Best paint for wheels?

kfx450r · 06-10-2008, 04:26 PM

As soon as I get my atv i wanna spray paint the rims black..all black bike with chrome wheels (wtf?) so anyways..does anyone know any good preperations i should take to make it last as long as possible and look good and what brand spray paint would be the best..just wanna spray paint until i can afford new rims..which wont be for a while

I would powdercoat them because I dont think its TOO expensive for rims but as soon as I get some money im getting like 19s all around..or 18s back 19 front so imma need new rims anyways

*Stoopidbot1* · 06-10-2008, 04:30 PM

I had the same complaint about mine. All black with crome wheels, ugh. I left mine until I was able to buy some. Keep in mind that those stock rims are CHEAP. I would just brush against a rock onthe trail and it would remove chunks.

trailblazer_02 · 06-10-2008, 04:32 PM

heres what i did with mine.
stock ones were white. (<-- UH gross right?)
so we washed them really good. sanded them down reallly good.
applied thin coat upon thin coat of just cheap walmart spraypaint. and then wwe clearcoated them.

BuckBilly · 06-10-2008, 04:42 PM

Take them to a Line-x or Rhino liner dealer and have them coates with the same stuff as spray on bed liners. Soon as I get the money , I want to do the racks and front bumper on my Ozark.

kfx450r · 06-10-2008, 04:59 PM

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Originally Posted by BuckBilly

Take them to a Line-x or Rhino liner dealer and have them coates with the same stuff as spray on bed liners. Soon as I get the money , I want to do the racks and front bumper on my Ozark.

lol wait..line-x on your rims? ..thats weird but..creative! interesting..i dont wanna spend more than like 20-40 bucks tho..i'll try to just get some spray paint and clean them really good spray a few thin layers and some clear coat..thats what most people have said works best..chrome is just so ugly on the all black bikes why must they do it?!

Where can you buy black rims? Havent seen any on any of the online dealers..maybe im not looking hard enough? Just so strapped for money right now..have to pay for half my bike..and gonna get nerfs and exhaust and hrc before i do wheels..just chrome is ..UUUGH thx for responses btw lol

*Stoopidbot1* · 06-10-2008, 05:20 PM

What size are your wheels? I used motosport and you punch in what quad you have and it shows stuff that fits. When I enter the 08 TRX450 it shows 10x5 for the front and 10x8 for the back. That doesn't seem right.

powermaddd400ex · 06-10-2008, 05:31 PM

i plan on doing the same thing this guy did
it helped me alot

ATV Riders Forum - i surprised myself tonight

oh and bot there also a pic of a cr500 stuffed in a 400exs frame

*Stoopidbot1* · 06-10-2008, 06:01 PM

That's crazy looking. I bet mine could beat his! J/K

*wheeler0801* · 06-10-2008, 06:04 PM

i'm with ya bot...

spray paint works good until you get 5 feet into the woods....then its scratched all to crap, and you have to redo them....but if you plan on doing like mx type stuff with them, the paint lasts a LOT longer :)

before every race I have to pretty much paint my entire quad w/the black and pink paint cause its scratches so easily, but it is only a 2-3 dollar fix....

kfx450r · 06-10-2008, 06:14 PM

Great responses, and yeah i wont be doing hardly any trail riding at all..lots of woods around here..no trails..i just ride open fields..and friends house which is a big open farm..and rocky mountain sells black wheels but not the size for the trx :/

Combo at motosport is so expensive..for like holeshots on black t-9 rims is like 320 for 2 rims on 2 tires..all the combos for 2 rims 2 tires at rocky mountain were like 200 :/ but cant get black t-9s at rocky mountain only chrome