New Wheels, Tires and Tonneau cover

A while back I bought a set of 8x15 snowflake rims from a neighbor.

The price was right and I always liked the looks of that style rim.

The only problem was that I couldn't make 'em shine to save my soul.

So I had a local metal shop media blast the centers and polish the rims. A little better, eh?

Then I cleaned the surface with lacquer thinner and masked off the rims.

I sprayed 'em with gold lacquer and Eastwood's Mag Wheel Sealer.

Then they got a set of new 235x60/15 BFG T/A radials. These replaced the Goodyear Eagle GT+4s that my wife had used for torture testing over a median strip (and blew out 2 sidewalls.)

While it was in the garage I decided to try my luck with straightening out the Unlimited Products cowl hood (which REALLY fit poorly.) We'll see how this works out.

Then I prepped the spoiler for painting. It'll be mounted at the end of the tonneau cover.

And it got a few coats of gloss black.

Here's the front part of the hinged tonneau being fitted in place.

And the rear part of the cover. I haven't installed the spoiler yet.

The spoiler went on real easy.

Just drilled 5 holes, tightened down the nuts and trimmed the studs with a cutoff wheel.

Looking better. It could use some paint now. Bright red or flat black with flames? Hmmm.

Whaddya think of this graphic for the tail gate and lettering that says, "Horny Lil' Devil"?

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