Wheel Paint and Tire Mounting

[Jmunk]

I got a set of Ponys the other day that need some attention in the paint department. I have found that Duplicolor has a close match to the factory color. Question is has anyone used the Duplicolor wheel paint with tires off the rims and had tires mounted with the paint not chipping? I hate to do all the prep work only to have the paint chip off when tires are mounted.

 

[tannerc91gt]

paint them and clear them and give them time to dry. they wont chip

 

[FoxGT87]

someone made a thread of doing this and his came out really good let me see if i can find the link.

 

[FoxGT87]

http://www.stangnet.com/mustang-forums/752246-painted-my-pony-wheels.html this was a very good read. honestly made and still makes me want to get a full set of stock pony's. but what i really want is a set of 5 lug chrome pony R's.

best of luck to you.

 

[Death Trap]

If preped and paint properly they should hold up fine. Ive painted lots of wheels over the years both with spray cans and with spray guns and they always held up great. When ive mounted tires to them I used a lot of lube
and never had any damage.

 

[Jmunk]

Thanks for the info and link !

 

[MAC'n89Blckstng]

When I get around to painting the wheels on my LX I'm going to pop the outside bead down so I can prep them and paint the whole lip and then back mask the lip and not have to worry about the head on the tire machine possibly eating up the paint.

 

[aar0s]

someone on here did it with the tires on and put a heavy coat of tire shine on them, the paint didn't really stick to the shine and what did he was able to wipe it off. if i remember right it turned out good.

 

[Jmunk]

UPDATE:

I painted the wheels using VHT Ford Argent silver wheel paint and their clear coat. Turned out nice, I will get pics up soon. I painted the rims with no tires on them and when the shop put the new tires on there wasn't a single scratch/chip in the paint. With good prep the VHT stuff bonds well. Also I got the best deal on the paint from Amazon, in total I used 3 cans of silver and about 2 cans of clear.

 

[GroverDill]

the 98 Cobras are spray bombed I painted and had tires mounted the same day, not perfect but pretty good.

 

[Jmunk]

I waited about a week after I painted the rims to get the tires mounted.

 

[SVT32VDOHC]

When I get around to painting the wheels on my LX I'm going to pop the outside bead down so I can prep them and paint the whole lip and then back mask the lip and not have to worry about the head on the tire machine possibly eating up the paint.

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