I saw these plastic chrome wheel skins at a dealer and then found them on Ebay. They actually looked to fit pretty well on the 16" factory rim.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/08-Up-Je ... ccessories

Here was my idea for those wanting black rims. Instead of going to the work and expense of having your factory rims powder coated and then run the risk of them chipping what if you where to take these skins and paint them?

The only trick is to figure out a way to prep them and/or remove the chrome plating off the plastic so you could get a good bond on the cover.
I called the place that sells them to ask if they had them available unplated but they don't.

The benefit would be you wouldn't ruin your rims if you changed your mind later, they would be cheap to replace if they did get damaged and they would look stock.

Any thoughts?

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2008 4X4 Jeep Cherokee Limited, Red Rock, with Skyslider, MyGig, tow package, skid plate package.
Patriot driving lights, roof rack side rails, replaced chrome with black trim and body colored grill. Mopar slush mats and rear cargo mat.

interesting product but i wonder how secure they are. I'd hate to have one come off and fly into another car.

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08 KK OEM skid plates, JK winch bumper w/ Hella 500s, K&N filter, JKS front discos, black out headlights w/ fogs added, blacked out & euro mod tail lights, Curt Hitch w/ oem wiring, OME Springs, JBA UCA & top plates, Cabin Filter Retro Fit, Custom Fender Mounted Light Mounts w/ Hella 500s, ATH roof bars, rear flush mount LEDs

Agreed... I'd be much more interested if they were held on with the lugs. But still something to consider...

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2006 Magnum SRT8
1969 Cutlass


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We should ask them to simply manufacture them in black . . . I would think that we could convince them that overall, the jeep crowd would show more interest in black than in plastic chrome.

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2008 Jeep Liberty: Nickname "Quincy Jones"
6-Speed
Sky Slider
Factory Tow Package
Alpine x001 Head Unit
Sirius Sat Radio
Garmin 265WT GPS
Interior LED Mod
225/75/16 General Grabber AT2's

Coming Soon . . .
1.5-2.5" lift and someone needs to find me some black wheels . . .

I am guessing they are made in China or somewhere.
The dealers like to install these on the base models to "dress them up" a little.
I suspect the few us on this forum wouldn't be enough to start up another production of them.

I did some research on removing chrome from plastic and the two products that many say works is Castrol Super Clean or just household bleach. In either case you would need to soak them for several hours or days to remove the plating.
I guess then you could spray them with a low gloss black out of a can.

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2008 4X4 Jeep Cherokee Limited, Red Rock, with Skyslider, MyGig, tow package, skid plate package.
Patriot driving lights, roof rack side rails, replaced chrome with black trim and body colored grill. Mopar slush mats and rear cargo mat.

Here is a reply from the company that sells them when I asked about how they are held on.

Hello,

These skins have a hidden clip system that holds them on your wheel very good. You can't see them and the end result is that your wheels will now look chrome. Your factory center will show through the opening. They look great. We just did our 1st Liberty with them yesterday. We also have a chrome grille for it. Let me know if your are interested.

Thank you,

Mark
1-800-635-8126

- suburbanwheelcover

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2008 4X4 Jeep Cherokee Limited, Red Rock, with Skyslider, MyGig, tow package, skid plate package.
Patriot driving lights, roof rack side rails, replaced chrome with black trim and body colored grill. Mopar slush mats and rear cargo mat.

Very poor english.... but still not convinced that they do the job.

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08 KK OEM skid plates, JK winch bumper w/ Hella 500s, K&N filter, JKS front discos, black out headlights w/ fogs added, blacked out & euro mod tail lights, Curt Hitch w/ oem wiring, OME Springs, JBA UCA & top plates, Cabin Filter Retro Fit, Custom Fender Mounted Light Mounts w/ Hella 500s, ATH roof bars, rear flush mount LEDs

Engrish???
(www.engrish.com)

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2009 4x4 Silver Liberty Limited Edition, Premium Group I and II, Skid Plate Group, Exterior Appearance Group by MOPAR, Select Trac II, Sky Slider,uconnect studios,Slush Mats, Hid HEADLAMPS, Interior LED light mod, Scangauge 2, AEM brute force intake, IPOD Integration interface for RER RADIOS, OEM Front end bra.

Wonder what shipping's going to be like from Hong Kong during the holidays.. Oi. I suppose you could always just take sandpaper to the things, then prime and paint them again?

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That Mark is from a retailer in Chicago. Suburban Wheel Cover is the name of their company. They are being shipped from Illinois so I bet you would have them pretty quick.

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2008 4X4 Jeep Cherokee Limited, Red Rock, with Skyslider, MyGig, tow package, skid plate package.
Patriot driving lights, roof rack side rails, replaced chrome with black trim and body colored grill. Mopar slush mats and rear cargo mat.