Krazy Chicken

should i paint my rims black?

nitrohog

No, paint will chip and get road rash really easily then look like crap. Painted rims are a PITA. If you have to change them, powder coat is the way to go.

sheograth

Don't paint them. Like Nitrohog said, if you want colored rims do it professionally. Paint will just chip off and you will look quite silly when that occurs :P

The Hedgehog

Paint them, so I have soemthing to laugh at.

SAVAGEJIM

Yeah, paint them, I want to laugh also

Anomie

Black rims are very cool, if you ask me. Painting is crap, however.

Another in favor of powder coating.

Krazy Chicken

they came painted that color

i dont get it, am i missing something?

any idea how much that costs?

sheograth

Most of the places I know of would do it for around $75 per wheel, and they do very good professional work using the best equipment. I've seen services offered as low as $25 per wheel, but I can't vouch for the quality since I haven't experienced it.

Krazy Chicken

75 seems a little steep, the wheels are only 16's

sheograth

Ask around, the rates vary quite a bit. But remember that along with prices, quality and craftsmanship also varies quite a bit.

Always Dreamin

IMO I would leave them stock. Or save up until you can lift it a little, etc.

youwish16

you should get those nascar style black rims and maybe some more treaded tires

Anomie

The coating is not the expensive part, but the prep certainly is.

warheadforever

I like black wheels, but you need to power coat them, that finish is as tough as nail...well actually better then that. LOL And there are more then likely 30 different choices of black. Which means you can pick your favorite.

PedeBeater

I like dark black, light black just doesn't do it for me...

DarkFire989

I dont think black rims would look good on your truck unless you repainted the truck. Just my opinion though.

Krazy Chicken

what color? i was thinking pearl red?

DaveG55

Skip painting and powder coating all togeather and save enough money to get some real rims. No matter what you do to those, they'll still look like the stock wheels they are. And painted (colored) stock rims on such a plain (no offense intended there) truck will only look, well, cheep. But a nice set of custom wheels could really set the truck off. Just my opinion though.

The_Shark

they are fine the way they are.

Krazy Chicken

none taken, this is my first vehicle, but i don't like the rims being the same color as the body. plus im only a high school sophomore. so i don't really want to get new rims so people will scratch or dent my truck

feo

Slam that ish on some stealies!
If not, I also believe they're fine the way they are.

annie_himself

What the hell Reiko! I don't favor the new name. [&o]

I think a black chrome coating would look really good. But a subtle chrome, not bling bling.

Lunchboxer

I don't know, maybe I am in the minority here.. and probably does not apply here...

If you have high end racing rims, the general feeling toward powder coating is that the high heat needed for powder coating is not preferred.. so sometimes you see people actually prefer painted rims on their high end sports car.. (so there's no integrity issue with the rim under stress)

I am no expert on this, though...

madmax22

i wouldent lift i'd get 20" in black on that bad boy

Krazy Chicken

lol i was going to lower the back to level it, then do 20's


but thats after im out of school, and have a good job