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Jun 3, 2009, 06:42 PM
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gunmetal paint?
So I've been trying to find gunmetal paint all over the place... Does anyone know what company makes it? Some people said the name couldve been changed. I'm not sure where else to shop for it. I've been to autozone, home depot, and lowes and none of them carry gunmetal
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Jun 4, 2009, 03:13 AM
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gunmetal paint for what? rims? duplicolor
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Jun 4, 2009, 03:36 AM
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Yes they're for rims. I've been searching the car stores and the only duplicolor paint I found was for the exterior of the car such as body panels, not for wheels.
When I asked if it could be used for the wheels the guys at the store said it wouldn't hold up to the heat of the brakes like paints specially made for wheels. So I'm not sure what paint to buy cause I haven't found gunmetal elsewhere
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Jun 4, 2009, 04:27 PM
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try going to a hardware store like home depot or lowes...(dont know if you have them in chicago) i went to lowes to get my paint, i got just regular duplicolor i believe...
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Jun 4, 2009, 06:17 PM
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I went to lowes and home depot but they didnt carry duplicolor from what i saw... there's other brands... is there any other colors that are close to gunmetal that you guys would recommend?
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Jun 13, 2009, 02:39 AM
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go to a body shop and get paint from them..........if its not auto paint its not going to turn out or last
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Jun 13, 2009, 09:49 PM
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any autoparts store , advance auto, O'reilys , Napa, pep boys, will deff have it you cant miss it, it has a big rim on it and the paint top is gunmetal.
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Jun 13, 2009, 10:24 PM
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are you sure its gunmetal? the label says its graphite...
are you talking about these cans?
http://www.duplicolor.com/gallery/ga...s/wheel_05.jpg
if so then yeah thats graphite... they don't make that can in gunmetal which is driving me nuts cause everyone is saying gunmetal from duplicolor
this is the what the gunmetal cans look like
http://www.autowares.com/images/prod...vansuv-400.jpg
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Jun 13, 2009, 11:37 PM
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yes graphite is gunmetal
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Jun 14, 2009, 01:16 AM
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it wouldnt cost much to get a shop to do it properly, if u just do single stage paint itll be about $20 a pint probibly need 2 pints to do 4 rims if u do base coat clear coat, the clear will be more wouldnt take them more than a few minutes to do the prep work.
id say under $100 for the whole works, labour included
unless your just doing touch up or something but thats the route i would go if i was doing my rims and wanted them to look good
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