New wheels, tires, paint and odds n ends

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Well. It's been a long time coming. But I finally got some new (to me) wheels and tires. I traded my old unknown brand 16's with 285/75r16 hankooks with ~30% tread on them for some 20" eagle alloys with 305/50r20 Goodyear eagle GTII tires. Tires have ~80% tread. They are polished aluminum... But I think I'm going to prep them and get them painted black.
I also got rid of all the chrome on my truck. Painted the front grill, tinted the running/tail lights and painted the stack. It's all black now.
Let me know what y'all think please.

 

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[Kat]

:thumb:

 

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[DAVe3283]

Looks good, and I'm with you: I think it will look even better with black wheels.
Thanks for the pics!

 

[PAT]

Yea I think so as well. Not a fan of the chrome look. I'm drinking a cup of coffee then I'm gonna go out and paint them, remove the helper springs and raise the front bumper to get rid of the stupid plastic piece between the grill and front bumper. that should clean up the front a little bit more.

 

[emiller3]

Looks sharp:thumb:

 

[crazycrew]

Lookin good

 

[Akdiesel]

Looks sharp bud!

 

[PAT]

Thanks guys. Any tips on painting wheels? Hit it with a wire brush, sand it, clean with alcohol, primer then paint?

 

[Jacy_dzlguy]

Yea I think so as well. Not a fan of the chrome look. I'm drinking a cup of coffee then I'm gonna go out and paint them, remove the helper springs and raise the front bumper to get rid of the stupid plastic piece between the grill and front bumper. that should clean up the front a little bit more.

I wana see pics of the the bumper lift

 

[BLKLMM]

Looks better than that idiot that had it b4

 

[dirty-b]

I would have them powder coated. Place around here sandblast and powder coats for 50$ a rim. That will really make your truck look nice. :thumb:

 

[DIESELMAFIAPER.LB7]

Id get some black head lights an marker lights like I've got would clean the look up, other then the tinted lights I think it looks really good :thumb:

 

[ruffmanatv]

Sweet looking truck...love the stance.

I too, would have them powder coated, its well worth it.

 

[emiller3]

Powder coat would be the best route. We painted a set of pyos and they still chip very easily.

 

[crazycrew]

I wana see pics of the the bumper lift

 

[PAT]

I was leaning towards the powder coating. Ill take a look around here and try to find a place.

 

[PAT]

That looks so much cleaner!!! I hate that plastic piece. It's retarded.

I didn't get to finish the job yesterday. I'm on a military base and they closed the garage on me last night. So it's partially finished.

 

[PAT]

Looks better than that idiot that had it b4

ROFL!! yea that's true! I still have the GIANT hole in the bed for the stack though. I swear. He must have cut it with an ax and a pile driver!
But the truck has came a long way since he had it. That's for sure.