Because I'll never be a true HOABie
 

I had to leave a little BLING. Sorry guys and gals;)

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If you have to have some...you left the perfect amount.

Nice!:D :D

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Hey, how did you do that? :cool:

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The wheels turned out nice!:cool: Did you have them PCed or jsu paint them?

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For now, just paint. I'll see how they hold up. I'm waiting for these:D

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Very cool!:cool: I love those rims, if I ever crapcan the stocks those are what I am getting!:D

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Nice looking truck, It looks good:)

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How did you paint them? Spray paint? I like the black and was thinking about the powder coat but was thinkin *cheap*. Anybody know how much PC'ing is?

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TGL powder coated his. Neo painted his. I'm sure powder coat will hold up better but you can't beat the price for a couple cans of paint.

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Looks nice, I was thinking of doing something like that, but it was easier to just tell the PC'er to make them all black. :D

Lang - It's about $50-$125/wheel to PC. Places around here charged $100/wheel. :mad:

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wow looking good man !!!!!!!!!!:cool: i like the way you did the wheels with the polished lip , looks real custom with the emblems :D we can always forgive you for alittle bling ;) looking sweet !!!!!!

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Do you even have to take the wheel off to do this? It looks like an easy & cheap job and i really like how it looks. My plain stock ones are buggin me.

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hey lord , its best to remove wheel and tire from truck to avoid overspray on your paint . but no need to remove tire from wheel . i painted all my center caps and spare on a fri night and did the other four wheels on a sat . just scuff the clear coat with a scotch brite pad . tape off the tire at the bead and spray away :D

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one other thing i thought of after doing mine , you might try it , is get self etching primer and then paint over the primer might hold up better

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Cool thanks a lot. This will give me something to do on Monday!

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X2, I was thinking the same!!! Will you get mad if I do the same to my wheels???:D

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Do it!!! And, I would definatly pull the wheels off the truck.

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Hummm. Kinda wondering how black rims on my red H3 would look, I need alittle coaxing...:rolleyes:

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photoshop... but watch out, you could turn into TGL. I think we've lost him deep, deep on the dark side:rolleyes:

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You make it sound like that's a bad thing! ;)

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Nice selective use of bling. I'm a fan of tasteful bling too. You should see the bling action on the H2 forum.:)

S.

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nice! I like how that turned out!

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X2

Very nice job. I like it!

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For those of you who spray painted your rims black, is it noticable that it is not powder coated or professionaly done? Also how long ago did you do it, is there any signs of wear?

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48 hours and no wear yet:D Good thing is, if I scratch them on a rock I just get out the spray can:rolleyes:

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everyone that has seen my wheels think they are powder coated , until they get close enough to notice that my wheel weights are black too . they have been on the truck for about three months now and holding up great . i have some nicks and scratches but that is because i wheel it pretty hard ( scraped on rocks ). when powder coating gets chipped you have a pretty deep nick to fill . with the spray paint just a little scuffing at the damaged spot and a little spray and they look great again .

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hmrlvr: any update on the wheels? I still want to paint mine similar to yours <or all black> but have been told it may be a bad idea -- does it still look sharp? or is there any scratches or bubbles or anything?

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Not a scratch yet. I haven't really been offroad with them yet though. Pismo in 2 weeks:D . I used the bedliner spray that some other guys were using on other parts. Holding up suprisingly well. I haven't tried it through a commercial car wash yet. I like to wash it myself but the car wash wheel scrubbers may damage them???