mag 500 wheels..paint?

[moparfanUSA]

I am going to bead blast the rims that are the stock ones that came with the car. My question is, I see that they are painted black and silver...looks like flat black, but is there a correct color for the silver?

 

[roadrunnerman]

not sure if it would be silver argent like on stock rallys or not but that would be a close color to it.I saw an article in the mopar muscle mag a couple months ago a guy repainted the rally rims.can'y remember what month issue it was though,sorry.

 

[Donny]

I've heard of that; Bead Blasting, but, wonder if that's a moniker that just is used; sort of like Military Intelligence? Seriously, what is bead blasting? glass beads, or ???? I probably and correct in it's just plain ol' Media Blasting, but, not sure.

 

[ARcDevilZ]

I've heard of that; Bead Blasting, but, wonder if that's a moniker that just is used; sort of like Military Intelligence? Seriously, what is bead blasting? glass beads, or ???? I probably and correct in it's just plain ol' Media Blasting, but, not sure.

You pretty much answered your own question. It is in effect a form of media blasting. The media in this case is glass bead. Always use a respirator glass is a major buzzkill on your lungs.

 

[69 Runner]

There is no silver paint on the MOPOAR version of those wheels. The spokes aren't painted. If they are, someone did that in the past trying to make them " look better"

The rim should be black also. Not silver

 

[roadrunnerman]

There is no silver paint on the MOPOAR version of those wheels. The spokes aren't painted. If they are, someone did that in the past trying to make them " look better"

The rim should be black also. Not silver

i have some "older" orig rims that are silver.I think you could get them in black or silver.outside the spokes can be silver.inside the spokes can be silver or black.

 

[moparstuart]

the spokes are a sort of brushed steel finish with the insets being black , no silver paint

Not sure what the media blast would do to the spoke finish ? would be carefull with that . I would just hand scuff inset area and paint them.

 

[moparfanUSA]

Well, at least I know that they weren't chrome. The spokes are silver now, but the rim itself has a little small rust spots on them. I might sand a little on one of them to see if anything is under it. The rims are 41 years old. I would love to see if I could get the brushed look back in them. Well see.

Yes Donny, Bead blasting is glass beads, it is not as messy as sand. I have a very good professional blaster that will do them cheap, he has been blasting for over 15 years. People take whole cars to him to take the old paint off. I have been reading about people that "soda: blast their cars before painting, but it sounds like it does not take out pitted rust spots. I will keep you posted.