still_life127
forum member
So, when i purchased my FR500s, I really wanted black chrome but settle for flat black because i heard a lot of bad things about the black chrome wheels peeling after a year or so. Ive been quite satisfied with my wheels since i bought them a year or so ago, but recently i got a wild hair up my ass to start changing things up again. I bought some of this effects paint called "Liquid Mercury" on ebay just to check it out. It's supposed to spray on over a black base coat to give it an effect similar to black chrome. Here's a link:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Nismo-Wheel..._Automotive_Tools&hash=item43b445a986&vxp=mtr
Anyway, I decided to test it out on one of my stock wheels that I previously painted gloss black. Here's the result:
The one on the left here is the stock wheel with just the gloss black paint on it the one on the right is sprayed with the liquid mercury
It comes out somewhere in between Black chrome and gunmetal. Not quite as much of a chrome mirror look, but more reflective and complex then gunmetal. What do you guys think?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Nismo-Wheel..._Automotive_Tools&hash=item43b445a986&vxp=mtr
Anyway, I decided to test it out on one of my stock wheels that I previously painted gloss black. Here's the result:
The one on the left here is the stock wheel with just the gloss black paint on it the one on the right is sprayed with the liquid mercury
It comes out somewhere in between Black chrome and gunmetal. Not quite as much of a chrome mirror look, but more reflective and complex then gunmetal. What do you guys think?