cichlidfort Posted August 20, 2008 Report Share Posted August 20, 2008 Hey guys. I own a 2003 White Jeep Liberty. It has dark ass tint. I believe it has like 3% for the back windows and the front two windows has like 5%. The windshield is tinted too but I forget how much. Anyways, I thought my Jeep would look better if it had blac rims instead of the chrome. It has chrome rims right now that are made by Jeep but I want the rims to match my tint. I know there is a way to paint your rims because my friend did it to his BMW. He had to take off each tire, sand the rim down, paint it, let it dry and then put it back on. He did this to each rim one by one. After that you gloss the rim to give it that shiny look. So anyone done this before that could help me? I will have some pics up of my Jeep to give you an idea of what you're loooking at. I will have them up in a second. Thanks. Quote 2008 Chevy Impala (undercover cop style) Setup in the makings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonathancullen89 Posted August 20, 2008 Report Share Posted August 20, 2008 i always thought you had to get them powdercoated. pics of said jeep please. IMO i think black rims with the chrome stip along the tire looked cool. Quote 1992 cavalier build 1992 blazer s10 kenwood cd hifonics hfi2500d 6 soon to be 12 12" hifonics hfi12d4's shit ton-o-wire Blurred Vision Audio Team SMD feedback/refs. clicky!- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cichlidfort Posted August 20, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2008 (edited) Edited August 20, 2008 by cichlidfort Quote 2008 Chevy Impala (undercover cop style) Setup in the makings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cichlidfort Posted August 20, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2008 (edited) damn those pics were small...let me get bigger ones. Edit: Edited August 20, 2008 by cichlidfort Quote 2008 Chevy Impala (undercover cop style) Setup in the makings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonathancullen89 Posted August 20, 2008 Report Share Posted August 20, 2008 white truck deffenetly black rims!!!! you could try what your friend did, sand down the rims then paint them. you could always sand it back off and take them sumwhere to be done or buy new rims i personally would just spray bomb them while they are still on the truck, but thats me. i spray paint my car everytime i can see rust again. it faids i spray it again. i have a $300 cavalier tho lol Quote 1992 cavalier build 1992 blazer s10 kenwood cd hifonics hfi2500d 6 soon to be 12 12" hifonics hfi12d4's shit ton-o-wire Blurred Vision Audio Team SMD feedback/refs. clicky!- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loganuf Posted August 20, 2008 Report Share Posted August 20, 2008 stop bein cheap and just buy some tite black rims lol jk bro Quote 2000 Eddie Bauer Expedition: Alpine CDA 9883 2x 18" DC lvl 4 D2 10.7 cu ft box 33hz knu 1/0 wire amp: Kicker ZX2500.1 Kinetik Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cichlidfort Posted August 20, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2008 I was thinking about leaving the Jeep logo in the center of the rim chrome with everything else black. You think that would look tight? Quote 2008 Chevy Impala (undercover cop style) Setup in the makings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ptcary Posted August 20, 2008 Report Share Posted August 20, 2008 Are those chrome or polished aluminum with a clearcoat? Powdercoat is still the best way to do them, even if you get a pro to paint them and clearcoat them, rock ships will show on them pretty easily. Keep in mind that there are plenty of Liberty Sport owners out there that would buy the limited wheels, I used to be one of them (2002 Liberty Sport traded in for the PT). You could sell them and get aftermarket wheels. Quote PTCary 2003 SMD PT Cruiser 2011 Honda CBR 250R 2010 Mazda 3i Sport MY BUILD LOG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loganuf Posted August 20, 2008 Report Share Posted August 20, 2008 Are those chrome or polished aluminum with a clearcoat?Powdercoat is still the best way to do them, even if you get a pro to paint them and clearcoat them, rock ships will show on them pretty easily. Keep in mind that there are plenty of Liberty Sport owners out there that would buy the limited wheels, I used to be one of them (2002 Liberty Sport traded in for the PT). You could sell them and get aftermarket wheels. yea i like that idea Quote 2000 Eddie Bauer Expedition: Alpine CDA 9883 2x 18" DC lvl 4 D2 10.7 cu ft box 33hz knu 1/0 wire amp: Kicker ZX2500.1 Kinetik Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cichlidfort Posted August 20, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2008 Are those chrome or polished aluminum with a clearcoat?Powdercoat is still the best way to do them, even if you get a pro to paint them and clearcoat them, rock ships will show on them pretty easily. Keep in mind that there are plenty of Liberty Sport owners out there that would buy the limited wheels, I used to be one of them (2002 Liberty Sport traded in for the PT). You could sell them and get aftermarket wheels. Looking at your PT before I made this thread pretty much motivated me to do this. I always had the idea of painting my rims black but your PT gave me a good visual lol. My rims I believe are polished aluminum with a clear coat. I just called them chrome because I never knew what they really were lol. I honestly would rather just keep my rims instead of selling them and buying new aftermarket rims. I like these rims for my Jeep. How do you powdercoat them? Give me some insight on this? Quote 2008 Chevy Impala (undercover cop style) Setup in the makings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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