painting your wheel wells

[blacksvt10th]

i see that detailing shops often paint wheel wells. anyone done this? if so what paint and proper procedure?

 

[five.slow]

i used a black undrcoating made by 3M a long time ago on my 86 Z28 but i forget the name of it. it wasnt the thick stuff that flakes off though. basically just clean it really good and take a scotch guard pad and some comet to it to scratch the surface, clean again and then paint. of course you want to tape up too. im sure there are a million people here that will have a diff way so just pick the one you like the best.

 

[blakedout]

i painted the inner fender wells... and they look awesome. what i did was i took my wheels off, cleaned the inner fender well with soap and a good scrubber to get all the dirt and crap out rinsed it and let it dry. as for paint i used a industrial gloss black to make sure that paint stays on for good... this actually makes your car look clean and lower instead of being able to see it all dirty inner wells and i think it looks awesome....

 

[Azure03]

i painted the inner fender wells... and they look awesome. what i did was i took my wheels off, cleaned the inner fender well with soap and a good scrubber to get all the dirt and crap out rinsed it and let it dry. as for paint i used a industrial gloss black to make sure that paint stays on for good... this actually makes your car look clean and lower instead of being able to see it all dirty inner wells and i think it looks awesome....

What kind of paint did you use? My inner vener wells could use some touching up. Thanks for any input or advice

 

[About2bite]

i painted the inner fender wells... and they look awesome. what i did was i took my wheels off, cleaned the inner fender well with soap and a good scrubber to get all the dirt and crap out rinsed it and let it dry. as for paint i used a industrial gloss black to make sure that paint stays on for good... this actually makes your car look clean and lower instead of being able to see it all dirty inner wells and i think it looks awesome....

Any pics?

 

[RCMPSVT]

Any pics?

X2 I always thought about this but thought Id be seen a crazy so didnt do it

 

[SmokinCobra420]

i did before my last show, but if you use a gloss black, it will fade shortly after afew washes, at least thats what happend to mine. it still looks 10x better then factory. Right after it looked freaking sick, like the fenderwells were still wet after being washed. you can do like i did, and pull the front fender gaurds out and then wash and paint them its alot easier then painting them when on the car, the rear can not be removed.

 

[Scott P]

Just make sure you mask off everything you don't want painted. Also be sure to properly prep the surfaces before painting. Improper prep will only cause that new paint to fail.

 

[99MustangGTman]

this will work well on new wheels, but used wheels its very hard to clean tem off to prep, even if you took care of them

 

[Kevin the Clean 1]

i did before my last show, but if you use a gloss black, it will fade shortly after afew washes, at least thats what happend to mine. it still looks 10x better then factory. Right after it looked freaking sick, like the fenderwells were still wet after being washed. you can do like i did, and pull the front fender gaurds out and then wash and paint them its alot easier then painting them when on the car, the rear can not be removed.

That is a much better idea (to remove the front units before spraying them). I need to re-spray my rear wells with the black 3M rubberized coating/sound deadener material. When I'm done with that, I will apply a small coat to the (removed) front areas... ! I'm sure most of you have seen that even a brand new front fender well splash guards have a whitish silver mesh marks on them ... !