Since I got a set of new wheels, I decided to redo the old konig heliums. I wanted to do a pearl white paint, but couldn't find any locally. My current wheels are gunmetal so that's out of the question. Don't really want black either. I have them all stripped and ready to go, what color should I go for?

 

Woah! the color of the wheels in your sig is gun metal??? damn, i tought about painting my new wheels in this color, but that is way too dark... i might stick with my helium's bronze color after all...

 

Pearl white.

 

These are my new wheels



The ones in my sig are my old ones I'm repainting.

 

the bronze would look clean
have you done rims before?
i had an ek civic a couple of years back and i used to change rim color about once a month

 

This is the first time painting rims, but I'm going all out: going to wet sand before clear coat, etc. Going to try to make it look as professional as I can.

Welcome to the forums.

 

thanks
yeah i used to do all that stuff too, like primer and dipping.
man red metalic is a pain to do so you know, if the paint has any type of flake in it they tend to settle in the dipped down parts of the rim so it looks a little funny for the first couple of coats
i never really tried any of those rim paints, but i used alot of engine paint and heat resistant paints
once i found some cans of that stuff they use to make the yellow and white lines on the road, so reflective and thick too
kinda funny looking on a car though

 

I was planning on using bbq grill paint if I did white. It's heat resistant and comes in an aerosol can. Dipping sounds a little more for the advanced painter, lol. Not sure I could pull that off.