Anyone have removed their plastic chrome inserts?

Pics? How does the wheel appears without them?

I am thinking of either painting the chrome black or remove the plastic and paint the alimium black..


Suggestions?


Thanks..

 

Find someone with the paited ones and trade! Sounds easier then ruining the Chrome set. Someone like me would be willing to trade!

 

Forget it. I have seen clads cracked off and it is ugly. Best advise is th previous post. There are many people with silver 20s that would jump at a clad trade.

 

^X2 I've seen post on other forums of guys who peeled the chrome off and it looked hideous....a lot of guys plasti-dip there rims. just do a quick search and you'll see.

 

Just trade them. Itll be easier.

 

Had a nice conversation with the owner of a Ram Sport that had the wheels with chrome cladding. We couldn't figure out how the plastic chrome overlay was attached. It looked like they were being held on with some type of adhesive. Anybody know if thats true?

Regards,
Dusty
2010 Ram Big Horn 1500 Quad Cab 2WD, 5.7 Hemi, 545RFE, 3.92 LSD, dual exhaust, 20” wheels

 

They are stuck on w/ some adhesive...and looks like crap and would be a PITA to clean up...Here's your answer bud! Did a little searching and google and found it on another forum...if your not a member of this site sign up and look b/c if your not it probably won't let you..

http://www.ramforumz.com/showthread.php?t=92536

 

I was doing some market research on what kind of wheels people like and stumbled across these comments. I figured since I used to work for one of the companies that made chrome-clad wheels I’d offer some facts that may be helpful.

The wheels are designed so that the claddings are permanently fused to the wheel and not easily removable - but if you really want them off I am sure you will find a way to do it - as some have. It would be much easier to find used non-chrome wheels to paint.

 

That why I got mine the solid sain finish on the 20" s
My wife's 2010 jeep liberty has them , pointed that out to the salesman " I thought they were chrome wheels"

It's bad when you know more than the lot lizard

 

Platidip is the way to go if you want to keep the wheel but make it black. Sure, the decladded 20s look decent, but waaaaaay too much work to get them to that point.