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who has blacked out their stock rims and put big tires on them

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Old Oct 6, 2010 | 12:14 PM
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i am thinking about doing that and if any body has any pics i would like th see them.
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Old Oct 6, 2010 | 01:27 PM
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thatcarguy09 has done it to his stock steelies, he is in my friends list
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Old Oct 6, 2010 | 01:49 PM
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Rustoleum Gloss black baby
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Old Oct 6, 2010 | 01:59 PM
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looks good are those your stock wheels or stockers from a diff. year i like
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Old Oct 6, 2010 | 02:01 PM
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theyre stock rims. mines a 92, they have JEEP cut into them so Ive always loved them
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Old Oct 6, 2010 | 02:06 PM
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Another good shot
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Old Oct 6, 2010 | 02:06 PM
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Size:  99.8 KB these are just 235's but i painted the rims satin black with rust-x paint and primer combo rattle can. i dig em
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Old Oct 6, 2010 | 02:13 PM
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they dont look bad acualy but personaly i would use rustoleum truck bed coating..its a nice black and its got texture to it and dont chip..takes a beating off road to
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Old Oct 6, 2010 | 02:14 PM
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i have bronco 2 rims painted with bed coating on my truck
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Old Oct 6, 2010 | 02:16 PM
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I'm one of few people who have painted 10 holes... if they had better backspacing they wouldn't be bad. This pic is at stock height, cut fenders, and 31x10.5x15's. Ignore the paint that's missing from the old wheel weights.... This pic brings back memories.....

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Old Oct 6, 2010 | 02:17 PM
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im doing some 01 wrangler rims that are fubar'ed. sanding down clearcoat then the gloss black is going on. any prep ideas so i dont have to do again in a year?? dont mean to jack thread but this would be the perfect place to ask!!
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Old Oct 6, 2010 | 02:19 PM
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holy crap now that i look at the picture, i have some dirty freaking pants, there so dirty there stiff on the bottoms lol. this picture was taken after 4 days on trails. for you colorado guys its middle st. vrain. but ya stock rims painted black i think look great and hey you can throw 33/10.5/15's on there.
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Old Oct 6, 2010 | 02:21 PM
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This is what my wheels looked like before I painted them and slapped 31's on.... fenders weren't cut either..


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Old Oct 6, 2010 | 02:21 PM
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Originally Posted by 95THORxj
im doing some 01 wrangler rims that are fubar'ed. sanding down clearcoat then the gloss black is going on. any prep ideas so i dont have to do again in a year?? dont mean to jack thread but this would be the perfect place to ask!!
sand it to the metal, prime and paint. not to much else u can do unless u wanna do what was said earlier and bed liner it, that stuff wont come off to easy
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Old Oct 6, 2010 | 02:22 PM
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sand it down nice..power wash it..and use truck bed coating...it dont chip
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