Painting tow hooks
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ORIGINAL: otnietdehoooo
i would do black or if you go with a color, go with the same color as your truck
heres a link to a pic of mine. if i posted the pic, it would be too small to clearly see the hooks. its kinda hard to see but its the best pic i got of them.
http://aycu32.webshots.com/image/371...2540731_rs.jpg
i painted the tow hooks a flat black.
and i also painted the skidplate silver. i used krylon black for the hooks and krylon chrome for the plate
i would do black or if you go with a color, go with the same color as your truck
heres a link to a pic of mine. if i posted the pic, it would be too small to clearly see the hooks. its kinda hard to see but its the best pic i got of them.
http://aycu32.webshots.com/image/371...2540731_rs.jpg
i painted the tow hooks a flat black.
and i also painted the skidplate silver. i used krylon black for the hooks and krylon chrome for the plate
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ORIGINAL: lennyblazer
I painted mine once with some rustoleum spray can paint sanded them down to the metal and primed them. They didnt last but maybe halfway into the winter before they were rusty again. So now I just went and got some of that rust convertor to black primer stuff. Sprayed a couple coats of that and then used an actual good rustolem semi gloss black that stops rust. So we will see how long they last. They look good right now, i dont have any pictures of them and my truck is covered with salt spray and snow right now so I would have to clean em up before I take a pic.
I would just stay with black cause then they don't become an eye sore later on.
I painted mine once with some rustoleum spray can paint sanded them down to the metal and primed them. They didnt last but maybe halfway into the winter before they were rusty again. So now I just went and got some of that rust convertor to black primer stuff. Sprayed a couple coats of that and then used an actual good rustolem semi gloss black that stops rust. So we will see how long they last. They look good right now, i dont have any pictures of them and my truck is covered with salt spray and snow right now so I would have to clean em up before I take a pic.
I would just stay with black cause then they don't become an eye sore later on.
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Wait a minute guys... Maybe I'm just a retard, but.... I mean, I don't know much about tow hooks, & I'm sure that's painfully obvious... But if they're rusty .. Isn't that a bad thing? As in, shouldn't you replace them or go all Billy Mays on them or something?
Wait a minute guys... Maybe I'm just a retard, but.... I mean, I don't know much about tow hooks, & I'm sure that's painfully obvious... But if they're rusty .. Isn't that a bad thing? As in, shouldn't you replace them or go all Billy Mays on them or something?
paint them black, it seems like it clashes with the cars paint job.
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ORIGINAL: blznlowxtreme
powder coat them black
powder coat them black
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Get em powder coated.
Get em powder coated.
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I have a bunch of local shops near me, one right next to the place I work and maybe my auto mechanic can do it.
If he's there today I'll stop by and ask him, but he's always busy so I don't know. I was thinking of the rust-oleum idea.
And yeah, but black does go good with the truck. Darker hooks would look even better and more noticable.
If he's there today I'll stop by and ask him, but he's always busy so I don't know. I was thinking of the rust-oleum idea.
And yeah, but black does go good with the truck. Darker hooks would look even better and more noticable.
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I dont mean to be a jerk or anything but dude you posted four times in a row, that will get you in trouble. so take this as a heads up so you dont get in trouble rather than getting yelled at. just edit your previous post if you need to add anything, and theres nothing wrong with a really long post
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RE: Painting tow hooks
Otherwise the other thing to do is to use that rust converter primer and then use truck bed liner on them I think that would be real durable. I was going to do that to my frame rails but its gotten too cold for that now. I might still go to ziebart for the frame rails, but the bedliner stuff would probably work on the towhooks.