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Old Feb 21, 2010 | 02:46 PM
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5 steel Defender rims for my Disco.
$90 for all 5, then need to be sandblasted and painted but they are good enough for snow tires right now.
Just brought them home today.
Thats one less thing I need to worry about for my to-do list.
 
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Old Feb 21, 2010 | 02:58 PM
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Nice work Spike that is a great score.Are you getting them powder coated or painted? And what color you going with?
 
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Old Feb 21, 2010 | 04:53 PM
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You can't beat 90 bucks!
 
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Old Feb 21, 2010 | 06:13 PM
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I am going to have them painted Alpine White to match the truck.
Not sure if it will be powder coating or just painted and clear coated, we will have to see what the $$$ says.
The sandblasting and painting will be down the road, I think I am just going to wire brush and rattle can them for right now and then put the snows on them for next winter.
I still need to buy a set of steel wheel lug nuts before I can use them.
I can use them with the alloy lugs but the steel ones are the "correct" lugs for the steelies.
 
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Old Feb 21, 2010 | 06:35 PM
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Careful on who you use for the sand blasting. I had set of wheels like those sand blasted 25 years ago or so and they came back really pitted.
 
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Old Feb 21, 2010 | 06:59 PM
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Thanks for the tip Tom.

I dont know who I will have do it or even how much it will cost.
4 are in pretty good shape and one is rusted pretty good but they all are straight and true and hold air.
 
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Old Feb 22, 2010 | 08:42 AM
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Originally Posted by Spike555
I am going to have them painted Alpine White to match the truck.

FAIL..... flat black all the way.
 
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Old Feb 22, 2010 | 08:52 AM
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So awesome! Great find, post some pics whenever you get them on the truck. It bet it will look great!
 
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Old Feb 22, 2010 | 09:24 AM
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Nice find Spike !!! 2x on the pics,.....if they use glass beads for blasting you won't get the pitting
 
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Old Feb 22, 2010 | 10:33 AM
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Originally Posted by hilltoppersx
FAIL..... flat black all the way.
What are you crazy man!?

The white rims, black hubs and black lug nuts will really set off the zebra stripes when it's all said and done.
I think this weekend I will put one of them on the truck just to see what its going to look like.
 
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