Painting Mags

FST4RD · Post by **FST4RD** » Wed Apr 25, 2012 5:37 pm

Hey all...
The old mans late model Merc is going in to get the front bumper and bonnet resprayed due to stone chips. His brother is doing the work, and his Merc happens to be almost the same colour silver as my mags.

Was wondering is the primer and paint that they use to paint cars is suitable to paint mags?

I would ring my uncle to check but he's not round at the moment.

Thanks

Grrrrrrr! · Post by **Grrrrrrr!** » Wed Apr 25, 2012 5:59 pm

Yep, normal car paint would be fine, but they'll need an etch primer to make it stick to aluminium alloy. Sandblasting them first would also help.

FST4RD · Post by **FST4RD** » Wed Apr 25, 2012 6:07 pm

The mags have a bit of scratching, not on the edges, more towards the middle (don't ask I bought them like that!), So I was going to give them a quick sand and smooth them out.

celica_xr9145 · Post by **celica_xr9145** » Wed Apr 25, 2012 6:19 pm

When I did my old Advans I sanded them, primer then gave about 5-6 coats of car paint and they came out fantastic!

Went all around the south island on them with no flaking!

FST4RD · Post by **FST4RD** » Wed Apr 25, 2012 6:34 pm

Cool! Good to know.
I've been quoted moonbeams to get them painted/powdercoated, pretty much I could buy a new set of mags for the cost of getting all 4 wheels done!

Bling · Post by **Bling** » Wed Apr 25, 2012 6:36 pm

You'd want decent paint to be used i'd say. Something 2k etc. MrMainstream does powdercoating locally fyi.

FST4RD · Post by **FST4RD** » Wed Apr 25, 2012 6:50 pm

Yeah dad is getting the good stuff for his Merc, he loves that car.
If I can get it done for a dozen beers I'll definitely be doing that.

BR0Z · Post by **BR0Z** » Thu Apr 26, 2012 4:10 pm

The place Daniel works at does powder coating - he did his intercooler & rocker cover - I could ask him if they do wheels =)

d1 mule · Post by **d1 mule** » Thu Apr 26, 2012 7:05 pm

last time i got wheels powder coated was only $25 a wheel.......

sergei · Post by **sergei** » Thu Apr 26, 2012 8:45 pm

d1 mule wrote:last time i got wheels powder coated was only $25 a wheel.......

And when I did it last year at procoat it was $80.

FST4RD · Post by **FST4RD** » Thu Apr 26, 2012 9:17 pm

The chap on here couldn't do them for $25 a wheel. If you know of a place in Christchurch that will do them for that let me know and I'll go there.

tsoob · Post by **tsoob** » Thu Apr 26, 2012 9:32 pm

d1 mule wrote:last time i got wheels powder coated was only $25 a wheel.......

what in 1980..?

Bling · Post by **Bling** » Thu Apr 26, 2012 10:42 pm

Just get spray cans if it has to be cheap as possible.

Anyone that primers and top coats a set of wheels for a box of beers is mad

fj40cruzapete · Post by **fj40cruzapete** » Thu Apr 26, 2012 10:52 pm

30 bucks worth of satin black rattle cans worked well on my 18s on my commodore :lol:

FST4RD · Post by **FST4RD** » Fri Apr 27, 2012 3:23 am

tsoob wrote:
d1 mule wrote:last time i got wheels powder coated was only $25 a wheel.......

what in 1980..?

true though...

FST4RD · Post by **FST4RD** » Fri Apr 27, 2012 3:25 am

BZG|Bling wrote:Just get spray cans if it has to be cheap as possible.

Anyone that primers and top coats a set of wheels for a box of beers is mad

I would pay for the product and give him a doz for his efforts...

Some places quoted me up to $250 a wheel!

Zitchu · Post by **Zitchu** » Fri Apr 27, 2012 6:29 am

Shit thats a bit steep, I had a set of 18s done around 18 monthsish ago, and that was $150 a wheel. I got the lip painted a different colour as the rest of the wheel aswell, if it was just one colour it would have been $100 per wheel.

Mr Ree · Post by **Mr Ree** » Fri Apr 27, 2012 10:14 am

Thats exactly what I want ^

Black CE28N's with the lip painted in 3L2...

Snoozin · Post by **Snoozin** » Fri Apr 27, 2012 4:02 pm

GTRefinishers charge around $400 to paint a set of wheels I believe. Fair price considering the prep/time outlay etc.

FST4RD · Post by **FST4RD** » Fri Apr 27, 2012 5:01 pm

I would probably prep them myself. I might take a leaf out of the above and sand, prime and bust out some decent spray paint lol As long as it looks decent from arms length...