Want new wheels. Need advice

[TitanTn]

I've never really messed with swapping out wheels on anything before, so I'm not sure what I should do/stay away from. I currently have some 205/75/14 tires on 5 lug white, generic looking wheels. I'm wanting to buy some used, chrome wheels just to jazz things up a little. I'm not looking to spend much money on "trailer cosmetics," so I have some questions.

Can I upgrade to 15" wheels without any issues? They're so much more plentiful. I'm assuming I'd need lower profile tires, but I'm guessing it would work fine. So, any tips, suggestions, thoughts?

p.s. Or let's go another direction with the advice. Any thought's on painting the white wheels I have now? I have almost new tires, so that's a consideration as well. Here's a photo.

[michael hunter]

Hey Rob.
I would start by painting the exsisting wheels maybe a metal flake silver. They sell wheel paint at Advanced auto parts I did the wifes Lexus wheels and they turned out great.

[TitanTn]

Hey Rob.
I would start by painting the exsisting wheels maybe a metal flake silver. They sell wheel paint at Advanced auto parts I did the wifes Lexus wheels and they turned out great.

Hmm. Good thought. I never think about the flake paints. When I'm thinking paint I always tend to think about flat colors, but the flake would certainly make a difference. Thanks Michael.

[Jetlink]

Could also jazz things up with an LED swap on the trailer lights. I did on mine and like it way better.

[TitanTn]

Could also jazz things up with an LED swap on the trailer lights. I did on mine and like it way better.

Yeah, that's in my plans too. I'm going to do a complete trailer rehab project (sand blast, paint, etc), and part of that is new LED lights.

[Jetlink]

I was so happy once I finally got all my lights swapped out to LEDs, and on top of it, the trailer lights are nice and bright and almost obnoxious at night. But who cares really, I would rather be visible. Curious to see what you end up doing with the trailer wheels. I should really think about cleaning and scrubbing mine and then polishing them...next spring after it comes out of storage. Headed there in 5 weeks already...

[haugy]

Something that may be neat is to take the white wheels, and then paint the centers (spoke sections) the color of the trailer, and leaving the outer lip white, or vice versa. I know it sounds cheesy, but can look good if done right.

Otherwise, polished aluminum wheels would look great on your trailer.

[TitanTn]

Well, Michael got me thinking about paint, and the rest of you have confirmed the idea that this might work. I picked up some polished aluminum paint today and will be trying it soon. Anything will be better than these white wheels.

[csuggs]

New aluminum mods are cheaper than you might think.

Here's the link to the one's in the above picture.

http://www.trailer-wheels.com/14x55-...l#.UGhx7ZG9KSM

[TitanTn]

Those are great looking wheels Clint, and it might be where I'm headed when all of this is said and done. But $400 for wheels, and then $50 to swap the tires over is more than I'm wanting to let go of right now. I'm about to take my boat up to Donnie and have him wet sand/buff the whole thing. That's where my boat money will be going this fall.