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Powdercoated my rims

Old Jan 20, 2008
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Powdercoated my rims

I got bored so I decided to powdercoat my rims at work today. My rims were already black and I see about 20 rangers with black rims everyday so I decided to do them red, and I just wanted to see something different.



 
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Old Jan 20, 2008
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Looks good

Nice work
 
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Old Jan 20, 2008
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Looks good, different...I like different



Nice work, want to do my DC-1's next in black & silver
 

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Old Jan 20, 2008
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ew, no man...no
 
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^^^+1

ew
 
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Old Jan 20, 2008
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My buddy did that to his old red Nissan truck........thing looked like a fore truck. Really not my cup of tea, but hey, "to each their own".

Should have painted them that smoke grey colour.
 
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Old Jan 20, 2008
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I say Different, You did a good job on the Powder coating. but I don't I am a fan.
 
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Old Jan 20, 2008
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Not that bad, looks different for sure.Go for some red pin stripes ??
 
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Old Jan 20, 2008
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different... i think they would look awesome with the lip red and the rest black or the lip black and the rest red
 
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Old Jan 20, 2008
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ehhh its okay
 
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Old Jan 20, 2008
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ewww^ +3. good job with the powder coating, that looks good, but the color is ugly. ya, maybe a red pin stripe might help?? i would have done a light grey maybe instead.
 
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I like it somethin different
 
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Old Jan 20, 2008
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I kinda like it. I'd like to see some side pictures from further back if you've got 'em.
 
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Old Jan 20, 2008
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I likes it, flows well with the rear window decal, maybe get a red emblem on the grille
 
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Old Jan 20, 2008
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^^Yeah that or a translucent candy apple red would look good too. I like it.
 
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I dont like but to each his own!
 
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Old Jan 20, 2008
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i think it looks awesome. makes it retro and i love that style! im not usually for stuff just because everyone else is doing it.
 
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Old Jan 20, 2008
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Yuck
 
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Old Jan 21, 2008
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I was gonna do them another color but I would have had to order the powdercoat and I didnt feel like waiting. I think im gonna buy a billet grill and powdercoat it black but put some sort of red logo on it. Also I want to do something else red on the truck so if you have any ideas other than pin stripes(I just took mine off), and the emblems beacuse im buying new fenders and taking all them off anyways.
 
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Old Jan 21, 2008
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powdercoat your bumper red...maybe headlight mod with red too...red layover ford emblem for the tailgate...
 
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Old Jan 21, 2008
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Thats super bright! Looks good though
 
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Old Jan 21, 2008
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I think they would look better if you left them black and have only a small strip (the lip) on red,

just my 2 cents...
 
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Old Jan 21, 2008
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i like it with the black truck.....

what normally does it cost someone off the street to have their wheels powder coated? I wouldn't mind having my DC-1's powder coated....can you get clear powder coat?
 
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Old Jan 21, 2008
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& I thought black wheels were bad...
 
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