Powder coat or Paint??

[dwaxman1]

not chrome on mine, I got an extra set of the OEM brushed aluminum and then went to town on them.. after washing, sanding, washing, sanding, 4 time each, then I used a "wax/grease remover" from Duplicolor and washed again. I then started inside on the back of the rim, 3 coats of Duplicolor Black Primer, the one very light coat of Rubberized rocker panel guard, then 2 coats of Duplicolor High Heat engine Paint, then 2 coats of Clear..then I washed and wiped down the front, outside oof the RIM and started over but this time i did 4 coats of primer, again a light coat of rubberized rocker panel guard, then 4 coats of Engine High Heat enamel paint, and 3 coats of Clear coat..



took lots of time but I let the RIMS bake in the HOT HOT sun in between coats...I am happy, truly happy with the results and the cost, total invested is $90 in material, my time is not counted, about 6 hours of work...but..take a look!



Before



[img width=500 height=375]http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg17 ... CN6756.jpg[/img]





After



[img width=500 height=375]http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg17 ... CN4602.jpg[/img]

[SELWA]

Wow! That looks very nice!! I just cleaned mine a bit and I'll take another pic. With my 22's I need to have the chrome removed. It's pitted and peeling really bad. Some area's you can just peel right off and the chrome is pretty sharp in some spots.

[98hmc4]

I got the email adress to the rim shop. I was waiting for my friend to get back to me. This shop did amazing work! Here is a link to their website.



http://www.wheelwizards.ca/



Hope it is helpful.



Martin

[dwaxman1]

thanks for the info.. I will see how this holds up.. so far so good but no real trail rides yet.. i imagine it will all be scratched first off road trip

[SELWA]

I've also heard good things about wheel wizards as well. I'll have to wait until the winter time to do stuff on mine since I've been unemployed for a year now.  <img src='http://www.canadianhummerclub.com/forum ... #>/sad.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':(' />

[SELWA]

Well just removed the 22's off the rims and now I'll check out a few places than may be able to do something with them. I'll give Wheel wizards a call before heading down. No reason to drive over if the $$ is too much.