This has been BEAT TO ! I want black wheels. But i dont want to run the rockcrawlers that you get at local auto shops. Everyone has them around me. Does Mickey T make some or american racing or someone? A link would be great. Im buying 34x10.5x15 LTBs on wednesday, and i need to find wheels for them. Help would be GREAT! BTW-

 

http://www.americanracing.com/wheels...sp?section=ORT

american racing has some that are black. they're coated in teflon. don't know how well the teflon works or anything. i haven't talked to anybody who has them.

or you could alwasy just get a wheel that you like a lot and have it powdercoated black.

 

Doesn't Wheelers have an aluminum wheel that is the 8 hole design or whatever, and it's black? Let me see if I can find what I'm talking about...

Okay, here they are... http://www.wheelersoffroad.com/toyblackalloys.htm They are 16's, but I still think they look sweet.

 

yeah the wheelers are pretty hot as well if you ask me.

 

those black ones from wheelersoffroad are awesome they look great. im actually in the market for the same thing you are.
but then i saw the price.
and im only a poor college kid

 

the black steel ones you can get at your local wheel place are CHEAP!!

 

ya i can do that or there are some cheap rockcrawler ones that i have found. or i could just get my stock one powdercoated that would look ok too. do you how much it would cost to powdercoat them?

 

no clue sorry.

 

i dont want the rock crawlers...everyone has them!

 

we know, thats why we posted links for you of wheels that are black, but aren't rockcrawlers. they're not even steel.

 

Just paint them. Follow SWPP/C; Sand, Wipe, Prime, Paint / Clearcoat.

I made that acronym up myself

Seriously, do a search on "Black OEM" or something similar and you will find a bunch of info.

Pics:

Before black wheels

After painting them black.

 

Christian, so creative right now...........Christian [/zoolander]

 

I'm gonna follow Christians lead, i've got the paint, i picked up a fiber cup brush today. Now I just need a dry weekend annd my girlfriend to go shopping with her cousin...

 

That's what I like to hear! Do it man!

 

I'm halfway there, she's going all the way to toledo with her cousin to go shoppping (Its a good 90 minutes each way). Just need decent weather-tho I could probably do without just take them into the garage )no room for the truck) and lay out a big drop cloth...

 

do you guys have a writeup on painting the alloys? what kind of paint are you using? primer? application method, i really like the way those look, im thinking of painting my "spokes" black and leaving the outer lip bare aluminum. mainly because if i painted that too, the rocks would just scratch it off and make it look like crap.

 

I work with a guy who has a oven for powder coating, I just need a weekend where I don't need my truck and can leave the wheels with him.

 

I used Rustoleum Auto Primer, and Rustoleum paint. I actually didn't use a clearcoat, but it'd probably be better if I did. Application, follow Christian's acronym, and just spray it on there. I just did my front bumper this weekend, and that thing is a royal pain, and I think my painting skills need work. The wheels are a lot easier.

 

painted mind this weekend. Its probably easier to touch up the lip of the wheel than it is to do a good looking job of masking it, IMHO. Anyhow, whenever I get my computer back (using a "loaner") I will post some pics.

Oh yeah, I followed what Christian (and others) told me. I hit the rims with fiber cup brush on a drill, wiped everything down with Laquer thinner (or Acetone) then spray a couple coats of etching primer. Let dry, follow with a couple of coats of "semi flat" black. I didn't bother with clear coat.

 

sounds great im doing my rims this weekend