Painted mah rimz dawg

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Jan 5, 2010

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gts007

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Looks good but I really liked how those polished aluminum rims looked on your truck. Guess I'm old school cause I prefer that look.
And yeah, DONT do the headlight mod, it will ruin your truck.

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Originally Posted by INT3RC3PTOR

nah its just the "in" thing to hate them now. which is just as anoying

It has nothing to do with being an "in" thing, I hate it because it looks like sh*t on Rangers.

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Jan 30, 2010

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i think that looks way better man

Jan 30, 2010

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LOOKS SWEET

Apr 1, 2010

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Hows it holding up? What did you use for primier?

Apr 1, 2010

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I used duplicolor self etching primer, but if I did it again I'd without a doubt use regular high build automotive primer. The self etching is really more for bare metal which I didn't know, and my wheels are cleared which I just scuffed up and didn't entirely remove. It's holding up fine since I am careful when I put the lugnuts on.

Apr 1, 2010

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Alright thanks. Im going to look into doing this tonight! any other suggestions?

Apr 1, 2010

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Just like anything else involving paint, PREP PREP PREP PREP!

Sep 6, 2010

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Looks lame as hell

Sep 6, 2010

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hows the paint holdin up?

Sep 6, 2010

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Pretty good, a couple little chips around the lugnuts from tire shops not caring and when I had my KM2's mounted they killed the outer little lip so I just sanded the paint off and think it looks better this way. It's mainly because I used self etching primer and not normal automotive primer I think, since my wheels were clearcoated self etching was the wrong primer to use. But the little chips around the lugs I just spray painted real quick and it's fixed now. Heres the little lip sanded down.

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Rob you're gay lol

Sep 6, 2010

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i love the wheels korey

Sep 6, 2010

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thanks

Sep 6, 2010

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Just needs black head lights now Korey............................................. .LOL

Sep 6, 2010

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Looks great korey!!! and yeah you went the best and cheapest route...i did my own rims professionally and they still got nicked and chipped up...when i decided to re-do them i did excatly what you did...rustoelum mettalic gray.....i repainted them one time on the truck and all i had to do was just tape off clean scuff and spray..it was easy and only took 1 can the next go around....and the headlight mod is up to you man would look gud either way!!