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Finally got around to painting my wheels

Old 11-24-2008, 12:53 PM
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Finally got around to painting my wheels

Spent about an hour just prepping each wheel sanding/cleaning etc...3 light coats on each wheel and cleared...I thought they turned out pretty good.

Is it just me or do they make my tires look really small? They are small, but they look smaller now lol.

Sorry for the crappy pics, didn't feel like driving anywhere to take some.





I'm still undecided actually, I think with better tires it will look better..
Old 11-24-2008, 12:56 PM
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I think it looks fine.
Old 11-24-2008, 01:04 PM
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Very nice! I like the dark gray. Nice 4runner, too!
Old 11-24-2008, 01:26 PM
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Originally Posted by chrisbnaz
Is it just me or do they make my tires look really small? They are small, but they look smaller now lol.

hmm .... i think they look small because.... they are small!!!
Old 11-24-2008, 01:50 PM
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looks good! i spent about 8-9 hours total prepping, priming, coating, then clear coating my wheels when i painted them black. its been almost 2 years now and the rattle can paint is still flawless, even after taking it off road a few times
Old 11-25-2008, 01:43 PM
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nice truck man i wish my 400 buck runner looked that good


oh and the wheels look real nice now to
Old 11-25-2008, 01:59 PM
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Smile Nice job!

I think they look great, the design of the wheel looks better in the darker color. You should change the accent stripes to shades of grey, it would tie the wheel color into the truck.
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Looks good, I've been wanting to do that to my ar-23's.
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looks sweet!
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Looks like you cant lift it much without scratching that roof

But they look good


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Personally, I would have gone with gold. They see me rollin'...


Looks good. I'm thinking of painting my wheels- they've got a couple big scratches in them that are rusting.
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