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RE: Painting tow hooks - 12/1/2007 5:52:22 PM
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TripleBlackBlazer
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Stick with black, or 'chrome'.
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RE: Painting tow hooks - 12/1/2007 5:54:58 PM
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EuroGoldLS
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I'd have posted this in Paint, Body, and Interior.
Anyway, I think you should just paint them chrome. See this thread: http://www.blazerforum.com/m_91684/tm.htm
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RE: Painting tow hooks - 12/1/2007 5:56:15 PM
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otnietdehoooo
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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/37111/2005424776992540731_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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RE: Painting tow hooks - 12/1/2007 6:34:31 PM
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Blazin_Jason
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Get em powder coated.
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RE: Painting tow hooks - 12/1/2007 10:59:42 PM
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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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RE: Painting tow hooks - 12/1/2007 11:14:12 PM
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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?
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RE: Painting tow hooks - 12/1/2007 11:17:57 PM
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TripleBlackBlazer
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Using Rustoleum or similar rust-converter products is going Billy Mays on them. And the rust is usually just on the surface which doesn't effect performance or sturdiness, just aesthetics.
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RE: Painting tow hooks - 12/1/2007 11:23:37 PM
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Oh...  I must've been born blonde. That one totally excaped me. Maybe I should read slower -lol-
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RE: Painting tow hooks - 12/2/2007 1:39:50 AM
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ORIGINAL: EuroGoldLS
I'd have posted this in Paint, Body, and Interior.
Anyway, I think you should just paint them chrome. See this thread: http://www.blazerforum.com/m_91684/tm.htm
Chrome would look good, but I don't have anything else on my truck in chrome, so it would kinda stick out too much and maybe come out looking kinda weird, especially since I'd prefer more black stuff on my truck. And next to the black push bar I just installed.
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RE: Painting tow hooks - 12/2/2007 1:41:14 AM
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dimmuborgir6nik6
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quote:
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/37111/2005424776992540731_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 was thinking of getting regular black, probably Krylon, but the rust-oleum might last longer.
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RE: Painting tow hooks - 12/2/2007 1:43:17 AM
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dimmuborgir6nik6
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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.
That sounds like it should work. I didn't think of rust-oleum at first but now it seems like a good idea. I'd hate for the hooks to rust again. I don't wanna add too many layers of paint.
< Message edited by dimmuborgir6nik6 -- 12/2/2007 1:46:27 AM >
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RE: Painting tow hooks - 12/2/2007 1:44:10 AM
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dimmuborgir6nik6
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quote:
ORIGINAL: [[B3k@h]]
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?
The hooks themselves are fine. They're still strong and solid, it's just the surface turning kinda brownish and doesn't look too good anymore.
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RE: Painting tow hooks - 12/2/2007 6:54:20 AM
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FoxTrota
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yey NY  paint them black, it seems like it clashes with the cars paint job.
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RE: Painting tow hooks - 12/2/2007 7:04:01 AM
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powder coat them black
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RE: Painting tow hooks - 12/2/2007 8:13:14 AM
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Blazin_Jason
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powder coat them black
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ORIGINAL: Blazin_Jason
Get em powder coated.
Seriously, call some local shops and ask them how much to do them when they paint something else in whatever color you want. Or send them to me and I'll do it.
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RE: Painting tow hooks - 12/2/2007 1:09:33 PM
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dimmuborgir6nik6
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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.
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