Black wheel paint, any recommendations

[m1ks]

I'll be needing some black wheel paint soon and having never painted wheels, (other than a quick and often iffy job on car steel wheels with halfords matt aluminium).
I want a decent hardwearing finish and a nice gloss finish.
Does anyone have any recommendations for paint brand and type?

Cheers

[Z.O.A]

You'd be best getting them powder coated, you'll never have to touch them again after that.

[m1ks]

Fair comment but it's one of those funny restoration situations where I want to be able to do all the work personally, powdercoatings not something I can do unless someone builds me a workshop with a bloody big oven
Added to which it'll be cheaper to paint

[Z.O.A]

I understand ya perfectly, I'm the exact same with my one, I did the frame, engine and bodywork myself out in the garage, but I do'nt know the brand of paint, I had it mixed in the shop.

[duckman]

Did you ever find out an answer to this? I'm in the same boat myself, wanting to paint a set of old Kawa alloys.

[mick znone]

i saw a similar question on here a while back, someone recommended SIMONIZ spray paint. they do matt satin and gloss. i used it on various parts on my z over the winter, then left them on a shelf near the wood burner for months. the finish seems really tough to me. if you put up a question about this paint i think you would get some positive response. hope this helps.
available on line.

[duckman]

Thanks. I assume you mean their regular gloss/satin black paints. Their specialist wheel paints only come in white, silver or steel.

[mick znone]

yes, just the regular tough black, don't know myself if it would be any good for wheels, but worth asking if anyone on here has experience of using it on wheels.