Alloy paint

as far as i was aware... you can paint alloys with normal paint that you would do bodywork in.

My bmw's wheels were painted in mercedes silver... and i have done a few friends in ford purple... so as long as the prep and primer/keying is ok... youll be good to go.

make sure you laquer afterwards matey...

Yeah any paint is ok as long as you clear cote em.

could anyone explain how to do this ? i have silver standard alloys and they are old and i would love them black to go with my red leon , what items do i need and in what stages?

lol probs

I'm gonna be having a go at mine when I've moved as will have a nice big garage lol. Have a platinum grey car and thinking about black wheels but I did see a car the other day with lime green wheels and that got me thinking lol. Does anyone know if glow in the dark alloys are legal? Lol

TDi Ben said:

Does anyone know if glow in the dark alloys are legal? Lol

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lol quality. .

stages i done mine in were
1 de grease wheels
2 scotch the wheels untill nicely keyed up. takes a while but the longer the better
3 de grease them again
4 primer
5 paint, few coats
6 laquer, few coats

i done mine a few summers ago so took advantage of the sun and left them to "bake" for a couple days. if not a warm room with the rad on will prob be ok. you need them to set before putting them on or stones etc. will eat away at the paint.

You think I could be on to something jordy?! Lol or just on something ha ha

Must of been on summit to think of it but def on to something. Would def be the first car iv seen with glow in the dark wheels. Why not go all out and have a glow in the dark car lol

jordyboy004 said:

Must of been on summit to think of it but def on to something. Would def be the first car iv seen with glow in the dark wheels. Why not go all out and have a glow in the dark car lol

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Let's not be silly now pmsl

any paint will work!