VHT SP187 High Temperature Wheel Paint – Gloss Black Spray Paint - 11 oz Aerosol Can

My old aluminum wheels had started to corrode after 22 yrs. So, I cleaned them, painted them with wheel paint, then needed to clear coat them. So, the Rustoleum wheel paint can said to clear coat it with Rustoleum wheel clear coat. Never heard of Rustoleum having a wheel clear coat. So, I did some research. Turns out, the Rustoleum wheel clear coat came in with terrible reviews. So scratch that. Then I stumbled across VHT. I've used VHT in the past, and it's excellent. Found a High Heat Wheel Clear Coat made by VHT. PERFECT ! Read the reviews, ordered 4 spray cans for 4 wheels. Applied as directed. Takes 7 days to fully cure. Now that is some good stuff !!! The brilliant clear shine it left is beautiful. Sprayed on easily, even upside down and sideways. No drips or spitting from the nozzle. Fantastic product ! After 7 days, I'll go over the clear coat with a clear ceramic sealer for added protection. Can never go wrong with a VHT product !

Applied 3 months ago and looks like the first day after several car washes. Also very similar to the original color, I have a 2016 Ford Fusion Titanium.

Be patient both:1) when spraying. this is thinner than paint and if you spray too much at a time it WILL run/drip. Instead, be patient and do a couple light coats with 10 mins between them. Its better to spend the time and do 5 thin coats, than to rush and do a coat too thick and mess up your whole job when it drips.2) Curing: this takes a WEEK to cure. I live in Texas, its hot, and my wheels were in the garage 3 days. At that point I could, and did, put a scratch in the clear coat and VHT paint on my rim with my fingernail. Be patient and if your able to, dont drove or allow anything near the wheel for a week. After 7 days, these felt like new wheels from the factory.PRO TIP: My rims came out looking amazing. BUT, I wanted extra protection and shine.After it cures, a week minimum after painting / clear coating, you can wet sand this with 1500-2000 grit sandpaper to smooth it out. After you do that you can a. add more clear coat if your paranoid like me. OR, add compound and buff this. This will make the wheel really pop.Again, just spraying and allowing it to cure looked great. the wetsanding and polishing is for extra shine / smoothnessenjoy

I used this in conjunction with VHT Engine Primer and VHT Wheel Clear Coat to refinish a set of alloy wheels.The quality of the paint was top notch. For a rattle can, the spray is very fine and precise. It coats evenly and smoothly. After final coats were finished (3 each of primer, paint & clear coat) I let it dry, including baking in the hot sun for a day before finish sanding (2000 grit) and polishing to a nice shine.Now that it has cured, the paint feels rock hard and durable.The only negative I have is that the color is a bit more grey than silver. Definitely darker than other silver paints I've used and a little darker than I was hoping. I also tested the VHT 'Aluminum' color but could not tell much difference between the two. I may take a look at their 'Chevy' silver to see if that is more to my liking and if so I may redo the wheels with that. Otherwise I will go back to the Einszett silber. Too bad, because I liked the way the VHT lays down.

I used it to paint my calipers and liked the spray flow of the can so I bought 2 black ones for my wheels along with the clear coat and let me tell you this is the best paint I’ve used. The spray flow is much better than traditional spray cans, it laid the material down smooth and the clear coat flattened to a crystal clear finish overnight. They look like they’ve been painted with a quality hvlp sprayer but they are just cans! I’m using VHT products from now on they are the best!!

Great item works perfect

I used the VHT clear over the VHT black wheel paint after letting the black dry 30 minutes as instructed on the can. After 2 light tack coats I tried to get a medium wet coat but it wouldn't flow very good. The more I put down the more it looked milky. Normally milky looking clear is due to moisture or cold surface temps but I shot my wheels on a day that was 80 degrees ( in the shade ). To try and salvage my work I moved them into the direct sun and let them bake as the day warmed to 95 degrees. This indeed saved the day and now the wheels look great with a nice gloss black. The heat curing helped eliminate the dry spots on the sides of the spokes too. Polyurethane should dry hard but time will tell. I'm going to let them cure for a few more days in the direct sun. BTW it took one can per wheel of both color and clear. I was able to prime each wheel with a half can of primer. My only complaint is that I had to clear the spray head more that I would have liked - keep a can of lacquer thinner close.Overall I'm happy with the results on my wheels using rattle cans. You would be hard pressed to tell them from powder coated wheels.

Have used VHT wheel paint before and it holds up well and looks good. Whereas the VHT Argent paint is a smooth finish, the Rally finish is metallic, just like the Chevy wheels and the inner portion of my 18 inch Sierra wheels. Because of the metallic rough finish you will want to clear coat them. I cleaned up the corrosion and than sanded everything with 220 sandpaper to give some bite. I also use NAPA self-etching primer on the bare metal. I didn't try to duplicate the original two-tone appearance, simply painted the whole wheel with the Rally and they look sharp.UPDATE: Painted wheels with winter tires just went through a Vermont winter with all our road salt. Wheels look just as they did after I painted them. No corrosion, flakes scratches or any other damage. Tires held air the best ever. (I sanded and lightly painted the bead area as the corrosion was causing them to lose air like crazy. No bead seal needed anymore. And yes real winter tires do make a difference!