I helped a friend paint his alloys on a 560SEC with the Griots stuff. The paint yellowed after just a few months. Could be that he uses those brake dust shields that cause the wheels to heat up. I actually remembered hearing that the Griot's stuff was good.
Anyway, my own personal experience dates back to a 1980 450SEL whose wheels I painted for my parents back in 1989. I was a high school student at the time. I used Dupont acrylic lacquer primer, silver and clearcoat. I sprayed the stuff with one of those Preval sprayers. I stripped the wheels with chemical stripper. Sanded between coats. They came out beautiful. They lasted 13 years with the finish in great condition except for your usual scrapes and chips along the edge of the wheel from curb and wheel mounting damage. The car was then totaled when it caught fire as my brother was driving it in the heat of the summer with leaking tranny fluid coating the catalytic convertor. The car had 330,000 miles on the clock with no engine rebuild. Dimitri. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John Peterson" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Mercedes Discussion List" > <Mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Sent: Friday, June 09, 2006 6:54 AM > Subject: [MBZ] Wheel Paint > > > > Those are good prices- I did all 4 wheels this > year, prep is key as with > > any paint job. Light coats of the paint, sanding > slightly with 400 > > between. Then the lacquer, 4 coats and sand > before the last one. I > > think they turned out perfect- hard pressed to see > the difference from > > factory. > > > > Durability is unknown at this point, they have > lasted 6 mo so far. > > > > John Peterson > > 1991 300D 2.5 79k > > Wurth Wheels > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new parts see official list sponsor: > http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
