Thread: 17" Lucerne Rims stripped and powder coated

I bought these rims back in April on Craigslist for $140 from a local lady. I spent a dent amount of time attempting to strip the chrome. I tried Muriatic acid bath. That didn't work too well. End up just using my angle grinder with a few different pads to get the rough edges down and scuff up the surface.

The Germ on here did the work on the power.

Here what they were before.





to this.









I'll try and get a pic tomorrow with the rim on the car.

Now to tire rack for some tires.

Can't wait to see them on the car.

On the car at least. lol

I like.

Those look great.

Tires should be here tomorrow. Should get them mounted on Friday.

Somehow, I knew they would look fantastic. What did you go with for tires?

I ended up going with 225/55/17's. Wanted to keep the same height. I would have liked to go wider but I don't need to tear up and down the streets. I also have hoosiers for the street.

$380 shipped from Tire rack. Should be on Friday.

What brand did you get...geez that's cheap compared to what I ended up doing on the 18's.

Some Fuzion brand. I called a friend who manages Tire Discounters and he said they were a decent price.

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires....omCompare1=yes

They are a decent dry tire, not so much winter.

My work sells them as a lower end tire but I havent heard of any major complaints as of yet.

All done.

Looks good, just needs center caps.

And those yellow and red dots wipe right off with some brake cleaner on a rag.

Cool. I'll do it tomorrow or when I'm not lazy.

Yeah I have the center caps. They're plastic so I couldn't powder them .

I just shot some primer on them after I cleaned them. The gloss black I had in the garage was from 10 years ago and it decided to come out blotchy so.. no. I'll pick up a small can tomorrow at the parts store.

Also going to put the GP lugs on it (with the threads on the outside of the nut) and then put the black caps on.

Swapped the lugs nuts with my wife's car so I can thread the plastic caps on finally.

Lookin good, thought about finding a set like those for my gp.

They look good. All we need is a full shot of the car.

I only have the front part of the car. behind the door.. there is nothing there. Just air .

I'll wash the turd up tomorrow and get some shots.