Painting Wheels Do I Need High Temp Paint?

[Cold Fusion]

Hey just a quick questions, im painting my wheels soon and i was wondering if i NEED to use the high temp paint...im aware heat comes from the brakes etc but i wanna kno if i can just get away with using normal Car paint...

Cheers

[MikeyG]

yes u can get away.. the others have used normal paint.. and used high pressure water on it and nuffin happen so i guess sun wont either

[xtat1k]

you can really use any paint. it just depends on how well you prep it.
i used normal paint $3 a can and that worked without a problem.

[slowly]

THE CHEAP paint will easily chip by small stone,alternatively. autobarn sells the anti-chip wheel paint which is very helpful

[DLO01]

you can really use any paint. it just depends on how well you prep it.
i used normal paint $3 a can and that worked without a problem.

Exacery, good prep! Once used cheapo matt black on my rims and was great!

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a265/DLO01/My%20Crx/ResizeofRotationofIMG_7365.jpg

[RtN]

And how would you go about prepping it? =]

[g_kn]

all about good Prep work realy for the paint to stick on ..
Good primer & Good paint

[AE092]

yep. Good prep = nice wheels

http://i26.tinypic.com/xbe5p2.jpg

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Many carwashes and one hill climb/cruise. No chips

[Cold Fusion]

sweet, Cheers guys!

[CB7_OWNER]

Make sure its nice and uniformly sanded down, primer, light sand with 600 grit or higher sand paper, primer again, spray first coat of chosen colour, another light sand, then another coat of colour, let dry, + another coat, + clear coat...Thats only if your really anal....otherwise you can just

Sand, primer, colour coat x 2, and up to you whether you wanna clear coat or not.

[Cold Fusion]

if there is rust on my rim already do i just sand it out as muich as i can? or should i put some kill rust stuff onto it? can i put primer over rust and then rust proof paint? or will it not work? or if i put rust proff paint on can i safetly then put primer on?

Cheers

[DLO01]

Rust as in steel rims?

Just clean it up as much as you can. Rust proof on top. Primer on top of that. It should state on the Rust proof tin.

[Cold Fusion]

haha yeh this is for my work car, there "sunraisers" or whateva there called

Cheers

[Petronas]

duuuuudeeeeeee....

Back in 2006 When I had my ED Civic... Heat made the paint peel off after about 4 months... I used $3 matt black paint... Primed 3 coats, paint 4 coats... cleaned, sanded, the lot... Took me 2 weekends...

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