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Old Jul 11, 2008 | 05:36 PM
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Default Remove Chrome Clad From Wheels?

They look good...sort of, but they are still a hubcap to me. In addition, the cover and the adhesive used to mount it must add significant weight to an already heavy wheel. Seriously, they weigha ton and can't help the shidy, bouncy ride.

Has anyone removed them to see what is below? Is it a nice blank canvas to either polish, paintor powder coat? How difficult to remove adhesive? New wheels and tires are currently out of the question.

Also, My truck is black...I wonder how they would look with a thin coating of Line-X, the spray in bed-liner stuff? It is shiny, with a sand-paper texture, and nearly indestructable. I've had many products spayed with it, and it looks nice. Many bedliners look like tar, not this stuff. I hope I didn't offend any bedliner dealers.
 
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Old Jul 11, 2008 | 05:39 PM
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I think I've answered my own questions about Line-X....I would be the idiot that Line-X'd my wheels.
 
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Old Jul 12, 2008 | 12:00 AM
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Lol, Line-X on wheels would certainly be different but I can't imagine it would look that good.
 
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Old Jul 12, 2008 | 12:04 AM
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how about the night runner wheels?
 
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Old Jul 12, 2008 | 12:31 AM
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Those would look good.

Then you can paint the truck black, put night runner decals on and show it to Drew
 
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Old Jul 12, 2008 | 03:04 AM
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Those would look good.

Then you can paint the truck black, put night runner decals on and show it to Drew
Don't forget the cheesy night runner logos for the headrests!
 
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Old Jul 12, 2008 | 10:06 AM
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Those would look good.

Then you can paint the truck black, put night runner decals on and show it to Drew
Don't forget the cheesy night runner logos for the headrests!
You forgot the logo thats in the dash background! Lets be technically correct now so Drew wont hate on us...hehe
 
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