Topic: Photos of $5 wheel mod

[Huhwhye]

Here they are.  I think they look better than oxidized.

[Huhwhye [OP]]

Another angle

[Skinny_Pedal]

thats spray paint. i think it looks sweet

[KYOTA]

Turned out nice,  wouldnt they polish out?

[MagPede]

Five lugnuts Huhwhye. You should be ashamed. Those wheels look pretty nice. I wish mine where in that good of shape. Dumb chrome steel wheels.
 

[Huhwhye [OP]]

You caught me.

I couldn't find it after I got done painting.  I actually took the wheels off, masked the tires and painted them on the ground.  Less drips that way.

I haven't driven it since the "wheel mod" if it makes you feel better.  I am sorting out a vacuum leak problem.

[MagPede]

At least you only have one lug missing. You can't tell if from the pics but as far as I can remember there was only one wheel on my truck that had all the lugs. Two wheels had one lug missing and the last wheel had two lugs missing. It was all because of rung off studs.

[Huhwhye [OP]]

Polish out?  Man I tried, there was no way they were going to polish out.  I spent an hour on a spot 1 inch wide by 6 inches long and yeah after an hour it looked ok.  Fugetaboutit.  I have better things to do and I don't care for the bling bling shiny wheels anyway.  Its a 4x4 and it looks better dirty.

[Skinny_Pedal]

was that just standard black spray paint? i want to do that to my stock yota chromes!

[Thumper]

Hey mothers mag and wheel polish works ausome on them.
I tryed everything in the world too get the oxidation off my centerline wheels and that stuff was the only thing that worked put it on wiped in a lil and it turns black then u just wipe off with a clean rag and bam its nice and shinny again!

[Huhwhye [OP]]

Been there done that.  It didn't work for me.  I don't know what I have to do to convince you guys that my wheels were beyond polishing.  I have the empty container of Mother's Mag and aluminum polish to prove it.  Not to mention several worn out polishing wheels.

I used Dupli-Color "High Performance Wheel Coating" it's actually Graphite in color.  Its like a metallic grey.  They sell it at all major parts houses.

[Skinny_Pedal]

yeah i really like the look of your wheels. they look gun metal! rattle can does wonders!

[84runner]

Well now you need to wet sand them and clear coat'em they'll really shine after that 

[norcalyoter]

those are the same rims i have and i hate the way they look cause they oxidize so bad and look nasty but i think i will do that. what is the actual color called?

[Huhwhye [OP]]

Graphite wheelpaint by Dupli-Color