Tinted Rims

[Blown]

My rig is black and tinted, over time I removed the Edge and 4X4 stickers, used plasti-coat to black-out the emblems, restore grayed-out door/tailgate handles, and rear bumper, covered and blacked-out the grill and recently tinted the ford emblem on the front. I like it and it got me thinking about the rims. so I tinted a shiny coffee can, then tried a hub cab and that led to the complete rims, (Explorer Limited rims). I like the look, one thin coat of tint and two coats of clear.

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[Mark_88]

Looks OK...I was actually expecting them to be blacker...but...that's only what I would do.

I had a set of the original 10 hole aluminum rims on my 88 (not stock on the Ranger) and the clear coat had worn off so I sand blasted them and painted them the same colour as the body (dark blue)...they looked great right up to the day I scraped them...

I do like the blackout look you did with the emblems and other parts...and maybe the rims being the same would not look as good as what you have done...

 

[Blown]

Another coat might have done it for you, would have been twice as dark. I thought too dark, like another black rim.

There is no touch-up with tint or it's obvious. If they get beat-up I would likely have to strip them, a real PIA or black them out........