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Should I paint my current wheels black?
Yes, Paint them low gloss black, black it out. 31%  31%  [ 17 ]
No, leave it stock, save for moabs. 11%  11%  [ 6 ]
Yes, paint them, and save for moabs. 44%  44%  [ 24 ]
Why do I care? 15%  15%  [ 8 ]
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 Post subject: All Black? (Now with Pics!)
PostPosted: Sat Sep 29, 2007 6:48 pm 
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keep in mind i already have duplicolor wheel paint and very scratched wheels...

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Wheel the crap out of em and rash 'em up real good. Don't worry about Moabs till you NEED wheels


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Paint 'em and save for Moabs. :wink:

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Sure go ahead and paint them, and save for MOABS! One of my Moabs I just got had some rock rash so I have had it low gloss black, dark grey, gloss black and now back to silver just playing around. I think the low gloss looks good

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You already did it......I'm too late.

Anyway, I voted to paint them black and save for Moabs......

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Post pictures. Ive been thinking about doing that to mine

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Blacked out wheels do look sweet:
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Black it out .. moabs are played out

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well Its done. All black now. just got to take some pics now.

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yea definitely wouldn't mind seeing those pics.. curious how they turned out

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These are steelies, but aside from Moab's I like the look of black wheels

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Everything looks good black.

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PostPosted: Wed Oct 03, 2007 11:14 pm 
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here we go. sorry for the crappy cell phone pictures my digital camera bit the dust.

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Looks good, you got a knight rider thing going on there.

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PostPosted: Thu Oct 04, 2007 1:53 am 
Looks way better htan I thought it would. Now I wish I woulda voted yes

I'm sorry Michael, but I just don't like pavement..


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