New Alcoa Dura-Black Wheel

My guess is when the black coating chips you will see raw aluminum.

 

I'll go this route or just Plasti-dip mine. I have a silver tractor with black trim and keeping all those Alcoas (trailer too) is just too much time IMO. Mine look good now but it won't be too long before I'm rolling black wheels.

Plasti-dip is a cheap option in every way but it does do the job. It looks cheap, it IS cheap, it makes you look cheap, etc. I don't care though. I care about my time.

Come to think of it I bet one stop and Blue Beacon and Plasti-dipped truck wheels won't be Plasti-dipped no more.

When they start looking rough hit em again. Plasti-dip melts to Plasti-dip.

 

Black wheels are a mofo to keep clean..

 

Or a Central Transport truck

 

There's some keys to keeping a durabright decent .
They dont like gravel and sand .
No caustic cleaners .
No acid .
No abrasives .
And watch the tire monkeys when they work with them .
I just bought accuride accushield wheels for my truck ( 1st trip) and jury is out yet .

 

I don't know.

If the wheels have not done well, and they paint or coat that black to hide flaws in the basic wheel itself, what do you think one good winter with salt etc will do to them? Or a big scrape against a post docking? You would want a bottle of that factory stuff to patch. Then it would look like it's been in battle.

Ive had aluminum before, just did nothing to them except a bit of Blue Beacon now and then. they did well.

I don't know. Am on the fence myself.

 

I like them. They stand out from the standard Alcoa aluminum style. Put some chrome centers on them and they will really pop.

 

Some of my cow hauler pals from north west Iowa noticed the sand / gravel problem picking up feeders in Montana.

 

Black soaks heat, making reefer work harder than if it was straight white or chrome. What we could (Who is this we?) is try to mix black you like with liquid spray chrome creating a sort of reflecting candy black. That would be the best of both worlds and may present a powerful pop visually.