well the point of primer is to make an adhesion layer between the material and the paint...i used duplicolor primer on my own wheels before painting them with duplicolor wheel paint. It helps a lot, make sure you clean and lightly scuff the wheels with abou 300-400 grit paper before painting to promote a bond between the painting processes and the wheels and after you hit the wheels with primer do a light sand on them as well with 400ish grit...with that wheel paint i would also suggest using a can of paint per wheel, start out light and lay up a nice dusted layer with the first shot of color to ensure a good smooth covering...take your time building up the paint. give the base coat a few hours to setup before hitting it with your clear (i didnt clear mine, but im interested to see how that turns out). make sure to let the paint set up in a regulated environment (hopefully something between 60 and 75 degrees) for a couple weeks before doing anything with the wheels...thats what i found when using the duplicolor paint is that it holds to the wheels great and holds up great over time, but you'll risk chipping it easily in the first week or so, especially if you mount tires on them, since most places hire dumb shit kids who cant use their critical thinking skills to save their life and beat the fuck out of other peoples wheels and cars (theres a personal story behind that after painting my own wheels and i am still angry about it)
after all that you should be good to go...OH and while you are at it use duplicolor clear as well, that way all your paint is 100% compatible...buy 2 big cans of the duplicolor primer and that should be enough
Hope that helps man!
heres how well my wheels have held up
RIGHT AFTER THEY WERE PAINTED
ALMOST 3 YEARS LATER
the lighting in the pictures is different, but the finish is still the same satin black it was when i painted them and thats red pinstriping tape btw, it got destroyed when they put the new tires on...
ACTUALLY! i want to add, if you want to protect the lip of the wheels when they put the tires on, you could put some tape around the lips to help protect the fresh paint, i bet it would help
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