for the few that are on right now

[worknprog.99]

what do you guys think/opinions on painting he stock polished alloy wheels flat black?
yes no??
just late at night here and im trying to think of next project lol

[99alerogirl]

i've wanted to paint mine, but i was gonna do a glossy black. however, i don't have the balls to do it, since they're my only set of rims for now haha. but yeah i think it looks good... someone on here did it. i think it was travisalero? someone correct me if i'm wrong.

[worknprog.99]

i've wanted to paint mine, but i was gonna do a glossy black. however, i don't have the balls to do it, since they're my only set of rims for now haha. but yeah i think it looks good... someone on here did it. i think it was travisalero? someone correct me if i'm wrong.

yeah i know what you mean lol...i have one set and one attempt lol...
i think travisalero didd it glossy but i like the flat look... my ride is lowered so i think it may look ok......
its a tough call cause once you do it your stuck

[worknprog.99]

theres a how to video on youtube on painting rims and it looks really good.. but its the fact of actually doing it lol

[99alerogirl]

yeah definitely.. i've never really been a fan of flat black, but i think it has potential if you like it!

[worknprog.99]

yeah... i want to do it ive been thinking about it a while.... but im affraid that it may not turn out good them im kinda fucked...
i wanna see a pic of someone elses though

[Caboose73]

I did it ill try to get pics up tomorrow

[KenshinZero]

I dont know about Flat black rims on a non flat black car, but thats just me. I think it would be better if your car was flat black also.

[kwhauck]

i think you should leave them polished.....

[Caboose73]

i agree my car is flat black right now so it works out for me but i dont know how it will look on a normal car

[kwhauck]

please tell me you actually painted your car flat black correctly and didn't can it....

[Caboose73]

ya i did it correctly like 3 years ago now im going back to gloss black as soon as spring gets here

[kwhauck]

black cars are an absolute pain in the ass to maintain, i will never own a black car again.....

[KenshinZero]

I always kinda wonderd what an Alero would look like Flat Black.

[KenshinZero]

I had a black Taurus, it wasnt too bad to maintain, but then ageain i was 16 and didnt give a flying banana about the condition of it, :lol:

[worknprog.99]

yeah i probably wonteve attempt to paint them..
and i love black cars it makes almost everything look at its best imo...

[bdyman]

ya i did it correctly like 3 years ago now im going back to gloss black as soon as spring gets here


i would like to know how it was done,

ok people listen up, its a polished aluminum wheel, no clear if i remember right, so how is paint going to stick to a polished aluimnum metal??? with the correct adhesive of course, PPG makes a aluiminum adheshion promoter which it basicly is,

with that applied anything can be put over it, dp sealer, ncp primer, dbu/dbc. single stage, but....................dont know what iam talking about no expeirence in what iam talkinn about leave it alone of have them powder coated

[Caboose73]

I dont know how i just brought it to a local shop told them i wanted flat black and they did it

[Misuseofyou]

please tell me you actually painted your car flat black correctly and didn't can it....

ya i did it correctly like 3 years ago now im going back to gloss black as soon as spring gets here

For bodyman.

About the rims, couldn't you just sand and prime it before painting?

[AlbinoMonkeyRat]

^ dude, he JUST explained how to do the rims...even though he was ranting because he thought Caboose did his rims, not his car.