Thread: Further upgrades to Puma and BFG AT KOs?

Painting the wheels is really a cost benefit call. To get them to look nice and factory requires a lot of prep work, and quite good skills as a spray painter. I had one of my Sawtooth alloys resprayed by the insurance company as part of a accident repair, and even when done with a leading alloy wheel specialist it's not as nice a paint job as the factory finish.

But then again - if you don't really care about the finish - a can of wheel paint (they make special wheel spray cans), some masking tape - a bit of a pressure wash, and you can do a wheel in 10 mins, and from a distance it will look quite good. I sprayed some steel wheels that way on one of my series landrovers and they still look OK some 10 years later.

Thanks for that and I see Terrafirma sell alloy paint for this...apparently a rub with 240grit and a spray of paint and a clear spray finish if you do yourself. I confess I want the job to look good...

Or use plasti dip and then the wheel colour isn't permanent

https://www.plastidip.net.au

They seem expensive compared to:

Terrafirma Alloy Wheel Paint A - Land Rover Part TFSAWP08028

I've got the Outback Consoles roof console which is very similar (identical?) to the TF - it's holding up well.

Tyre sizes don't (materially) affect prop shafts or trailing arms?

At $150 a wheel, I'd get new wheels with a better offset instead.

Hate to think what new rims would cost...if I went to a taller one would need lift and all follows from there...

Or I could grab these...paint them up as I get time and swap them with good AT tyres already on??? These Continental get good reviews.

Continental 235/85 R16 Set of 5 complete with Rims | Trade Me

Originally Posted by Tikka7mm08

Hate to think what new rims would cost...if I went to a taller one would need lift and all follows from there...

Around $120 a wheel for steel rims. You don't need lift for 33s?