but painting any wheels in general is a bad idea. Wheels = Powdercoated or nothing at all. As I said, I don't know what you need to do for chrome wheels, but I have seen powdercoated GXP wheels.

Originally Posted by RoboDude

they sell stuff to spacificaly tint chrome rims? lol go test it on a junk yard rim

no the tint stuff is for headlights and taillights. just was wondering since it allows light to shine through would it work.

i'd imagine that if you don't powdercoat the tint with eventually come off with cleaning or chip real bad

they do sell stuff for rims, auto zone i believe?

this is how i want them to look
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Are you talking about your GXP rims?

Originally Posted by redlinepontiac

rustoleum just came out with tint for chrome wheels, and house of kolor has a product for prepping chrome to paint and it works awsome

where do i get that stuff.


vdv18. yeah my gxp wheels

woo hoo found it
RustOleum.com

GXP rims are not chrome, they're polished aluminum with a clear.

I have no idea if that changes the method to strip them, etc but I would think it does.

I'm sure some good 'ol airline paint stripper will do the trick...it has worked on basically everything I've ever put it in...and it sure does cut grease good.

Maybe because its just labled paint stripper and its really acid LOL

the rustoleum stuff says chrome or polished wheels so it should work either way.

I'm sure sulfuric acid would work too.

LOL

what youre talking about doing is best left to a nice powdercoat. you can't paint that.

we will see. i will do the rustoleum stuff soon. post it up here and let you know how it works out. if it doesnt work out well. then i will just have to get it powdercoated.

Please post pics once you've been able to experiment, I'd like to see them. Good luck.

Someone else (I think on a diff site) had a maroon (not sure of the technical color) GXP and had their rims powdercoated about the color you're talking about.