wheel paint

[T5Tom]

The time has come for my tritons to get a refurb, I'm going to attempt this myself so the results should be interesting lol! I couldn't manage to get all the dust off them with acid or anything like that as its way to 'in there' now and they're not the prettiest looking wheels at the moment so I'm going to shot blast the paint off and repaint them...hopefully, the edges will also need filling on some is the fronts are pretty badly kurbed. I've heard of filler primer but how effective is this?

I have an olive 850 t5 and I've seen that the grey titans look great on green, so I think I'd like to go for that colour, can anyone recommend a decent paint to use? Also does the paint have to be anything special as its on wheels which get a lot of stick?

Sort of not looking to painting the tritons as they look a paint to do but I'm hoping they'll look good when I'm done

Cheers
Tom

[Jamest5r]

Dont now about paint etc but go for black chrome looks best on olive's

[stevie69]

the right colour is the same as that 5 wheel steel you get..

[M-R-P]

Filler primer won't cope with much bigger than a small stone chip mate. Kerb gouges will need to be filed to get the protruding burrs off, then filled. I used normal body filler, sanded the chips and then got busy with the filler primer. Lots of filler primer. Take your time mate It's worth it. The finish on mine is really good but the gay blue colour hasn't gone down well lol.

[Harvey]

Filler primer won't cope with much bigger than a small stone chip mate. Kerb gouges will need to be filed to get the protruding burrs off, then filled. I used normal body filler, sanded the chips and then got busy with the filler primer. Lots of filler primer. Take your time mate It's worth it. The finish on mine is really good but the gay blue colour hasn't gone down well lol.

Why did you use blue as its a bit odd choice.

[T5Tom]

Dont now about paint etc but go for black chrome looks best on olive's

Black chrome? Do you mean a black wheel with a chrome lip?

Oh so normal filler will do the job then? Haha mate I've not seen your 'gay' blue wheels have you got any pictures?

[M-R-P]

Why did you use blue as its a bit odd choice.

Lol, the tin said "silver lightning" and the cap was a nice dark silver. When i sprayed the wheels they lookes fine till I got the top coat on and it took the diffusion out and "Ping" blue in some lights

[Harvey]

nice basecoat then

[T5Tom]

the right colour is the same as that 5 wheel steel you get..

Not sure what you mean bud?

[M-R-P]

Here ya go...



Filler primer does make a difference btw

[T5Tom]

Here ya go...



Filler primer does make a difference btw

...hello sailor!

[Harvey]

That not to bad ,nice finish you got,lets see what the tire fitters can do to it.

[the young mechanic]

matte black

[T5Tom]

Hmm not sure about matte black tritons?

[the young mechanic]

Hmm not sure about matte black tritons?

you never now till you try

[graemewelch]

etch primmer is a must. i just paid 150 to mine powder coated. not worth the hassle for what it would of cost in materials

[M-R-P]

That not to bad ,nice finish you got,lets see what the tire fitters can do to it.

pre-top coat

Bloody good finish lol.

I left the bit between the rubber and the outer part of the bead in primer, so as not to give the fitters anything to scratch

matte black

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