Starting to Clean up the look of the truck

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Well I have pretty much finished the interior of the truck and now I have decided it was time to start on the outside..
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I have been trying to figured out how to clean these Aluminum rims that came on my truck for some time with no luck...
Well I finally figured it out..
***Warning DO NOT use the chemical products I used unless you do not have clear coat on your rims and PLEASE where gloves protective glasses and a face mask.. this stuff wil burn you and the smell wil never go away.
Here are the rims before I figured out how to clean the,
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Well the Rims that were on this truck were very nasty and there was a ton of TAR on the.. this truck was owner by a paving company.
The first two pics are showing all the tar that was on rims when I got them
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These steel rims are ones I borrowed from a friend so I could still drive truck while I clean mine
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I bought 5 gallones of ChemDip and let each rim sit in that for 1 hour.. then I took them out and put them into this horse container I have and let them soak overnight to help get all the chemical out of the rim.
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The next morning I took them out and washed them and cleaned them with some Professional Aluminum rim cleaner I have ( the good stuff ) anda buddy remounted them for me..
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I am very pleased with how wel lthem turned out..
Once I get all 4 done I will take a pic of truck with them on.
 
Mr_DIY said:
all that and you can't scrub the white letters :flipoff2:

looks a ton better man. I like the Dodge.
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Ya I did not get to them yet :) once I get all the tires mounted and back on the truck I will do that... maybe I will even Tire shine them :)
 
where did you get the chem dip, and is it the same as would go in a parts cleaner, or the 1 ga lbuckets you can get a autozone etc.

BTW looked at the pics of interior, truck is coming along nice.
 
You can buy the chem-dip in 5gallon buckets, or even 55gallon barrels from carquest if you want. I work in thier warehouse in Raleigh and I load all the trucks. We seem to sell alot of that stuff. -Tim
 
Buy COMET powder at grocery store and a good stiff brush. Does WONDERS on getting the white letters white again with a good brushing!

Interior looks awesome!
 
BigWheelBob said:
Youre not using that barrel for the horses again are ya?
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The only horse around Ken's place is him... :fuck-you:
 
Bleech-White has always worked good on my whitewalls/white-letter'd tires....

Comes in a white bottle w/ red lable....

D.
 
Rich said:
The only horse around Ken's place is him... :fuck-you:
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hahhaha

Nope no horses for me.. they are to damn expensive :)
 
Well I swapped ou the bed with a much better condition one.. [ also got rid of other truck bed came off of today.. JEss is Happy ]

While we were messing with the bed I decided to paint the front grill to see what it would look like BLACK..

Bed
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Grill
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Headlight covers :)
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just to clarify that it is not my screen here...but the rear / new bed is a dark colored brown? And if so....you decided to paint the grill black...(and leave the bed brown for the moment?) :confused:

Grill looks good in black though...but man, how much headlight power are those blinders taking? I generally need MORE light...not less and with the invention of GPS...and the fact we haven't been bombed by air now since Pearl Harbor in the USA...I am thinking it is safe to take them off? :popcorn:

HEH....truck is looking good Ken, just had to bust on ya, cuz....well no good reason..
sam
 
SHINTON said:
just to clarify that it is not my screen here...but the rear / new bed is a dark colored brown? And if so....you decided to paint the grill black...(and leave the bed brown for the moment?)
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Truck I got bed off of was Brown :)

grill was only spray painted.. since I have a brand new CHROME one in storage :eek:oohhh:

figued better to test paint on old cracked grill then brand new one..

I am still trying to decide what color to pant my truck.. I really like all blacked out trucks but I am also leaning towars a dark silver.. I guess tme will tell..
 
Can I join the black dodge club? :driver: I plan on putting her in black primer for now I just got the brown one unloaded towed great coming home did 55-70 mph no problems
 
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