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Topic subjectis there any chrome paint that actually works for my rims?
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36562, is there any chrome paint that actually works for my rims?
Posted by mrlocalpimp, Dec-12-02 02:09 PM
Hi I got these stock eclipse 16", I wanted to spray them chrome like the stock chrome ones. I like those alot more..

But is there any chrome spray paint that really works? And actually looks good? If not, I dont wanna mess anything up....
36563, RE: is there any chrome paint that actually works for my rims?
Posted by OZ_GS, Dec-12-02 03:02 PM
Man I tried alot of different ones on my last car but none really looked good or they would look good for a week or so then they just started to look grey.

I finally just ended up polishing them ...turned out pretty good actually but a lot of work.


Before....



After....



Chad

36564, RE: is there any chrome paint that actually works for my rims?
Posted by NySpeed, Dec-12-02 03:23 PM
wow, what kind of polish did you use? is there a special kind of wheel polish?
36565, RE: is there any chrome paint that actually works for my rims?
Posted by widebodied, Dec-12-02 09:51 PM
>Hi I got these stock eclipse 16", I wanted to spray them
>chrome like the stock chrome ones. I like those alot more..
>
>But is there any chrome spray paint that really works? And
>actually looks good? If not, I dont wanna mess anything
>up....

sell those and go buy you some chrome rims ;)

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36566, RE: is there any chrome paint that actually works for my rims?
Posted by juggalo, Dec-12-02 10:46 PM
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36567, RE: is there any chrome paint that actually works for my rims?
Posted by OZ_GS, Dec-13-02 05:05 AM
It wasn't just wheel polish that did that....

It was paint stripper .... then sanding, sanding, sanding, sanding, starting with like 120 grit all the way to 2000 grit. Then used a drill with a polishing bonnet and some polishing compound to machine polish it then finally went over it with Mothers metal polish.

Like I said...lots of work!!

Chad
36568, RE: is there any chrome paint that actually works for my rims?
Posted by shuwa29, Dec-13-02 12:04 PM
ignore this, i didn't mean to reply to it. sorry.

later