Can you paint 16" stock MP5 chrome wheels?

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fortworthmatt

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Mazda Protege 5

• Feb 3, 2015

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I have the 16" chrome factory wheels and they are looking pretty shabby. The chrome looks horrible. Has anyone tried sanding and painting these wheels? My car is silver and I think grey would look nice. I dont want to plastidip them and dont want black. Any thoughts?

 

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Bright_White

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P5

• Feb 3, 2015

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You can paint anything with proper prep. Just google prep and paint for chrome rims. Last set I did I used duplicolor and they turned out great!

I just plastidip my chrome p5 wheels and am very happy. Unfortantly I change my mind weekly about things so plastidip was a better choice for me.

 

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MrGiggles

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Protege5

• Feb 3, 2015

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Have you tried any commercial chrome cleaning products?

The permanent paint job would be media blasting the wheels, coating with self etching primer, and then painted your color of choice.

 

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fortworthmatt

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Mazda Protege 5

• Feb 3, 2015

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Thanks for the info. I have been searching the webs and it looks like if I prep it correctly and use a self etching primer like you guys suggested I should be ok. I think a grey would look good to contrast the silver paint.

 

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fortworthmatt

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Mazda Protege 5

• Feb 3, 2015

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Or maybe an alloy wheel silver would look better.....

 

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Bright_White

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P5

• Feb 3, 2015

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I would personally go with a dark grey. Looks sharp imo

 

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fortworthmatt

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Mazda Protege 5

• Feb 3, 2015

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Bright_White said:

I would personally go with a dark grey. Looks sharp imo

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I am leaning that way. I am using the TireRack website so I can see different color wheels on the car, althought the silver P5 they use is no where near my silver but it helps. I dont want black because I think it washes out with the tire. I am going to the paint store later this week to buy some silver to repaint my oxidized spoiler and new side mirror to replce my broken one.

 

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Bright_White

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P5

• Feb 3, 2015

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Good stuff. Make sure to post pictures after you're done!

Also are the tires mounted on the wheels?

 

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fortworthmatt

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Mazda Protege 5

• Feb 3, 2015

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Yes the tire are mounted. I plan on taking the wheels off the car and taping off the tires.

 

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wolfy53

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2002, Protege5

• Feb 3, 2015

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gun metal grey looks great I think.

 

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Bright_White

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P5

• Feb 3, 2015

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fortworthmatt said:

Yes the tire are mounted. I plan on taking the wheels off the car and taping off the tires.

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Take the wheel off yes. But don't mask it probably won't stick well. Use a deck of playing cards or sports cards.

 

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Bright_White

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P5

• Feb 3, 2015

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Takes about a minute to prep them like this and works very well.

 

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MrGiggles

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Protege5

• Feb 3, 2015

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Bright_White said:

Takes about a minute to prep them like this and works very well.

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Do you have any photos of those wheels on the car? Thinking about dipping mine black.

 

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Bright_White

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P5

• Feb 3, 2015

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MrGiggles said:

Do you have any photos of those wheels on the car? Thinking about dipping mine black.

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I wish! We're still in winter mode over here so those won't be touching the car for a couple more months. If it warms up a bit I might throw them beside the car to see if I like or not, I'll post a pic if I do.

I've sprayed a bunch of pieces, including the headlights and grill, maybe time for a mini build thread.