black chrome

Rockit · Feb 1, 2016

just picked up the 16 ram with the chrome 20x9's and thought that black chrome would look good with the trucks silver exterior. Anyone heard of doing this or any reason not to do it? Thanks

SilverStreak88 · Feb 1, 2016

Blacked out or smoked?

Stringer · Feb 1, 2016

I say go for it

wsutard1 · Feb 1, 2016

I have thought about Black Chrome for the wheels but I have never been able to find any styles I like.

Are you talking about re-plating the wheels in black chrome?

Statcher1 · Feb 1, 2016

Looks good man. I'd say go for it.

Sent from the Rocket in my Pocket

Rockit · Feb 1, 2016

ok sweet I will get on it then Thanks Stringer for the shopin

Rockit · Feb 1, 2016

SilverStreak88 said:
Blacked out or smoked?

a of a shinny black

Rockit · Feb 1, 2016

wsutard1 said:
I have thought about Black Chrome for the wheels but I have never been able to find any styles I like.

Are you talking about re-plating the wheels in black chrome?

yes I would dismount the tires and redo all wheels

SilverStreak88 · Feb 1, 2016

Rockit said:
a of a shinny black

Yeah, that would look good, it would look like the NightRunner wheels.

MJG · Feb 1, 2016

are they not chrome clad wheels? Which are basically a plastic cover on a steel wheel? If so, you can't have them rechromed or black chromed. You could probably have a body shop paint them with a tinted black clearcoat, but it won't stick well to the plastic either.

Paluby · Feb 1, 2016

MJG said:
are they not chrome clad wheels? Which are basically a plastic cover on a steel wheel? If so, you can't have them rechromed or black chromed. You could probably have a body shop paint them with a tinted black clearcoat, but it won't stick well to the plastic either.

I wanna say he is right. You might be able to just apply nightshade. I think the term you are looking for is 'smoked chrome'. Looks absolutely awesome. Good luck and start a build thread if you go forward with the wheel change

H1Chester · Feb 1, 2016

You could plastidip your wheels black, with some black and gloss plastidip. There are also a pearlizer and metalizer plastidip paints to give you a black metallic or dark silver metallic look.

I've plastidipped wheels before but it is a lot of work. If you do it right it can last a long time.

MikeG · Feb 1, 2016

I've used this a few times and it works great.

Duplicolor Shadow Chrome Black-Out Paint Kit (11 oz.) - DUPSHD1000

Paluby · Feb 1, 2016

H1Chester said:
You could plastidip your wheels black, with some black and gloss plastidip. There are also a pearlizer and metalizer plastidip paints to give you a black metallic or dark silver metallic look.

I've plastidipped wheels before but it is a lot of work. If you do it right it can last a long time.

I've been told that the plasti dip will pit if you drive on dirty roads often. Is that true? I've never dipped anything and don't know anyone personally that has.

craigsez · Feb 1, 2016

plasti dip pits???? So does steel if you sand blast it..
Plasti dip is cheap and easy to get rid of if you dont like it..

My 2010 plasti dipped wheels and grill..I miss her...My 16 with powder coated stockers..

mhb1638 · Feb 1, 2016

Could try....

Rockit · Feb 1, 2016

I just checked and you guys are correct they are plastic covers over the wheel. They look so well made I could not tell the they were not.

Rockit · Feb 1, 2016

mhb1638 said:
Could try....

yea that looks like the look I am looking for thanks

H1Chester · Feb 1, 2016

Paluby said:
I've been told that the plasti dip will pit if you drive on dirty roads often. Is that true? I've never dipped anything and don't know anyone personally that has.

I dipped my wheels on my '14 WRX with the bright fluorescent yellow color that Plastidip makes and it held up very well. However I put in a lot of prep work. I took all four wheels off the car, cleaned them with soap and water, then wiped down with alcohol pads. I used two cans of white over the four wheels as a base coat, then probably 6-8 cans of the florescent yellow, followed by a few cans of the gloss coat. A bit overkill, but it left a solid thick strong super bright layer. So bright it almost hurt your eyes!

I never had any issues with peeling except for when I had to get a tire plugged and remounted. Around the edge of the rim where was some very slight peeling from the tire mounting machine but it wasn't bad at all.

It can be a huge pain in the @$$ but if you do it right it will look great and last a long time. There are a ton of different videos on youtube for color combinations and techniques.

TarPaper · Feb 1, 2016

Beautiful truck!!!

black chrome

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