Painting Wheels Options

[Davesceli]

I wanna repaint my wheels but am unsure as to whether my wheels are powder coated or painted. Is there any way to tell? If it is powder coat how do i remove it...can i just scuff it and paint over it?

Also what paint should i use, I was contemplating using the ceramic engine coating over the dupli-color wheel paint? Any suggestions?

This post has been edited by Davesceli: Sep 1, 2009 - 1:42 AM

[playr158]

It doesn't really matter if you're wheels are powder coated or painted to start with.

You are going to want to sand the surface down pretty good starting with a low grit and working your way up to like 800.

wash the wheels and let dry, wipe with a tack cloth

Lay down some primer in a couple layers

wet sand with high grit, then reprime any bad areas to make sure its all even

rinse/dry/tack cloth

Lay down paint, light even layers.

wet sand/dry/tack

Clear Coat

wetsand/dry/polish

duplicolor wheel paint works well