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Ten-dollar Wheel Mod

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Old Aug 20, 2007 | 04:16 PM
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Default Ten-dollar Wheel Mod
With a can of Duplicolor Wheel Coating (Black) and a little sanding and priming, here is the modified "Tech Spoke" aluminum wheel: (I only did the spare to see how it would look)

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Old Aug 20, 2007 | 04:21 PM
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i dont like it. reminds me of:

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Old Aug 20, 2007 | 05:17 PM
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I like it. The picture makes it look like brushed aluminum on top of anodized aluminum. But what did it look like originally?
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Old Aug 20, 2007 | 05:22 PM
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I love it. I want to paint my stock Xs black but just cant get my balls to drop and do it.
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Old Aug 20, 2007 | 05:29 PM
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Default Before and after...
It was a bit too glossy for me at first, but now that it has dried fully, it has a better finish. I am going to take it to the high pressure car wash to see how durable the wheel coating is...

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Old Aug 20, 2007 | 05:32 PM
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That looks awesome!

Write up Please!
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Old Aug 20, 2007 | 05:33 PM
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any mod for 10 bucks that turns out good has my blessings
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Old Aug 20, 2007 | 06:01 PM
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OH WOW...

thats a huge improvement! well done, you should definitely do a write-up for this one.
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Old Aug 20, 2007 | 06:37 PM
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Default This is the look I was going for....
I think it turned out pretty good. This was what I was copying ($199/ea):

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Old Aug 20, 2007 | 07:29 PM
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yea looks very nice, im gonna do the same with my wheels when they start looking ruff, heres what a fellow jeeper did, the red is a brake light....i have the same wheels





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