What do you think of my painted OEM rims?

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Old 05-10-2009, 10:13 PM
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What do you think of my painted OEM rims?

https://www.f150online.com/forums/me...em-20-rims.jpg

Put them back on after i painted them. Looks good?


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https://www.f150online.com/forums/me...-graphite.html
 
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Old 05-10-2009, 10:20 PM
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looks good.. but almost stock looking still...
 
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Old 05-10-2009, 10:26 PM
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Looks good!
 
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Old 05-10-2009, 10:27 PM
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Originally Posted by illness95
looks good.. but almost stock looking still...
That was the whole idea, change the silver inserts, to graphite. Darken them a little.
 
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Old 05-11-2009, 12:46 AM
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I like em! Very subtle yet it really adds to the truck
 
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Old 05-11-2009, 01:16 AM
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I like it man! Turned out nice!
 
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Old 05-11-2009, 04:40 AM
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I like it too it adds to your truck looks good.
 
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Old 05-11-2009, 04:48 AM
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nice! looks as clean as factory day!!
 
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Old 05-11-2009, 06:09 AM
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Nice, clean, simple. Like a funging shway type of look!!!! I actually just traded someone a BRAND NEW set of 079 EAs for a set of used Lariat wheels. I loved the 079s but my other half liked the Lariats. Oh well, Freedom of choice.
 
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Old 05-11-2009, 08:51 AM
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Nice, would look pretty good in black too.
 
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Originally Posted by DarrenWS6
Nice, would look pretty good in black too.
I thought of black Darren, but when checking out others that have done them black, there tires looked faded some, your rims stand out to much i think. You'll be slappin' on tire dressing almost daily to give them a balanced look. I wanted them just a hair darker so the spokes did look to chunky like the silver did, and didn't want black because it makes the spokes look like sticks. But pretty close to what i was looking for, maybe a hair darker would of looked good too. But man they shine, they have major metalic flakes in that Graphite paint. Cheers
 

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Originally Posted by NoLongerJeepin
I like em! Very subtle yet it really adds to the truck
Thats exactly what i was looking for!
 
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Originally Posted by mana_f150
nice! looks as clean as factory day!!
Took all day on that thing to get looking like that!
 
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Old 05-11-2009, 10:20 AM
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Originally Posted by 06FXNorth
I thought of black Darren, but when checking out others that have done them black, there tires looked faded some, your rims stand out to much i think. You'll be slappin' on tire dressing almost daily to give them a balanced look. I wanted them just a hair darker so the spokes did look to chunky like the silver did, and didn't want black because it makes the spokes look like sticks. But pretty close to what i was looking for, maybe a hair darker would of looked good too. But man they shine, they have major metalic flakes in that Graphite paint. Cheers
My preference is black. I just don't care for the extra color added to the mix. I painted the spokes on my XLT wheels about 4 years ago and I really liked the results.
 
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I found a pic of the painted XLT wheel.


 
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