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| | | | Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 975 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 975 | I started my wheels project this week..I bought a couple of rims and found a place to do the sandblasting. I'm left with the two 15 inch rims on the back of the truck and the 4 16s are now in the tire shop.
I picked out tires...I went to my local tire garage instead of the national chain or Sam's Club. Good plan...local guy made a couple of phone calls and made a recommendation. The size I was asking for was on the money. His tire was as cheap or cheaper than the other places. Best part was he had no problem dismounting the tires and giving me the rims back for a month to get the rims blasted and powder coated. He even promised to not scratch the powder coating...The guys at the other places would not have even helped me knowing the tire was the "wrong" application.
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This portion of the project is pretty spendy....I'll be using up my truck budget in the first 2 weeks of 05. Ouch. | | | | | Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 285 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 285 | 46--sure makes it nice when dealing with folks that HELP!  Good luck! | | | | | Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 2,893 Socket Breaker | | Socket Breaker Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 2,893 | we want pictures when ya get them back!  -W p.s. I gotta go get one of them newfangled digital camera things... do they run on 6v or 12v?  | | | | | Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 975 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 975 | [img] http://webpages.charter.net/jkornmann/small%20photo.JPG[/img] Here is what I started with. I am working with a pretty cool company that is doing my powder coating. I live 70 miles from their door. They had a delivery truck going through the town I work in. I met the deliver truck. It was a semi..the powder coating company picked up my rims, will deliver them to the sandblasting company, pick them back up, powder coat them and deliver them back to me....for $175....They saved me 4 trips. Man...ya gotta love GREAT service!! More to follow next Thursday. 90% Gloss black... | | | | | Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 466 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 466 | Very Cool 46!
The local guy here doesn't have much to say, other than $70 a wheel :confused:
I could probably buy some new wheels for that.
Buddy | | | | | Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 703 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 703 | 46... Those are some nice looking wheels. Are you going to be using the chrome trim rings again? They would really offset that shiny new black! | | | | | Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 784 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 784 | mmmmmmm! Yea add those trim rings. That's what I did, looks way cool (sorry no pictures) George | | | | | Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 14 Junior Member | | Junior Member Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 14 | rims look good 46 !anyone ever put the pin stripe back on their rims? thats what i want to do with the stock hubcaps. would be interesting to see some bolters pics of stock rims with stipes and stock hubcaps! | | | | | Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 336 Member | | Member Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 336 | No point powder coating the rims if you are going to use the trim rings. They really scratch the paint up.
Gord
1954 1/2 ton 235 4 speed
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