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Old 11-30-2008, 05:07 PM
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thinking about painting wheels can i have a little help

how would these wheels look black would it look good

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Old 11-30-2008, 05:36 PM
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allow me to help out here



It's been done before; or at least I think I've seen em here on YT painted black B4...

personally, I'm not a huge fan of stock wheels painted over, but to each his own...

maybe someone can photo-chop it and black em out for ya to give you an idea

btw, Welcome to YT!
Old 11-30-2008, 07:02 PM
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Im not a big fan either. Some eagle one etching wheel cleaner would make them look good. If the finish is messed up any and you are ot woried about it, that stuf will clean them. It is very strong. I clean mine with it but i do it quick and watered down.
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A guy on here (TC) has black painted alloys like that.
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i dont like black on black personally. although im painting mine black when it gets warmer but my truck is white.
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i have those rims that i've painted black.. let me look for pics

here they are on my trailer..


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Thinking about doing the same to mine also since there pretty beat up and will go good with my red 4runner
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they look terrible painted. keep em stock
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I painted mine...I think they looked great! My truck was silver though, and there was no shineyness on the wheels what so ever!! But its all your decision...





Look how bad the back on was




I just sanded with a bristle cup thing on my power drill, and some sand paper, then 2 coats of engine primer, and black engine paint.

About 2 years later it started chipping off, probably because I never washed the rims!!
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Shoot, now those old wheels are for when I need to work on the engine! The 37s are just too tall!!
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