Found a nice wheel paint...

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Jim_A_B
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Rustoleum 7271 Silver Metallic! I never thought I'd find an acceptable paint, but after trying several, I did! Use a gray primer under it, as it is almost semi-transparent, and put the Rustoleum clearcoat over it to have a glossy finish. I'll post some pix as soon as I get a chance. I'm ONLY painting my OE wheels because it looks like the previous owner put something on the wheels that ate through parts of the clearcoat, causing the metal to corrode!


Dante
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I used Duplicolor wheel paint on my Subaru.

It looks good.

http://www.pbase.com/image/16790132http ... e/16790131

Jim_A_B
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I did not like the Duplicolor "silver" at all :(Plasitkote's (GM8140) silver looked good, but it is a laquer and I had some trouble with spots of it not drying.

Those looking at using Rustoleum's metallic silver, BEWARE - they sell two types. One looks like plain old silver. The one I referenced above is in a white can and has the word METALLIC in large bold letters on the can.

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I used Duplicolor too... same gunmetal color and all Dante.


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