Painted SS wheels?

[94_LT1_Z28]

The chrome was pitting on my Z06 rims so I painted the insides black like 35th rims... looks 100x better IMHO

[tonic]

paint

Yeah, Joel was trying to replicate the wheels on the 35th anny SS's. He struggled a lot stripping the paint off to get down to the machined aluminum surface. I think he gave up on the project.

Personally I would paint your's to look the the 35th anny SS's and forget trying to achieve the machined aluminum face. Just leave them silver on the face and paint the edges going back, black. It will be fast and much cheaper. Plus I don't think an all black wheel will look good on your car.

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I just remembered this car as I was trying to imagine your wheels being black. Try to ignore the distraction here. haha. But I think they work successfully only because he has quite a few other black elements on the car...

I stripped a set that was paint black over the factory paint, wasn't bad at all

[nascarnate326]

I have never seen black wheels that I liked.



I painted the inside of my salad shooters black too, looks much better with the brake dust ect.

[1qwikSS]

the black rims have to be done cleanly in order for it to look good.....ive seen some half ass jobs that turned out like crap because they rushed it and didnt put some time into it.

there was someone on here maybe 2 months ago that was looking to trade black ss wheels for stockers...might be something to look up in the mifbody want ads.

[Bad_Z28]

I really like the ten spoke rims just the way they are. But if your set on black i'm sure they can be painted rather easily. Good luck.

[sman]

Im going to look at a set later today, ill snap some pictures and post them tonight when I get out of work.

[bumpin_z]

That chick gave me a little teak!

[sman]

Check my thread for pictures, ill be redoing mine WHITE.