Well I went ahead and started painting parts on the truck. I pulled the rear bumper off and painted it with the dupli-color bed liner paint. If everything looks good and dry in the morning I will mount it back up and post some pics of the process. Next I will be going on to my front bumper. And eventually I want to black everything out. Do you guys think it would look good if I did my grill with the same paint? I was also considering doing my wheels and if they turn out bad I will just get them powder coated. Here are some pics with truck as is. Any ideas would be appreciated. Thanks
here is a pic... you can barely tell its done with it... both the bumpers and the grill are done with the same material.... i think his would look good with both bumpers and the grill
I painted my grill wit the same paint, but it started chipping after a while, and I ended up repainting it with krylon..Granted when I did It I only used 2 coats of primer, and 2 coats of paint.
i have had mine painted for over a year now... only reason it chipped was because of rocks... but it was very minimal and all i did was patch it up....
Another cheap alternative to getting your wheels powdercoated is spraying them black wth Krylon or some other spray paint. Ive done almost every set of wheels ive ever had and theyve all turned out great and held up fine. I use Semi gloss for wheels.
I like how your wheels look, im just wondering how it would turn out if I used the spray can bedliner? Would the krylon stick to chrome wheels better compared to another paint?
Could you post some pics of your truck from the front and back too?
The wheels are Eagle series 101's so they were that polished look that most Eagles have and the paints held up fine for 6 months so far. I didnt do any prep to them either, just washed them and sprayed.
Well ok,but if you just paint the disks/caliper and axle hub.It will show off the chrome really nice.Everyone tells me it looks great.Paint it the same color as your truck though.
They were still mounted w/ the tires. What i do when i paint like that is i use index cards, like the kind you would use for notes for a speech, and place them all the way around,overlapped between the rim and bead of the tire. I also mask the tire off with paper to protect from overspray. This gives you a clean look and the index cards are a lot easier to mask the tire with then paper, at least thats what ive found.
even if its not mine....the flimsy 5 mph is garbage....I'd never spend the money to fix up something that worthless, but thats just me.....back into something at more than 5mph and its scrap metal......average repair bill to todays vehicle at 8 mph is $1800....why not protect you vehicle and the occupants and upgrade right away
i've heard that krylon bbq paint works great on wheels and its a cheap alternative to powder coating and its very chip resistant and turns out great. heres a link to a site on hoe someone did there wheels with it How to paint wheels
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