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View Poll Results: What would you use to paint stock wheels black?
Conventional Paint (rattle can)
1
16.67%
Bedliner (rattle can)
2
33.33%
Plastidip (rattle can)
2
33.33%
Just Leave 'em alone ya douche'
1
16.67%
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Finishing Stock Wheeks

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Old Nov 15, 2012 | 10:19 PM
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How should one finish the stock wheels?

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Old Nov 15, 2012 | 10:30 PM
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Bedliner.

Love the look.
Easy to touch up.
Unique in my area. (None else around me has bedlined or plasti-dipped wheels)
Cheaper than aftermarkets.
You can just do spokes and leave some polished aluminum ring to give it ultra unique.
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Old Nov 15, 2012 | 11:20 PM
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Professional powder coating:

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Old Nov 16, 2012 | 02:57 AM
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My bud did some glossy spray paint, he took it off road scratched the rims then he tried to repaint then and look ummm well they look ugly lol. I went for the spray can bed liner.
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Old Nov 16, 2012 | 03:02 AM
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You could see the before picture has so Many swirls from rocks and in the after picture they got covered up nicely
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Old Nov 16, 2012 | 06:59 AM
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Plasti-dip. Easy to remove if you don't like it or need to re-do it later.

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Old Nov 16, 2012 | 07:01 AM
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Plati dip. Easy to apply and removable if you decide to change...


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