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06-09-2018, 08:43 AM | #1 |
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MI: Ralley Wheel Paint
Just curious as where to buy the silver paint for these wheels, (Argent Silver) I believe it's called. I have a couple sets of these, one of which I'm going to install on my truck. One set has silver on the back side and the other the wheels are painted silver front and back. Do you believe these were painted that way, maybe from different plants? I know I could have some mixed, but would rather buy it in a rattle can. Even close, doesn't need to be exact.
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06-09-2018, 08:54 AM | #2 |
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Re: MI: Ralley Wheel Paint
I purchased my paint from Eastwood, they offer the correct color paint, and a additional clear coat. I found my wheels were black on the backside, silver sprayed on the front, with over spray through the holes.
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06-09-2018, 09:07 AM | #3 |
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Re: MI: Ralley Wheel Paint
Thanks for the reply. I'm sure they were painted different at different factories. Curious, did you paint just the front? I wondering how many cans it would take to do 5 wheels.
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06-09-2018, 11:26 AM | #4 |
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Re: MI: Ralley Wheel Paint
Duplicolor HPW101 Silver works great. Get (2) cans of primer, (2) cans of the base silver, and (1) or (2) cans of gloss clear coat. The rear of the wheel should be black. The 'base' of the center cap is supposed to be the same silver as the wheel, though I actually polished the whole center cap when I did mine. I used Duplicolor wheel paint (which should stand up to the chemicals a little better).
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06-09-2018, 05:21 PM | #5 |
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Those look really good. Worth all the effort you put into them.
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06-10-2018, 10:12 AM | #6 |
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Re: MI: Ralley Wheel Paint
Great job on the wheels. Yes plants some maybe frosted on the out side edges in side edges on the back. I think it the set up on how they got painted or manger at the plants
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06-10-2018, 05:18 PM | #7 |
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Re: MI: Ralley Wheel Paint
Thanks for the information not only on the type of paint, but on the painting of the wheels. Your wheels look great, & yes putting the trim ring really hurts. Speaking of trim rings has anyone actually bought any of the repos. I have 15X6.5 wheels and trying to find nice used set is almost impossible. I'm thinking 2-1/2 should work. Anyone know where to buy a set? Thanks again for the help.
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06-10-2018, 05:43 PM | #8 |
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Re: MI: Ralley Wheel Paint
Here's a pic of mine after painting them with the Eastwood paint, and adding the cheap plastic caps and trim rings (stainless) off ebay.
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06-10-2018, 06:28 PM | #9 |
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Nice Suburban, the wheels look great also. I have nice original center caps, just want a nice set of rings. May buy a set off eBay. Thanks
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06-11-2018, 08:01 AM | #10 |
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Re: MI: Ralley Wheel Paint
They should be silver on the front and black on the back, with silver overspray through the holes.
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06-11-2018, 11:27 AM | #11 |
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Re: MI: Ralley Wheel Paint
I used this to paint my grill last year. If I was painting rally wheels I would use this too. From AZ.
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06-12-2018, 12:00 AM | #12 |
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Re: MI: Ralley Wheel Paint
the eBay rings look good but are REALLY flimsy and flex a lot when you go to install them. I still plan to buy a couple more sets though as I have a few sets of wheels I plan on selling
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06-12-2018, 08:15 AM | #13 |
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Thanks, I have plenty of time to look for a set.
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06-13-2018, 08:49 AM | #15 |
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The eBay stainless rings are "VERY" flimsy, you must be very, very careful when putting them on. I ended up putting kinks in two of mine (got the company to replace them for being so cheap). The problem is the tabs that hold the rings in pace at bent out a little to straight. I just squeezed the tabs in a bit to make them fit better, and no problems were had.
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06-13-2018, 09:13 AM | #16 |
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Re: MI: Ralley Wheel Paint
Thanks. I'm definitely an amateur / shade tree mechanic, at best. Sometimes it's hard to get intimidated by junk like this, but its often all for naught. It's really about just tearing into things and seeing what works.
I actually painted (1) of the wheels and didn't like the end results, so I waited a week for the paint to cure and then sanded the wheel down and did it again. My mistake the first go round was using a wire wheel on an small angle grinder to removed the rust in places. It caused a bunch of ridges that showed up after painting. By hand sanding, it took a long time and my hand was sore, but gave me much better results. Plus, I could sand the wheels late at night after the kids were in bed without waking them up. |
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