They were dry to the touch within 30 minutes..but I did 10 minutes between coats. Can't recall the actual git..but I used a medium grit first and then a fine grit before painting.

 

I used the same paint before, in Bronze. I painted 10 wheels for my 240sx drift car, so that at the track and events I would have all the same wheels. I sandblasted the wheels, primed, painted, and cleared them, and I didn't have any chipping with all the tire changing. I also put about 6 coats of paint on them, and another 4 of clear.

 

Yeah, I have been thinking of painting my wheels with the bronze. I have the forest green on my Disco, I think it would look great.

I used a Duplicolor spray paint on my track car wheels. Not the wheel paint, just some other paint... anyway, it's held up great.

 

That would be one of the best color combo's you could do! I would have never thought about that until you brought it up. If you do that I would love to see some pics! Now what would go with ruby red.....

 

I think the bronze or a gold would look good on the red too. That's another classic colour combo. The only problem is gold is considered a bit "Gino" but... if it wasn't for that it's a nice combo.

 

The key to the paint coming out good is mainly in the prep work. Spend some time and do not rush it. It will help durability and looks if you wet sand it between coats and then after the last coat of clear so a polish with like a medium cut and then wax the hell out of it.

Guarantee you will like the results. This coming from another BMW freak.

 

I just sand blasted mine. They were powder coated white originally, and the sand couldn't strip the powdercoat. Pretty amazing actually. All they did was scuff it up, but that was good enough.

As far as the wheels being perfect... I'm not too worried. Functional wheels will never look perfect. If I spent hours doing it, I couldn't beat on them.

My painted wheels are currently covered in really nasty racing brake dust. Nothing I can do about it, but they look better than they did when white!

 

Thanks for the input everyone. I finished all 4 wheels today. Pics tomorrow!

 

Here's some before and after pics of the wheels..my wife also did the taxes for a tint company so I could get the windows tinted...
BEFORE:


AFTER:

 

That sir, is a nice looking vehicle. Now slap a brush guard up front, you'll have an urban assualt truck[8D]