try going to customwheelsunlimited.com they have specific rims called gunmetal as their color

 

Read this thread, if I can help answer any questions you may have feel free to let me know.....

https://dodgeforum.com/m_793235/mpage_1/key_/tm.htm

-Eli

 

i'm not sure about the rim under the platic coating but i really think there was someone on the forum that did it. Try doing a search and see what you can find.

 

Go with powdercoating. You can choose whatever color you want, including gunmetal or black in a gloss, semi-gloss or flat finish. On top of that it is a much more durable finish.

 

I don't want to rain on anyone's parade here but I think the hype of powder coating wheels is far beyond what is should be.....

1) Powder Coating is very easy to apply uneven and may need to be done twice.
2) The amount of heat involved in BAKING your wheels to the temp needed to melt the powder is far beyond what is structurely sound
3) Powder Coating tends to chip instead of scratching resulting in complete clumps missing if you accidently mis-handle it.
4) If the powder coater doesn't completely stip, prepare the surface andtemperature warm the surface correctly you'll have trouble in time to come.

Now, not that I deal with wheels all day long or nothing but I felt I should share this with you guys.....

-Eli

 

The problem with powder coating aluminum is that the heat required changes the metalurgy and weakens the metal.

Back in the eary 80s when powder coating became popular there was about a dozen deaths from scuba tanks exploding when being filled. It took them awhile to figure out that the thing they all had in common was that they had all been recently powder coated.

After doing some testing they found that the heat from th powder coat proceess was what was causing the problem.

 

I have had mine done now for about 2 years, no problems, no chips, no runs, nothing structuraly wrong with the wheel, and still look brand new when I clean them up (leave them on year-round with ice and road treatments in the winter). It sounds like most of the problems you have listed has to do with the quality of your powdercoater.

 

If that's correct, then I'm completely mistaken with what I thought the facotry rims were (which wouldn't be the first time I was wrong...lol). I thought the "rim" underneath was just a plain metal (stell) rim, and there was the plastic cover (almost like a hubcap) over the metal rim. They don't have like a plastic coating, but an actual cap that's over them....at least that's the way they appear to be.

 

Do you have the steel or alloy wheels?
I thought you had the alloy.

 

No idea. They're the factory 2003 20" rims. I've always heard them called as plastic clad rims. I know they do have a plastic "cover" on them....don't know what they are underneath.