well i finally decided to bite the bullet, I've been wanting black rims for quite some time and my rear rims looked like hell after 200k miles of rocks bouncing around inside them so i sanded them down and painted them all black, removed the nerf bars and painted my mirror covers, im currently waiting on the paint to dry on the wheels so we should have pics shortly, if i like it the wheels will be going in for an acid dip and probably send them off to have them anodized
Looks great, I would go with a less glossy finish on the wheels. The tires are really difficult to keep looking black on all different road surfaces, and I think a finish that isnt glossy black will match tires better, and be less obvious when the tires are dirty.
thats kinda what i decided after i was done and had them on the pickup, if i decide to stay with it ill have a buddy at the body shop here n town strip them down and do them professionaly in matte black i think
i think it needs a set of black pipe steps, ill see if i can find a pic to reference a few guys on here have them, i'll build a set shortly if i decide i want them
Down here, there's a company I use to work for, they make their own detailing products. Their tires shine was almost like a clearcoat, it dries into a high gloss and doesnt catch dust much at all. It's nice.
i think im guna do chrome center caps on it, just to break up the black on the wheel a lil bit, i need a set of chrome lugnuts as well or lugnut covers, any ideas on that paul?
those are exactly the bars i want, but i just want mine cab length, can u get a few closeups of how the mount and the pipe diameter so i can build a set?
the bar diameter is 3 " and they mount through the pinchweld. I thought about making my own but after really thinking about it and pricing out the pipe and the paint and time... it was just cheaper to buy the Nfabs.
how much were they if u don't mind asking, i prefer to build my stuff because i over build it, lol, which good, bad or otherwise is just how my family rolls
those ran me right at 400 i think. im all about DIY but it just didnt seem feesible and all. they would have to be damn near perfect with the step position and all.
How did you paint your mirror covers? I want to paint mine blue. Was yours the textured ones?
they were the putco chrome stick on style, i sanded the chrome down and epoxy primered over them and sprayed them with duplicolor paint(2 coats) and 2 coats of clear, wetsanded with 1500grit and 2 more coats of clear, wetsanded with 1500 and 1 final coat of clear, let them dry for 8 hours b4 installing
im planning on doing spiked lugnut covers/chrome center caps
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