I went to walmart looking for something a little cheaper than 7 bucks a can. and found some glossy rustolem enamel. says for super durabilty think it will hold up? I can buy a can of that expensive stuff but ive already got like 3 coats of rust converter/primer and 2 coats of the enamel on it.

 

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i would get the expensive paint, i mean, if you do it good, its a one time cost

 

as long as you prep it good you should be good w/ the cheap stuff...

 

Usually a wheel paint is made of polyurethane or some other somewhat resilient coating. Problem with enamels is that they dry pretty hard but brittle and tend to chip when hit by things like gravel and what not on the road. If this is mainly for street use, enamel may hold up since a hard paint is good for keeping clean. But if you drive gravel roads or snowy/icy roads that get sanded or go off road, you may find the enamel paint will chip off over time.

I once painted my rock sliders with some good Rustoleum hammered finish spray enamel paint and on one trip to Death Valley, that included maybe 50 miles of gravel road driving, the entire underneath and forward facing surfaces of the sliders was literally sand blasted to bare steel. I repainted them with a polyurethane based paint (POR-15) and in those same conditions, the paint will last perhaps 3-4 years of that type of use before getting a little pitted, to which a touch up of the worn areas is all it needs. Now POR-15 runs about $40/qt., vs. spray paint at $2 for a 1 pint can.

 

I do some off roading did some last night and still look good I need to post some pics