Substitute rustoleum clear?

[Gasser64]

I'm redoing the wheels on my old truck. 15" rally wheels. I'm not an autobody guy and I don't have professional materials and equipment. What I have is rattle cans. I bought the Rustoleum etching primer, and their "Wheel" paint. But for the life of me I can't find their "Wheel clear". I can order it online, but I'd rather get done and not have to wait.

Should I just get Rustoleum's regular old high gloss clear coat? Something like that 2x coverage stuff they sell. Would that be able to take the punishment of being on a wheel? I do want to do high gloss, cause I like a bit of bling on the wheels. If you can call it that. I want to draw some attention to the fact that I've redone them. I've always liked glossy wheels for some reason.

Here is their wheel clear coat:

http://www.summitracing.com/parts/rll-248929/overview/

Here is the paint I bought: (mine is a brighter silver color though)

http://www.midlandhardware.com/156231-bulk.html?gclid=CjwKEAjwr6ipBRCM7oqrj6O30jUSJACff2WHCj8XBm6kLRhuXYe_B-vgSD5IyZkh_JGky8uS5gXQYBoChYbw_wcB

So should I just use this clearcoat:

http://www.lowes.com/pd_98556-90-7701812_0__?productId=3878616&Ntt=rustoleum+clear&pl=1&currentURL=%3FNtt%3Drustoleum%2Bclear&facetInfo=

or this?

http://www.lowes.com/pd_458357-90-274744_0__?productId=4764729&Ntt=rustoleum+clear&pl=1&currentURL=%3FNtt%3Drustoleum%2Bclear&facetInfo=

or maybe this?

http://www.lowes.com/ProductDisplay?partNumber=417464-90-248644&langId=-1&storeId=10151&productId=3806085&catalogId=10051&cmRelshp=req&rel=nofollow&cId=PDIO1

Or would all those be a bad idea? Some of these rattle cans seem to be designed to work as a system, if you read the back. I could go to the autobody paint supply store and get some of that rattle can clear with the hardener built into the bottom, but I'm just not sure if that would play well with Rustoleum's "Wheel Paint" and the flash times that it recommends.

[Craizie]

You posted up a shit load of page not founds.

[Gasser64]

Ninja edit, fixed em now

[Cobraman]

Vht wheel clear

Just used it on my motor. Looks great

[Tremor14]

What kinda truck?

[Gasser64]

Vht wheel clear

Just used it on my motor. Looks great

Did you paint anything before that? Looks like you did the valve covers...

Would it go well over rustoleum wheel paint? Or does that even matter? I'm askeered to fuck it up. Some people were complaining that the Rustoleum brand wheel clear was a lacquer, yet the rustoleum vid says that it needs to be a lacquer. Ugh. I suck at any type of paint/bodywork.

Guess I'll order the Rustoleum brand wheel clear so I don't have to worry about a mismatch of the chemicals. I was just trying to get out of having to wait for it to come in.

[BMCSean]

Just plasti-dip them, problem solved.

[Gasser64]

Just plasti-dip them, problem solved.

No gloss! Must have gloss!

[BMCSean]

They make a clear gloss plasti-dip.

[Gasser64]

Didn't know that. Looking at a few of the videos though.. anyone else think it doesn't quite have the same gloss as regular clearcoat? Hard to tell. It almost looks as if some parts are glossy, and others are not.




And this one, look at the sides of the car at the end. It seems to look ok in direct sun, but loses the gloss once its not in direct sun.

[BMCSean]

I have used it, it is not as glossy as a paint will be but its not as hard to apply either.