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Old Jul 16, 2008 | 08:49 PM
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What do you guys use on your wheels to keep them so clean. ( 07fx4silver & Pimprohr) I have the same ones and I wash the truck once a week and can never get them that clean. Is it the brake dust or just natural dirt but mine always look dirty. I use decent cleaning supplies as well. Any suggestions. By the way I'm going to spray mine now I had never thought of that mod.
 
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Old Jul 16, 2008 | 09:01 PM
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Looks awesome.
 
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Old Jul 16, 2008 | 09:35 PM
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what about the front? looks awsome that my next thing to do.
 
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Old Jul 16, 2008 | 11:06 PM
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Originally Posted by PaintballKid
What do you guys use on your wheels to keep them so clean. ( 07fx4silver & Pimprohr) I have the same ones and I wash the truck once a week and can never get them that clean. Is it the brake dust or just natural dirt but mine always look dirty. I use decent cleaning supplies as well. Any suggestions. By the way I'm going to spray mine now I had never thought of that mod.
I just wash each wheel and dry them separately otherwise you'll leave water spots. Have to stay on top of cleaning them, brake dust sucks

Originally Posted by TonkaTruck33
what about the front? looks awsome that my next thing to do.
Said they couldn't do the front because of that rubber/plastic cover and the line-x won't bond to it and the fronts are already black so wasn't really looking at getting them done. Will look great on your truck, even though it is small mod-it is a great mod
 

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Old Jul 17, 2008 | 12:18 PM
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Obviously line-x is superior, but for a do-it-yourselfer, do you think the sprayable bed-liner or rubberized undercoating would work also? Might be the middle-grade step in between regular black paint and line-x?

I tried the rubberized undercoating and the canned bed liner on my truck and didn't have very good luck with either. I guess if you stay on the pavement it might last but the first gravel road and I had areas where it chipped off. Ended up blasting most of it off at the car wash and just using flat black spray paint..... it's cheap and you can touch it up easy.
 
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Old Jul 17, 2008 | 12:26 PM
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thats bad *** im gonna have to do that now for when i get my body lift put on
 
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Old Jul 17, 2008 | 06:37 PM
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Since it looks like you actually get off the pavement once in awhile...let us know how that stuff holds up to the gravel and such.

I was driving through a car lot the other day and saw a Dodge with sprayed rocker panels. I wouldnt mind doing it to my truck, but Im afraid all the gravel might eventually give it a torn up look.
 
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