Spray paint on rims

What spray paint should I use on my rims? I want to make sure it can with stand heat and all.

There is a specialty paint out there for wheels, but its pretty expensive. Your best bet is to get engine block paint. Way higher heat tolerance and lower price. Down side is fewer color choices.

merlin5577 wrote:

There is a specialty paint out there for wheels, but its pretty expensive. Your best bet is to get engine block paint. Way higher heat tolerance and lower price. Down side is fewer color choices.

I'm probably going to first buy the hub caps and if they look ok with out painting the rims I'll leave it at that lol

your rims dont really get that hot unless you do some seriuos road course racing with it and need to be on the brakes alot.. i have used everything from dollar a can paint to the high end wheel paint and to tell you the truth the best looking paint and most durable is the kind that is ment for kitchen appliances.. it was 4 bucks a can and i needed 2 but i am crazy and like to put 4-5 good coats on aluminum rims.. steelies i usually spray 2 decent coats.. i used the same paint on my red trucks steelies and it has held up great.. made it through this crazy winter and all.. the amount of salt they put down on the roads this year was nuts.. i think half my rocker got eaten away in the last 4 months.. haha

007jimmy wrote:

to tell you the truth the best looking paint and most durable is the kind that is ment for kitchen appliances..

i painted the passenger side door of my S10 with that stuff after i shaved the handle.. it's tougher than automotive paint in my opinion

I use a good enamel spray paint to fix the bead area of truck rims at work......... Just be sure to give it enough time to dry before slappin the caps back on....... The kitchen appliance paint works really well, as 007jimmy suggested.... the mine is just too cheap to pay the 4 dollars for 1 can....... If you want them to look really nice, take a wire wheel on a grinder to them..... It'll smooth out a lot of blemishes that are waiting to show in the new paint, and it'll make the paint adhere really well....

i just have regular spray paint on mine and then i cleared them and they have held up for the past 3 years really nice. its my daily driver