I know there are lots of similar questions, and I have seen/searched for them, but I have some new questions, and some old:
Got 17" wheels for my Mazda Protege5 (16's are stock). One of my 16" tires is in dire need of replacement, other three are not great, either, so I am going to go with the 17" this weekend. Thing is, the 17's are WHITE- quite ugly on my silver car. I'm thinking of:
-Removing only the white paint I need to, to clean up chips and such, skuffing the remaining white so the new paint can get it's "teeth" into the old, and painting them Dark Grey with the wheel paint you can get at the auto parts store. I know powercoating would be more chip resistant, but I dont have the time or money for that route.
Or should I remove ALL the white paint? I'm thinking that is too much work for too little return.
-Painting the INSIDE of the rims black, so brake dust does not show up. Would also be cheaper, as wheel paint is about five bux a can.
-Thinking of stripping/preping before tires are mounted, but painting after, so that tire machine does not scratch my new, soft paint.
Thoughts? Suggestions?
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