Best paint for alloys?

[aij29]

Hi Guys

After many quotes of about £200

I`ve decided to spray my alloy wheels,

I`ve got etch primer but am unsure of the best topcoat to use will have to be aerosol or something easy to use with my hobby compressor,

I want to paint them gloss grey (battleship grey)so won`t need laquer

Any tips gladly recieved

Cheers
Adrian

[composimmonite]

AFAIK aerosol wheel paint is polyurethane. I've used it for years as a general purpose paint for brackets etc and certainly a lot tougher than other aerosol paints.

[aij29]

Aaah so probably best to use wheel paint then laquer them,

Cheers
Adrian

[Jizmondo Scrotmondo]

I've used smooth silver aerosol Hammerite on my GTI steelies. Dries slower than normal paint but doesn't need lacquer and is tough as nails. I'm pretty sure you can get grey, too. The finish is lovely if you take you're time.