As some might know, thanks to some curbs (and lack of matching infiniti paint color for them) I repainted my G35 18s last year with a regular dupli-color silver paint (standard "silver").

Well, they looked ok but didn't have the same luster that wheels should have, so today I repainted one of them using Dupli-color wheel coating paint, which has a metallic finish.

Just wanted to show the final result. On the left is the repainted wheel, and as you can see it is much more reflective and in person has that factory "sparkle" to it. Also the finish is very smooth, and it really looks like it came that way. On the right is one that I painted last year, and as you can see it doesn't have much luster or sparkle/reflectivity to it, and the finish is not as smooth.

Camera and light were more or less directly overhead, so the two wheels are getting equal lighting in this photo.

Nothing spectacular, but the devil's in the details, right?

 

Nice... I may consider this over the summer. Of my 4 18's, I've curbed 3 of them (don't ask). The one that's in perfect shape never had the factory "shine" to it...

 

looks good, i did my jeep rims w/ the graphite color....crazy sparkle from the huge flakes in the paint.

 

It turned out real well. Did you have to spray a coat of clear for protection or did you leave it on as-is? How's it holding up to the heat from the brakes?

 

It holds up very well to heat, I use two coats of the clear they have over the color... Gives a deeper shiny look.

 

I used 2 coats of the clearcoat as well.

They're not on the car yet (still winter here), but I don't expect any problems....the wheels really don't get very much heat from the brakes.

 

Did mine in gunmetal rim paint 2 years ago, no clear coat, jjust hand polished, no problems by brake dust, or dirt, road salt, etc. highly recommend

 

They look like crap josh

























jk...

 

How about with the new color-matched Nissan centercaps i just added to the mix

 

Still not feeling it. It looks like the a$$ end of gbauer

 

how would you know what George's a$$ end looks like? that is the real question here

 

lol uh.....baby pictures?

 

where you get of center caps . And what size bro. They are infinity wheels or nissan wheels?

 

they're Inifinit G35 stock wheels. I don't have the slightest clue where I got the caps from....that was 15 years ago lol.