Tuesday, November 27, 2007

New wheels



When I purchased my truck, it came with a set of GM wheels from a 1980s Blazer that looked terrible. I sought out a set of OEM wheels from a friend who has several old Land Cruisers in various levels of disrepair on his property here in town. I had them powder coated, but they were not in great shape. Rust pitting and nicks in the metal made them less than perfect and the powder coating failed to coat them along the welds very well, so they began to rust right away.

I began purchasing OEM wheels from Toyota and after a few months had a complete set. I then bought a gallon of gray paint that was supposed to be matched to the OEM color from Cool Cruisers and had Jim paint them for me. Once I picked them up, I had them installed today.

They look fabulous.