i'm trying to get a SPECIFIC color (or really close to it) for my wheels.


these are my wheels


and this is the color i'm going for

if you can't see it very well.. you can google "black chrome" or "knight Chrome"



i'm wanting something just similar to that...as i know i won't be able to get EXACT with spray paint.


i thought maybe a Metallic "chrome" spray paint laid on the wheels first, a few coats of it, then maybe lay down a few coats of a VHT Night Shades Tailight lens paint?

i'm thinking the Night Shades paint because it's translucent...so maybe it would Darken the "Chrome" paint? basically giving me a "hopefully" shiny gunmetal grey/knight chrome look?????

 

I'm just trying to be different...i kinda like how they look right now, but i want to paint them, the color right now just isn't pleasant and it's got a lot of stained spots that i can't remove and scratches and all kinds of stuff..i would paint them black..but everyone does black?

 

you could try gunmetal grey spray paint, but im not sure if it will be exactly like that though

 

yea i've been lookin at gunmetal grey spray paints and they don't seem to be shiny enough...but if i painted gunmetal grey over a "chrome" it would just be gunmetal grey...

 

http://www.shop.speedunlimited.com/p...ing-spray.aspx

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3s4nMR0yxk

 

yeah true but you could try using the gun metal grey and a lil bit of clear coat to shine it up a bit

 

wellll wellll welll.....looky there



believe i'll have to try that...probably tomorrow ..i'll report back with some pics guys!

 

camo, that came right off the top of my head, I remember seeing this stuff on truck u or some sort of spike show. But I think for it to work properly you should brighten up the polish on the wheel first.

 

dang. you beat me to it! i might go that route for my "new" steelies

 

i'm going to try polishing my wheels and see how that works.

if it doesn't work out well..which i honestly don't think it will, then i'll likely end up just going crazy with some paint.

i've seen good stuff on how to get the duplicolor chrome paint to look halfway decent. so my paint layers will go like this.


1.two coats of primer.
2.two coats of gloss black rustoleum.
3.3-4 coats of Chrome.
4.probably 3 coats of the "shadow chrome".
5.probably 2-3 coats of good clear.


i'm thinkin one can of everything...so around $25-$28 of paint..only because the shadow chrome paint is like $18.....

 

oh ya, and my buddy has decided to get his 20x9 Rockstars professionally painted "Knight Chrome" to be different....everyone has black rockstars or chrome..or some custom color..but i've never seen knight chrome.

 

this is the color i'm looking for..and these are factory 4runner rims lol

 

gunmetal, is what it looks like.
or a nickel plating color