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    gday guys, on my 18" wheels it has chrome inserts.

    the chrome inserts can be detached from the wheel itself, im going to be taking them off and repairing my wheels as all of them have gutter rash, the other part of the wheel is black and i will just respray them.

    but i want the whole wheel to be black so im wondering whats the best way to go about spraying these chrome inserts black? because i was told its hard to get paint to stick to chrome.

    heres an attached picture of my rims so my thread makes a little bit more sense.


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    use a 2k etch primer first. self etching primers don't always adhere to chrome.

    also, is it definitely chrome? i've seen wheels with "chrome" inserts that are just painted plastic.

    If its plastic sand back and prime.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Faynt11 View Post
    use a 2k etch primer first. self etching primers don't always adhere to chrome.

    also, is it definitely chrome? i've seen wheels with "chrome" inserts that are just painted plastic.

    If its plastic sand back and prime.
    yeah im very unsure on them being actual "chrome" they are very light for chrome if so. but i will still go with the different brand of primer.

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    yeh they would be plastic... use wet rub 2000 n ensure surface is smooth before painting... but also when ya prime it giv it a coat at a time for best results.... rub bak wiv 2000 ensure smooth n no pits before spraying colour on it...

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    yeah was thinking of doing that, also with the rim as well, should i sand my gutter rash back and smooth it out then hit it with prepsol as well?

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    yeah on one wheel its pretty deep, dont know if i can get it smooth enough.

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    Post up a shot of the deep gutter rash
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    jsut quickly, wat is a ffs search, ive seen it a fair bit and not sure wat it is, so some help would b greatly appreciated on where and how to do it, thankz
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    its a 5 stud and u couldnt just weld a new stud on youd have to weld 5 new ones on i may be blonde but im not dumb

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    Quote Originally Posted by dwayno80 View Post
    yeh they would be plastic... use wet rub 2000 n ensure surface is smooth before painting... but also when ya prime it giv it a coat at a time for best results.... rub bak wiv 2000 ensure smooth n no pits before spraying colour on it...


    Really? 2000? The guy would still be doing it at xmas.



    OP, do what ari666 suggests.

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    U could sand that back, but it'll throw out the balance by a shitload. A rim repairer, may fix it filling in the gaps, but may also lathe it back. If they do that?!?
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    Can I ask how it will through the balance off? Not that I'm planning to do anything like that but yeah.
    Would moving a Lock nut after 5000K's + cause it to throw it out of balance?
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    no. wheel nuts are too close to the center of the rolling axis to make a difference. the balance would be thrown off by one side of the outer rim being a slightly different weight to the opposite side. 5grams would do it. which is why you need to flat file it evenly all the way round.

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