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From: CT
Year: 96
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0
This says it all.
I work on Harleys for a living so I've seen enough ghey chrome to last a lifetime. The only thing more cheesy than chrome is gold. Everything I own is pretty much completely blacked out with the acception of a tiny bit of polished aluminum.
I work on Harleys for a living so I've seen enough ghey chrome to last a lifetime. The only thing more cheesy than chrome is gold. Everything I own is pretty much completely blacked out with the acception of a tiny bit of polished aluminum.
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From: Lansing, MI
Year: 2000
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0
That's exactly what I was thinking about doing! I have Jegs D-Windows (so basically those same wheels, minus the pin stripes) and am in need of center caps...
Now that I see it, I'm going to the JY asap to locate a set of stock caps, shoot em in black and put them on!
How did you mount yours?
Now that I see it, I'm going to the JY asap to locate a set of stock caps, shoot em in black and put them on!
How did you mount yours?
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From: shelley, idaho
Year: 1988
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 242CID I-6
I just saw a guy 33's and 22' wheels chromed aluminum. He apparently doesn't go off road at all. I have chromed steelies but I aint afraid to scratch em
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From: Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
Year: 1998
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0L
That's exactly what I was thinking about doing! I have Jegs D-Windows (so basically those same wheels, minus the pin stripes) and am in need of center caps...
Now that I see it, I'm going to the JY asap to locate a set of stock caps, shoot em in black and put them on!
How did you mount yours?
Now that I see it, I'm going to the JY asap to locate a set of stock caps, shoot em in black and put them on!
How did you mount yours?
To mount them to the rims I broke the 2 plastic tabs on the back and put paint on the 3 screw mounting holes, centered the cap on the rim face and pressed it down so it'd leave paint marks where I needed to drill the holes (can see the gold paint around the holes I drilled). After I had the 3 holes big enough (I used 8x3/4 wood screws), I flipped the rim over and used a bigger bit to drill just enough to countersink the screw head as the factory screws have too big of a head to sit flush.
Last edited by Cherokee9t8; Feb 4, 2012 at 06:30 PM.
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From: shelley, idaho
Year: 1988
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 242CID I-6
Originally Posted by Cherokee9t8
Yeah originally I tried gloss black but it looked bad with my used rims, so I re-did them in flat black (semi gloss may work on newer/shinier wheels). So now I have 2 sets (stock and flat black) lol.
To mount them to the rims I broke the 2 plastic tabs on the back and put paint on the 3 screw mounting holes, centered the cap on the rim face and pressed it down so it'd leave paint marks where I needed to drill the holes (can see the gold paint around the holes I drilled). After I had the 3 holes big enough (I used 8x3/4 wood screws), I flipped the rim over and used a bigger bit to drill just enough to countersink the screw head as the factory screws have too big of a head to sit flush.
To mount them to the rims I broke the 2 plastic tabs on the back and put paint on the 3 screw mounting holes, centered the cap on the rim face and pressed it down so it'd leave paint marks where I needed to drill the holes (can see the gold paint around the holes I drilled). After I had the 3 holes big enough (I used 8x3/4 wood screws), I flipped the rim over and used a bigger bit to drill just enough to countersink the screw head as the factory screws have too big of a head to sit flush.
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From: Owensville, MO
Year: 1998
Model: Grand Cherokee
Engine: 5.9
I run stock snowflakes, but I'll get gunmetal mamba's when I upgrade. They're more original than chrome or black, and if I wind up in a situation where I damage my wheels on 235 at's I figure I'm either doing something horribly wrong or wonderfully right...
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until recently, I did an unusual combo, I always liked semi gloss black, top coated with candy apple blue on wheels. it give a purple hue, just to have something different, & no one could duplicate it easily, something I have done for around 20 years.
