Wheel Painting Poll...Help me decide please.

[Andres Mumma]

I'm trying to decide which paint scheme I like best, and thought I would run it by other ST members for your input.



I wanted to get a better feel for what it would look like than Photoshop would allow, so I painted the wheels themselves and snapped a few pics. I have these pinned on my fridge to see which option I like.



What do you all think? Take the poll and submit your Vote!

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<td>[Broken External Image]:</td><td>[Broken External Image]:</td><td>Option A: Black Outer Rim and Spokes</td>

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<td>[Broken External Image]:</td><td>[Broken External Image]:</td><td>Option B: Black Inners</td>

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<td>[Broken External Image]:</td><td>[Broken External Image]:</td><td>Option C: Stock Wheels...No Paint</td>

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Thanks all, it will interesting to see which option wins!!



Andres.

 

[EddieS'04]

B

 

[Jerry Gerner 2]

I think the first way would be set off with some raised white letters. The second paint scheme looks just like an F-150 wheel. Maybe try the first on with just the small dimples left silver.



:banana:

 

[Carlos Chio]

B. with ROWL on the tires.

 

[Andres Mumma]

@Jerry,



Do you mean something like this?



Everything painted but the scallops...

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I could always make that Option D. Hmm.



Thanks for the input.



Andres.

 

[Jerry Gerner 2]

Yeah but you need some raised white letters. They would look really good.



Here's what they would look like all black.



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[Steve McKellop]

B B B B:supercool:

 

[EddieS'04]

Try B, with the center of the hub cap black.

 

[H D]

B



I've been tossing around painting all black for a while now. Was revisiting the thought again last week.

 

[MikeSondra Grossen]

Let me be the oddball to say I voted A.



Sondra

 

[Andres Mumma]

After seeing Jerry's excellent example of an all black wheel, that is certainly an option that I favor.



I wanted to see if I could play off the design elements of the wheel itself and keep a wee bit of the shiny...so far it seems most like Option B better.



We'll see in a few more days. I'm leaning towards all black...or Option B...but I can play with it a bit as well.



I washed off the paint scheme for Option A but I can build on Option B as its still on the truck. I've been letting it marinate a little on the truck to see how it strikes my fancy. I'll try as someone suggested (Opt B w/ Black Center Cap) and post a pic shortly to see how they compare.



The paint washes off fairly easily, so I can make any number of combinations till we find the right one.



Once wheel options are chosen I could have the wheels remounted with the ROWL facing out instead of in, if that will make it pop more, when I had the tires mounted I was going to black out the rims completely, along with everything else on the truck for that murdered out look.



Thanks to everyone so far, great feedback!



28 votes and counting!!



Andres

 

[Andres Mumma]

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[H D]

This thread needs to stop before I actually paint mine all black.

 

[Jerry Gerner 2]

:bwahaha:



Just paint them already Hugh, you know you want to. :haveabeer:

 

[Jerry Gerner 2]

I'll probably be painting mine since the road salt found it way under the clear coat. Not sure what I'll use them on, maybe Carol's Mounty for winter but they need tires before that can happen. I might just sell them.

 

[Carey Frennier]

B

 

[Shaun Tucker]

Ok redundant question time.



What's the best way to paint these OEM Rims? I don't feel like doing another tedious search on this forum.

 

[Jerry Gerner 2]

You'll need to lightly scuff them up and then use adhesion promoter, then primer, then paint and if you want to , clear coat.