NCCherokee
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Anderson, SC
I got some nice, but used aluminum rims for a song. They are in good shape, but they are polished aluminum with black painted inserts. There is also a bunch of nicks in the paint and clear coat, and two of the wheels, i presume the original fronts, have that baked on brake dust stuff that wont come off. I want to use the lighter rims with some milder light truck type tires for road duties and swap to my standard 15" steelies for winter/off road.
Anyways polished/chrome isnt really my look on my jeep which is dinged and dinted. My steelies were chrome, also used, and i just roughed them up with some steel wool and sprayed them with rustoleum hammered like the rest of my jeep. They've held up ok, but are starting to become a little oxidized/faded with some peeling.
I want to do these rims right. What stripper product and technique do you recommend for getting down to the raw aluminum, and then how do I prep them for paint?
I'm not 100% set on doing them myself, I am considering powdercoating. But I may just paint them myself if someone can suggest a good wheel paint product/technique that will hold up to UV and normal road use. I am hoping to go for a gunmetal/pewter/charcoal gray. I also really like the Ford stirling gray that someone on here painted their XJ. So, can I paint myself with results I'll be happy with, and what product? Does it need a clearcoat?
Anyways polished/chrome isnt really my look on my jeep which is dinged and dinted. My steelies were chrome, also used, and i just roughed them up with some steel wool and sprayed them with rustoleum hammered like the rest of my jeep. They've held up ok, but are starting to become a little oxidized/faded with some peeling.
I want to do these rims right. What stripper product and technique do you recommend for getting down to the raw aluminum, and then how do I prep them for paint?
I'm not 100% set on doing them myself, I am considering powdercoating. But I may just paint them myself if someone can suggest a good wheel paint product/technique that will hold up to UV and normal road use. I am hoping to go for a gunmetal/pewter/charcoal gray. I also really like the Ford stirling gray that someone on here painted their XJ. So, can I paint myself with results I'll be happy with, and what product? Does it need a clearcoat?