Painting wheels black. Gloss, Semi-gloss, satin?

[Guest]

So my wheels are all primed and ready to go but Im not sure which finish to go with. I bought gloss and semi-gloss but figured Id ask on here too. Which finish is standard when painting wheels black?

[Agemax]

depends on the colour of the rest of your bike, pics may help

[Ghostgs1]

Hi, Here is a pic of one of mine. The black I used was an gloss epoxy appliance paint, though that may not be exactly what Suzuki used, I like it. Ray

woops forget pic



Forgot about these for my last bike with no paint.

[SVSooke]

Stock paint is a very dark gray.

[Flaming Chainsaws]

Here's the rims I did on my GS450. Dupli-Color engine semi-gloss black.






And here's the rims I did for my GS1100E. Dupli-Color Wheel Paint dark metallic gray, I believe. The outsides were polished by hand.

[Flyboy]

Yep, the standard Suzuki colour was a dark grey/charcoal type colour, a smidgen darker than you have on yur 1100 wheels there.
There is a thread here somewhere, someone mentioned it was a dead ringer for some or other Chrysler (I think) colour called anthricite or something, I don't remember the exact details.

[Starboard M]

I used Rustolium Wheel Paint, turned out to be a semi gloss black.

[Steve]

On my wife's bike and my son's bike, I used gloss black wheel paint and scraped the edges to keep the "polished" look on the "spokes".













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[renobruce]

I used VHT caliper paint in gloss black. They also have a satin black. If you want to do any polishing, do it first. Then mask and paint. I also used a self etching primer first.

[Octain]

I used ACE Hardware brand rattle can simi gloss.

[pete]

I used POR 15 Blackcote on mine:



See Flyboy? No exhaust in those

[ArtByScars]

Just did my forks a textured satin black today, almost did same on wheels but I want them to be a semi gloss, w/ no aluminum showing