Stock 20in Rims
#11
11-07-2008, 01:15 PM
No matter what you use to paint your wheels, they will chip like crazy. You need to have them powdercoated black. They will look a thousand times better and be resistant to chips and chemicals that you spray on your tires or wheels to clean. I contacted a local company here in Albany, NY like 2 years ago for a set of rims I wanted done. They told me it ould be $140 per wheel to have dipped (removes all coatings and makes the metal porous for the new color) painted and baked. I think that is worth every penny. They will last forever unlike the cheap spray paints that will be used otherwise and will look good at maybe 10ft away at best for like the first week. Then it's all downhill. ( I don't car if you use caliper paint, won't last nearly 1/4 as long or look like the powdercoating will)
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12-15-2008, 06:50 AM
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All I know is that recently I went through an insurance claim replacing one of the 20" rims on my 2004 Ram, and the rim was just a little over $900.00. FOR ONE! I know you can find them cheaper used and this and that, but I would be pretty weary of painting those rims. Good luck either way.
#14
12-15-2008, 07:13 AM
I am going to post the entire write up on here I have had a lot of people asking me how to do it and since I can't post the link I will post the entire write up as a new thread.
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12-15-2008, 07:14 AM
All I know is that recently I went through an insurance claim replacing one of the 20" rims on my 2004 Ram, and the rim was just a little over $900.00. FOR ONE! I know you can find them cheaper used and this and that, but I would be pretty weary of painting those rims. Good luck either way.
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12-16-2008, 06:43 AM
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