best way to paint rims

I want to paint my summer rims which are the 20's black. Theyre chrom which i know is a pita medium to paint on.whats the best way to scuff it up an paint without having to take the tires off the rim and sandblast em? I was thinking just spraying em with single stage black.

 

try Plastdip, thats what alot of folks on here have done, like general lee

 

You don't need to take them off at all. I didn't on either set of rims I painted. I haven't used the plastidip but, like J.Wal says, others have an they said it turned out good. I sanded mine and then sprayed them with self-etching primer and then painted them. they turn out great but the sanding was a pita.

 

I painted my Harley wheels and didn't sand anything. I cleaned them really well, used some wax and grease remover, then used rustoleum industrial satin black paint. They have held up really well. I didn't sand them because I wanted to be able to remove the paint if I wanted.

 

I'm repainting mine now.. I used plastidip to start with and its okay but its more of a flat black and hard to clean...

Now I'm sanding them down with 220 grit sand paper to scuff them up then spraying 2 coats of duplicolor adhesion promoter followed by 2 coats of rustoleum profesional gloss black enamel (in the tall silver cans) and I'm extremly pleased with the results so far



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