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Rockerguard Wheel Paint (Paint vs. Powdercoat)

Discussion in '2nd Gen. Tacomas (2005-2015)' started by Nukewater, Dec 1, 2010.

  1. Dec 1, 2010 at 8:18 AM
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    Nukewater

    Nukewater [OP] Well-Known Member

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    Hey guys, I recently painted my grill, hood scoop, and lower valence with this stuff:

    http://www.canadiantire.ca/AST/brow...es+Black+Tail+Light+Paint++283g.jsp?locale=en


    it turned out suprisingly well:



    Now i love the look of black wheels, and I like the look of the stock 17's. I'd like to powdercoat, but i really have no problem painting either. I drive a decent amount of gravel and snow/ice in a year, so which would hold up better and be easier to fix up. Also, would it be rediculous to paint the wheels with that textured paint, i really like the look it gave the hood scoop, but the pictures don't really do it justice.

    thoughts?
     
  2. Dec 1, 2010 at 9:58 AM
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    tisher49

    tisher49 Well-Known Member

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    you could try painting them with a bed liner... I have no chips or scratches on mine except for on the very edge of the rim where I didn't sand the wheel very well before painting. I also just got my tires flipped to black out and that scratched them up pretty good. Otherwise I'm very happy with it and it saves mucho dinero
     
  3. Dec 1, 2010 at 10:05 AM
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    Grande

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    Painted badges. Bedlined grille, wheels and lower valence. Billies 5100 @.85 up front. Dodger Jack Ball Mod. Custom trail damaged rear bumper (for the time being). Lil LED light bar on grill. Hard-wired Radar Det. Custom Projector fog lights, Anytime Fog Mod, HIDS, White LED accent lighting on a Single post double toggle swicht, so they light up wit my door/dome light, or always on, or never on. LED map and dome lights.
    nice, i kinda like the scoop kinda dont, good idea tho, i think i may hav seen someone else with that on here.
    i just did my wheels & gril & gona do the lower middle bumper this weekend, i used the bedliner spray can, i was surpirsed because it sprayed so even, even on the curves, i might do the scoop, not sure tho, long live SWB
     
  4. Dec 1, 2010 at 11:53 AM
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    tisher49

    tisher49 Well-Known Member

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  5. Dec 1, 2010 at 12:26 PM
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    kessler89

    kessler89 Well-Known Member

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    i'm gonna paint my wheels next summer too, i think i'll probably use either bed liner or just regular ol' rustolium black semi gloss paint
     

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