well I have an axle swap in the works as well as lots of other mods (have all the parts just waiting for free space at my friends shop) and I got a new set of wheels and tires to put on once I got everything done. Well most of the other work has been being delayed and we got a bunch of snow so my old bald all terrains just weren't cutting it so I broke down and threw the new wheels and tires on anyways so I'm not always getting stuck in the snow.
First I'll show the transformation of the wheels. I found a good deal on a set of stock jeep alloys locally. In the jeep world these wheels are known as canyons. I always liked the way the spokes dished in but I thought they needed some extra flair so I decided to paint them and make myself a custom set.
this is how they looked stock.
Here they are after the primer and satin black stages. Honestly this is originally the exact look I was going for but since I havent ever really painted anything before (something I spent serious time on at least) I didn't realize the clear coat (yet to be applied here) would add a considerable gloss to the satin black.
Well here they are with the clear on there. They turned out a lil shinier than I originally wanted but I was still extremely please with how they turned out.
Picture with a rim sitting on top of one of the new tires
close up detail. What a pain in the ass taping everything, not to mention the seemingly countless thin coats of primer, paint, and clear! Argh and the sanding between coats.....so much sanding. But the finished look was worth it!
Mounted up on the nice new tires!
and finally many months later I got to put them on lol!
Sorry for the shitty cell phone pics
BEFORE:
annnnd AFTER:
Hope you guys like!