hello, i recently got ahold of a set of 18s for my monte. they were originally chrome and the previous owner painted them black. some of the paint is peeling and i can see the chrome so i was wondering whats the best way to go about stripping the rest of the paint off with out hurting the chrome? thsnks

 

If the the paint is peeling ? Maybe high pressuse car wash nozzle ?

 

yea i thought of that cause my local car wash took paint of my car but jus wasnt sure if it would take it all the way off.

 

If you are 100% positive it is a real chrome wheel, some rubbing compound and a very very fine (like 0000) steel wool should do the trick.

Brake cleaner should also help dissolve paint and not harm the chrome. Then you will just need a nice Chrome polish to clean them up.

However. If the previous owner did the painting correctly, they probably scuffed up and destroyed the chrome before applying the paint so that it would hold better.

 

yea i hope not lol. if so i can always try n polish them back out or jus repaint them with some paint from house of kolours. its not actual chrome paint but has the effect. i really only want the lip to stay chrome

 

yea so unfortunately you were right chibi lol. i start stripping the paint and the chrome is messed up. hopefully this paint i have at work will be close to it

 

Sorry I was right :p

 

lol its all good just a minor set back

 

ok so i think ima jus sand the paint down and repaint them black using paint from a spray gun. but since the chrome is messed up i would like to repaint the lip chrome. i would like to use the chrome that you would spray with a gun. my ? is has anybody ever done this? and is hard to do? it im having a buddy of mine who paints spray them for me. i found a nice paint by the alsa corp. heres a link of them spraying a gas tank.
MIRRA CHROME PAINT - Alsa - YouTube