my "new" set of ballin' rims - Toyota Nation Forum : Toyota Car and Truck Forums

ghettosled · 09-16-2009, 11:48 AM

do you think i can find a chrome '14"' decal for the fender?

i picked up these boat anchors for $40 (center caps and lug nuts included). i washed, wirebrushed, sanded, primed and painted these stockers to a dark grey. new tires are being delievered today so i need to finish the two remaining rims, mount and balance the tires then im good to go! wahoo!

FLIP K1DD · 09-16-2009, 11:54 AM

wow those are looking pretty good actually. i think you should of left the lip chrome, or maybe chrome it out and get a high glossy black in the spokes

that just me though. get a BBS cap haha!

good job on the find and project

EEngineer · 09-16-2009, 02:58 PM

so this is what ur doing after the tire blew up

bigbird · 09-16-2009, 03:35 PM

schweet

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ghettosled · 09-16-2009, 10:14 PM

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Originally Posted by JJJJJJ

Did you paint the mounting surface and the back of the rim as well ?

some paint did end up on the contact surface for the lugs, but i will strip that off before i put them on the car. i did paint the backside of the wheels (not the mounting surface), but i didnt spend much time or effort being its the back side.

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Originally Posted by EEngineer

so this is what ur doing after the tire blew up

well, this and body work. the fender is fixed, "new" trim and wheel well installed and i do have a new bumper cover, but i was only able to find one in red. so it will be painted before that gets installed.

EEngineer · 09-16-2009, 10:31 PM

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Originally Posted by ghettosled

well, this and body work. the fender is fixed, "new" trim and wheel well installed and i do have a new bumper cover, but i was only able to find one in red. so it will be painted before that gets installed.

mad props for fixing it all

abew330 · 09-16-2009, 11:11 PM

what did you use to paint it? nice color

i am in the process of doing my oem's
cheaper than new rims...

Mike Gerber · 09-17-2009, 08:55 AM

Just an FYI. Those are generation 3 Camry rims that were put on the 4 cylinder XLE models. I still have the original set on my 94 XLE. They have a textured finish on them that makes them hard to keep clean. That's why your's probably looked so nasty when you got them. Great find for $40.

Mike

***PhatRoyale*** · 09-17-2009, 10:51 AM

not too crazy about the color you chose and it makes them look primered.

but nice find and pickup for that price.

ghettosled · 09-17-2009, 12:17 PM

i used duplicolor's (i think) wheel paint. there was a lighter grey that looks like typical silver that is on most cars, but since the camry is dark green, i felt like a darker color. hey, to each their own. thanks for all of the comments!

mike - that textured finish did hold a lot of the junk. im hoping between 3 coats of grey and 2 clear coats, this will help discourage dirt and brake dust from hitching a free ride.

i also polished up my nuts.

Mike Gerber · 09-17-2009, 03:44 PM

How did you do the lugnuts? Did you have a buffing wheel handy or did you do this by hand.

Mike

***LynchburgCSI*** · 09-18-2009, 01:14 AM

get some tires on those bad boys and get 'em on the car!

ghettosled · 09-18-2009, 12:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Mike Gerber

How did you do the lugnuts? Did you have a buffing wheel handy or did you do this by hand.

Mike

the bench grinder you can sort of see in the background has a wire wheel. this made cleaning them nice and easy. *edit* they will also be strayed with rust inhibitor to slow down the rust.

tires just arrive a day ago! i still have to paint the 2 other rims, but i need to have these on my car by next weekend because of a 1200 mile trip. im white water rafting and mountain biking this weekend so i wont be around. stay tuned for photos of them installed within a week.

rusty9 · 09-18-2009, 06:55 PM

haha, i used to have those wheels too. sold them to adam and i believe he did a pretty damn good job of cleaning them up.

they are a nice style and a good price you got them for =)

ghettosled · 09-24-2009, 12:14 PM

yay. rims are on the car and she drives nicely down the road. didnt realize how noisy the old tires were. i must say i like the way they came out, as long as you stand about10 feet away.

tires are yokohama avid trz 195/70-14. just for reference, these were $274 for the set minus $40 for the rebate ($234 for you non-math people) then was $69 to mount and balance. yes, i could have done the sticky-back wheel weights, but i had them fall off on another car so opted for the weights along the lip. cheers!