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Old May 28, 2013
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Would you paint it?

Looking for some ideas as to if I should paint my wheels and grill black or not. The truck will be getting a bigger set of BFG all terrains in a bit, but let me know what y'all think I should do.

 
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Old May 28, 2013
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I wouldn't. But I am a fan chrome.
 
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Old May 28, 2013
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Im on the fence, I wont decide till after I actually getting it stopping under its own power
 
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Old May 28, 2013
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Black aftermarket wheels and colormatched grill
 
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Old May 28, 2013
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I think you should but i hate chrome and silver wheels so
 
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Old May 29, 2013
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Get the tires first and see if you like it, if you are still not satisfied with the look, then paint the grill
 
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Old May 29, 2013
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I have the same color truck with the same rims and yes, it is a bit normal looking.

I personally wouldn't paint the grill, if you want to do a cheap change contact your auto parts store and see if they can get parts through Partschannel (they do after market oem spec body parts) they have a black grill that will bolt on.
My 2 cents
 
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Old Jun 17, 2013
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Make sure u also paint the bumper black and darken the head/taillights it would look sweet
 
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Old Jun 17, 2013
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If you want black wheels, just get new ones that are already black. Rattle canned oem wheels look cheesy and cheap. I'd also color match the grille.
 
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Old Jun 17, 2013
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IMO those particular wheels look nasty rattle canned black. i also don't know that i'd paint the grill and leave the bumper chrome. both or neither for me.
 
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Old Jun 19, 2013
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I'd leave it as-is. Black grille would render it nearly invisible since your truck is also a dark color.
Same for the wheels. I wish my truck was the green yours is!
 
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Old Jul 7, 2013
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look into new wheels

new wheels would allow for bigger tires and look better. i went with cragars because they're cheap. The black cragar soft 8s would look good i think
 
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Old Jul 8, 2013
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That's a great looking truck as it is. Under the "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" rule, I'd leave it alone and spend the money on something functional like a new stereo system or a trailer.
 
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Old Jul 31, 2013
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I would plastidip them if I'm still undecided about the looks. Plastidip is cheap and can be easily removed.
 
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Old Apr 7, 2014
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i only like black aftermarket wheels .. i would not paint the grill either i feel like it would make it look cheep i would get an aftermarket grill and have it black maybe not to sure im more of a chrome person
 
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Old Apr 8, 2014
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I say yes...but on that part, i hate everything that has too much shine to it..IE chrome and or silver.
But then again, its your truck
 
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Old Jun 5, 2014
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Tire Rack has a deal where you can see your truck with different rimes on it.Your truck looks pretty sweet with black rims
 
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