DIY Wheel painting help!

[Ben B]

I'm about to repaint my alloys (can't see the benefit of paying for a pro refurb, as I may only keep the car a year or so) so I'm just snading and filling any scuffs so I can respray my alloys myself, but...


Where can I get paint the right colour so it will look like the Shadow chrome finish? I'm hoping there'l lbe paint suppliers who can do that colour?
Or does anyone know a particular paint code or anything?

Anything I need to know? I'm thinking a few good layers of paint and a few of laquer will work alright?

At the moment my car looks quite funny on old steelies! I thought leaving the hubcaps off would look a bit meaner! Rat-look! Might leave them on for Donny if I havent repsrayed the alloys yet!

Ben B

 

[Dan]

the rat'ter look rox teh big one11

good luck and let me know the results chap, I'm gonna have to do mine after an ex gf's unfortunate collision with the roundabout kurb

Dan


Skate2create/D-Unit: Angeltuned Fiat Bravo 1.2 16v......LostInMyOwnWorld......

 

[Tom]

Most of the shiney chrome finishes are actually plated.

 

[Tommy K]

Ben...... you could always follow my guide... they make a shinny silver in the same paint i used

don't need to worry about filling the kurb marks either!!!!!

Tommy K - Have you got the Bottle!!

 

[Ben B]

The centre caps of my wheels have all started flaking pretty badly- underneath is actually a chromey finish (which is a bit odd isn't it? for Plastic?)

Surely paint companies must make a shadow chrome finish though?

Ben B

 

[Ben B]

I've just found out that nowhere local to me can powdercaot in Shadow chrome?? WTF is that all about!? Surely there's tonnes of finishes they can acheive?
May have to DIY bodge it and just repaint the curbed lip without repainting the whole lot! Worked for me OK in the past!

Ben B

 

[Tom]

Its a hard finish to do, if you overheat it splits and looks awful. I know, I've tried! Also they'd have to buy 5kg of the stuff which would powdercoat about a hundred wheels.