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Old 06-06-2013 | 09:58 AM
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Jkeaton, what wheel is that?
 
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Old 06-06-2013 | 10:48 AM
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Originally Posted by donkeypunch
Jkeaton, what wheel is that?
Thats the wheels I had on my Ram before I swapped them out for the stockers.



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Old 06-06-2013 | 11:24 AM
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Use plasti-dip on the grill. Mine is going on two or three years now and looks as good as day one. My 16's in my display pic are painted with wheel paint from Autozone (I think Rustoleum). They look good minus some cracks in the paint but I didn't know what I was doing way back when I did them. For now I have my 20's polished..they look good so I let them be.
 
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Old 06-06-2013 | 11:59 AM
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Originally Posted by 06Dak4.7Silver
Use plasti-dip on the grill. Mine is going on two or three years now and looks as good as day one. My 16's in my display pic are painted with wheel paint from Autozone (I think Rustoleum). They look good minus some cracks in the paint but I didn't know what I was doing way back when I did them. For now I have my 20's polished..they look good so I let them be.

Do you have any pictures of your grill on the truck with that matte black plasti-dip? that would be a perfect reperance for me as to how it looks as my truck is silver as well. still toggeling between matte black and factory silver.
 
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Old 06-06-2013 | 01:31 PM
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Originally Posted by jkeaton
Thats the wheels I had on my Ram before I swapped them out for the stockers.



Sorry for the thread hijack OP.
I am also sorry for the hi-jack. Jkeaton, what I meant was, "what kind of wheels are they"?
 
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Old 06-06-2013 | 03:32 PM
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My bad. Honestly I have no idea. Some cheap aftermarket chrome things that were really rusted bad.
 
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Old 07-11-2013 | 11:14 AM
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Keaton, did you have any problems with the paint coming off when the tires were changed out? That's the only thing I am concerned with at this point. I am going to be doing this within the next two weeks.
 
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Old 07-11-2013 | 12:23 PM
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Yes, the stuff will scratch easily. I always kept a can of it around so I could paint over the scratches.
 
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Old 07-11-2013 | 02:34 PM
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Yes, the stuff will scratch easily. I always kept a can of it around so I could paint over the scratches.
how does powder coating stand up to this kind of ware? at least compared to out of a can. I know powder coating will be significantly more expensive and I believe I'd have to take my tires off my wheel (which I am not capable of doing on my own as I do not have the proper equipment).
 
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Old 07-11-2013 | 03:58 PM
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I have no experience with powder coating.
 



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