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Should I paint my wheels gunmetal, or leave them chrome?

Discussion in '2nd Gen. Tacomas (2005-2015)' started by ultrabattler, Dec 24, 2015.

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Chrome or Gunmetal for the wheels?

  1. Gunmetal Grey

    36 vote(s)
    92.3%
  2. Chrome

    3 vote(s)
    7.7%
  1. Jan 18, 2016 at 12:50 PM
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    robm7

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    I like the spare. It's different looking
     
  2. Jan 18, 2016 at 4:17 PM
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    ultrabattler

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    No lift. Its a 2014, so there is the the TSB done. I leveled out in front with Bilstien 5100 set at .85. I am running 265/70/17 BF Goodrich AT! Also, if you look a little above your post, I had already decided and painted my wheels and badges. The post popped up on the front page cause I updated it with pictures of final product haha.
     
  3. Jan 18, 2016 at 4:37 PM
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    Foozer

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    Oh haha my bad, looks good though. So with the 5100s did you just use everything else stock and put them in at .85? How are you liking the setup, any problems?
     
  4. Jan 18, 2016 at 5:56 PM
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    ultrabattler

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    Yup! everything is stock. No problem so far. I installed them myself and haven't gotten around to torquing all the bolts to spec though, so kinda worried about that. The technology in the Bilstein 5100s are the same as the TRD stock Bilstein 4600s, per Bilstein's website, so the ride feels the same. But I love that it is leveled now. And just the .85 lift in front, I have gotten a ton more compliments asking if I lifted my truck.

    Also I believe hte darker color wheels had the illusion that is it is higher than specs.
     
  5. Jan 18, 2016 at 6:00 PM
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    Great, thanks so much for the info. Im thinking I'm gonna do the 5100s at .85 too.
     
  6. Jan 18, 2016 at 10:21 PM
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    Drew_05Tacoma

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    Oh god I was too late, people think chrome is the Devil on this site. :rofl:

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  7. Jan 19, 2016 at 3:09 PM
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    No, not at all! I argued for the aluminum paint for about 1.5 years, while my friends opt for blacking out the rims. I choose gunmetal recently, because I like how similar the color is to the Pyrite. On of my favorite chrome accents is on the navy blue tacoma. I think it looks really good.
     

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