Dakota RT Rims. What Was The Original Finish?

Posted By: Big Bad Bee

Dakota RT Rims. What Was The Original Finish? - 08/29/14 06:33 AM

Did the 17" aluminum rims on the Dakota R/T come in bright/polished finish or painted silver? I just picked one up and unfortunate the IDIOT rattle can painted them black.

Posted By: runnerrt

Re: Dakota RT Rims. What Was The Original Finish? - 08/29/14 06:51 AM

As far as I know they were painted silver and it was pretty tough. I was going to polish mine but in the end left them.

Posted By: SNK-EYZ

Re: Dakota RT Rims. What Was The Original Finish? - 08/29/14 07:17 AM

I could be wrong but I pretty sure that the last year of the Dakota R/T they had chrome wheels, they were painted silver all years prior.

The reason I remember that is that I had a 99 std cab and a 2000 extended cab Dakota R/T, both has silver wheels.

I believe it was 2002 they put chrome wheels on the R/T's and I really wanted to get the chrome wheels for mine.

A good website for Dakota R/T's http://dakotart.com/

Posted By: slantzilla

Re: Dakota RT Rims. What Was The Original Finish? - 08/29/14 08:06 AM

I think the silver was some kind of poly coating. It was pretty durable.

Take some stripper and try taking the black off, the silver may still be there.

Posted By: Big Bad Bee

Re: Dakota RT Rims. What Was The Original Finish? - 08/29/14 08:52 AM

Thank you for the answers, guys. I thought I might hit them with a pressure washer to see if the black will blast off. What kind of stripper would not harm the aluminum? If be ok with recoating them. They're really beautiful.

Posted By: slantzilla

Re: Dakota RT Rims. What Was The Original Finish? - 08/29/14 11:54 AM

I'd start with lacquer thinner and see what it does. Spray paint may not be stuck very well.

Posted By: burdar

Re: Dakota RT Rims. What Was The Original Finish? - 08/29/14 03:19 PM

Are you sure the black paint isn't Plasti-Dip? That stuff is popular now. If it is, you can spray another coat on the wheels and it will peel right off. It's supposed to anyway.

Posted By: Big Bad Bee

Re: Dakota RT Rims. What Was The Original Finish? - 08/29/14 08:46 PM

Wish it were Plasti dip. The guy was way too cheap for that... The stupid stuff the kid did to this truck is beyond words.

Posted By: stumpy

Re: Dakota RT Rims. What Was The Original Finish? - 08/29/14 08:56 PM

You sure are bad mouthing someone for what they did to THIER truck. If you thought it was so cobbled up why did you buy it? Just because you don't agree with what he did doesn't make him an idiot. After all it was his truck and he did what he wanted. He didn't realize that you were going to buy it some day or he would have done it your way.

Posted By: wingman

Re: Dakota RT Rims. What Was The Original Finish? - 08/30/14 12:01 AM

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You sure are bad mouthing someone for what they did to THIER truck. If you thought it was so cobbled up why did you buy it? Just because you don't agree with what he did doesn't make him an idiot. After all it was his truck and he did what he wanted. He didn't realize that you were going to buy it some day or he would have done it your way.

So you are saying people never do moronic things to their own vehicles? I can show you thousands of pictures that prove they do.

Was it his right to do what he wanted to his own truck? Sure, I guess. But lots of idiots own trucks in this world....

Posted By: stumpy

Re: Dakota RT Rims. What Was The Original Finish? - 08/30/14 12:13 AM

My point is what makes him an idiot for doing what he wants to his own truck. Just because it doesn't fit your idea of a customized vehicle doesn't make him an idiot. It just means he has different tastes than you do. Not everyone lives in the same square box.

Posted By: YYZ

Re: Dakota RT Rims. What Was The Original Finish? - 08/30/14 12:24 AM

Hi Lindy,

AFAIK they came in both argent silver, similar to rallye wheels, and also in a full chrome finish.

I'm not sure when the chrome finish became available, but I picked up a set of them for my '99 Durango when I had it.

They are a good looking rim and pretty tough too.

Posted By: burdar

Re: Dakota RT Rims. What Was The Original Finish? - 08/30/14 12:30 AM

I remember when they first came out. 17" wheels were HUGE!

Posted By: Big Bad Bee

Re: Dakota RT Rims. What Was The Original Finish? - 08/30/14 01:13 AM

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My point is what makes him an idiot for doing what he wants to his own truck. Just because it doesn't fit your idea of a customized vehicle doesn't make him an idiot. It just means he has different tastes than you do. Not everyone lives in the same square box.

Sorry Stumpy. You are correct. Some people live in a box with nothing but ductape, bubblegum, bailing wire, sheetrock screws, a sawsall, a hammer, spray bombs, a rope (to tie one leg and one arm behind their back), a blindfold and a bottle of Jack Daniels because honestly, that's the ONLY way someone with half a mechanical mind or common sense could possibly do what's been done all over this truck. I should have given the previous owner the benefit of the doubt. I am ashamed that I thought otherwise. Let me just stop now and apologize to this obvious mechanical and artistic genius for what I said about all the cool things he's done to this truck that a monkey with a head injury would not do.

Vlad and others, thanks for the info. I've always liked these rims and the R/T is a super fun little hotrod.

Posted By: stumpy

Re: Dakota RT Rims. What Was The Original Finish? - 08/30/14 01:23 AM

Again if it was so bad why did you buy it? Is the idiot the guy who built it or the guy who looked it over and then bought it even with it's faults?

Posted By: Big Bad Bee

Re: Dakota RT Rims. What Was The Original Finish? - 08/30/14 01:27 AM

Do you really give a rat's behind, Stumpy or are you just here to piss on my post and argue? I'll tell you why if you have something redeeming to contribute.

Posted By: stumpy

Re: Dakota RT Rims. What Was The Original Finish? - 08/30/14 01:30 AM

I don't know. Did you buy it just so you could complain about the original owner or because you got a good deal? I just don't believe you have any reason to call the original owner names when you bought it like it was. You knew what you were getting so why gripe about it.

Posted By: Big Bad Bee

Re: Dakota RT Rims. What Was The Original Finish? - 08/30/14 01:34 AM

Got a GREAT deal, and the guy who owned it wasn't the owner who did the hillbilly repairs.