Ditched the beauty rings

[Rogue_Alphonse]

and painted [just the back] rims with that Krylon Hammered black metallic paint. I only did the back because they're Rallys, and the fronts are wagon wheels. I have another pair of Rallys already painted up and ready for when I get my new tires.

I'm going to keep the rims black, but the truck EVENTUALLY will end up a slightly darkened silver.


Keep 'em or leave 'em?

[lilpoindexter]

Trim rings are played out. Leave them off.

[83chevyman]

leave them off. i have them on my truck when i got it and im going to take them off

[Rogue_Alphonse]

Well the main reason of having them was to hide the two different types of rims... yeah I guess they;re not going back on.

[motornut]

up here the salt plus the bite of those makes rust coming out under the rings
I don't use em......got 3/4 sets of em,and noisey i find
i did paint rims flat black.....never again
came home one time to my son having washed the gold burb,
asked what can i clean the wheels with nothing seems to work
said yea it's flat paint,like the body on the old truck.....
but i do like the centers

[old Rusty C10]

i like that hammered black rustoleum and used that stuff to paint my inner wheel wells and the firewall on my truck

[Rogue_Alphonse]

The hammered paint is great... I think I've used it for everything that they claim it can be used on

I think I'm going to leave the centers and for sure ditch the trim rings though, at least on my pickup. I'll probably do the Blazer rims in silver and find the 4 best looking trim rings to slap on it [yeah, yeah thing with the orange hood in the background is that said Blazer]

My rims WERE flat black, and I'm with you on that... MISTAKE! But I needed to cover up BRIGHT GLOSS RED. UGH!

[motornut]

thats funny cause now i was asked if i'm gona paint the wheels red,
i wanted to before.....said maybe for christmas,and i'm thinkin maybe ,
long as don't have to paint the truck green lol

just starting to see the hammered paint used up here,
or is it paint hammered lol no wait thats me hammered painting

[Rogue_Alphonse]

Originally Posted by motornut

thats funny cause now i was asked if i'm gona paint the wheels red,
i wanted to before.....said maybe for christmas,and i'm thinkin maybe ,
long as don't have to paint the truck green lol

just starting to see the hammered paint used up here,
or is it paint hammered lol no wait thats me hammered painting

The paint and myself were both hammered lol

Don't do red rims, I beg you... here's what they looked like when my blazer was first bought... Granted I did transfer them onto my diesel pickup which is blue, but still... HATED the red rims. I douced them in flat black while they were on the Blazer.

[motornut]

is it the light or is it a dark red
i like the wagons on the back red
dam i like the full running boards too
had red wheels before, 79 mini green with red wheels
and my 79 camero rims painted red, i put on my cutopless
but then painted them black again to go on the 83 birlinetta
only got one pic red rims,no flag painted on yet
not in a rush....and it still no for now lol

[67_SS396]

I personally don't care for black wheels unless they have a trim ring. I painted mine gloss black and left the ring on.
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[njlimbaugh]

My truck's got full wheel covers on stock steel wheels. It's cheap, different and I can change the look in 5 minutes!

[sumran]

Red rims only look right with wide whites and dome hubcaps.

[spudz]

I like the trim rings....

[J Knight]

I like em too.

[Telecasterjoey]

Hey motornut, pretty sure I gave you a thumbs up at Canadian tire the other day!
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[motornut]

Merivale?
oh you were at the end of the first row, just getting out to go in,and i was leaving?
just wondering you would have been a good distance.....how does that shiney roll on paint look lol