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Old Nov 8, 2011 | 05:30 PM
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Well kinda, I'm a broke college student and decided to imitate the expensive new wheels out there.

Here's how she sat before... And before the level, dang this is an old pic lol



Wheels off the truck, no centers


Little bit of masking... little over an hour invested in marking it with a pencil and then masking per wheel, ouch!



Then I sprayed the spoke part with a metallic silver (this is the quickly done spare in this pic)



All this culminated in....





I'm really thrilled with it, and entire project from when I first bought the wheels till now has cost me 36 dollars. 30 for the rims out of the junkyard and 6 in spray paint. Probably the best thing I've done to this truck for such little money! Just wanted to share. Whatcha guys think?
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Old Nov 8, 2011 | 05:35 PM
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Are those Mazzi Hulks? J/K
They look kind of like them. Good job.
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Old Nov 8, 2011 | 05:38 PM
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Thanks! I was kind of apprehensive to start with because they look like a newer style you don't see on these trucks often at all. I'm glad I did it now!
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Old Nov 8, 2011 | 06:03 PM
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I might just have to do that now haha, it looks awsome , great job, wanna do mine haha jk
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Old Nov 8, 2011 | 06:09 PM
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I think they look good man!
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Old Nov 8, 2011 | 06:09 PM
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I might just have to do that now haha, it looks awsome , great job, wanna do mine haha jk
I wish I could make some extra money at this, but I'm working too much. I've only got the driver side of my truck done so far, hence the pix

I don't have another day off work until next tuesday, so I'll be rolling around on mismatches for a week
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Old Nov 8, 2011 | 06:12 PM
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Originally Posted by mustangGT90210
I wish I could make some extra money at this, but I'm working too much. I've only got the driver side of my truck done so far, hence the pix

I don't have another day off work until next tuesday, so I'll be rolling around on mismatches for a week
lol
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Old Nov 8, 2011 | 06:18 PM
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when I bought my 88 the front and back rims were different and the two back rims were different, even now my front and back rims are different but they look almost the same, and right now my front rims are the same and my back rims are the same, front and back rims are both 8 spoke like yours but the fronts are chevy rims the backs are the same as in the picks but grey.
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Old Nov 8, 2011 | 06:55 PM
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Originally Posted by DriveAk
when I bought my 88 the front and back rims were different and the two back rims were different, even now my front and back rims are different but they look almost the same, and right now my front rims are the same and my back rims are the same, front and back rims are both 8 spoke like yours but the fronts are chevy rims the backs are the same as in the picks but grey.
My 8 spokes used to be grey, but I painted 'em as soon as I pulled 'em. Wanted black wheels. Now I wanted change


I'm still new to matching tires, but I've always had matching rims! For the first year I had my truck it had 4 different tires on it, all junkyard. Man those were some crappy tires, but hey, they worked!
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Old Nov 8, 2011 | 07:02 PM
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yeah my truck had all mismatched tires as well three different at's and one studed, now I have two types of at's, michelin ltx at's on the back and goodyear wrangler at's up front haha
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