Painting wheel nuts

[juicygoolies]

Is there a way to do this without the paint just flaking or scratching when I come to tighten them up on the wheels? Kind of restricted to the amount of layers of paint/lacquer you can put on for obvious reasons. Alternatively is there something I can put between the wrench and nuts to act as a defence? I was thinking bluetac LOL dunno tho.

[rpsmith79]

I very much doubt any sort of paint would stand up to being tightened without scratching

[juicygoolies]

I know :-( I bought some used ones and the paint is chipped all over so I'd prefer to try to paint these instead of buying new ones.

[Dan23]

paint them then lacquer them, best you can do really. and trying to put anything over the nuts to protect them when doing them up isnt really going to work, becasue the socket fits snug on the bolt for max grip, putting somthing on to protect the nut would just get pushed to the end of the socket. just try not to have a habit of taking the wheels nuts on and off alot lol

[Hoody]

wat about powder coating?

[juicygoolies]

I rarely take my wheels off atm. Was thinking about powder coating but how much would that cost?

[Dan23]

prbably bit expensive and probably still chip away eventually

[juicygoolies]

I'll just paint them, stick them on and see what happens! I don't mind a bit of scratching that you can only see up close, but currently they're half blue half silver :-O

[RichieRich]

Just get some plastic wheel nut covers like the black cheap ones and pant them, then you can pull them off without damaging them to remove the wheels etc...

[juicygoolies]

Covers won't fit on they're not sockets you have to have the key to use them.

[WheelRepair]

wat about powder coating?

we won't powder coat them beacause that won't last either.

les

[samuaw]

I am guessing your wheel nuts are of the after market variety with the anti theft key, which is just a specific size and shape of nut which require the key which it came with? which is on all the nuts and not just 1 per wheel.

Was going to suggest what i did,

But not too sure you can with the description you gave.

Edited September 4, 2011 by samuaw

[tlee05]

Try high temperature paint, I recently brought myself VHT caliper paint for my locking nuts mainly because I loved there plum purple colour.

Remember to bake them wheel nuts in the oven whatever paint you use.

http://www.vhtpaint.com/products/caliperpaint/

The sides will flake but the top of the nuts should be okay(the part you only really see) as long as you don't take your wheels off everyday.

Edited September 5, 2011 by tlee05

[juicygoolies]

I am guessing your wheel nuts are of the after market variety with the anti theft key, which is just a specific size and shape of nut which require the key which it came with? which is on all the nuts and not just 1 per wheel.

Correct. My description was sloppy lol.

Thanks tlee I'll put that down as an option!

[hyper-wrap]

just wrap electrical tape around them when fitting, and when removing, put electrical tape round the inside of the lug wrench or whatever you use to remove, will easily fit over the top of the bolts still, and it's strong enough to not tear and so on. Simples.

[nairn man]

get a johnny and put this over the wheel nut then tighten the condom should act as a protective barrier thats what its designed for lol.

[hyper-wrap]

extra thick ones!

[nairn man]

i need very long ones but everyone maybe different ribbed maybe more protective on the wheel nuts that is

[hyper-wrap]

16 inches. AROUND.

[mjc68]

If you use the high temperature paint put them in the oven and bake them after spraying, seems odd but it bakes the paint on and makes it a lot tougher!