Posted 2012-03-07 9:06 PM (#141780) Subject: Wheels for Featherlite
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Posts: 72 Location: Connecticut
I'm going to have new tires put on my Featherlite BP trailer this season. The wheels are rather crappy looking, the finish is chipping off, only eyesore on the trailer. I've been looking online for wheels, but they sure aren't cheap. I got a great price on the tires, and don't want it all to go out the back door for the wheels. Does anyone know any good websites to shop for reasonably priced wheels? Should I just order them from a Featherlite dealer? They are 15" 5 on 4 1/2 if that factors in at all.
Posted 2012-03-08 10:45 AM (#141807 - in reply to #141780) Subject: RE: Wheels for Featherlite
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Posts: 399 Location: Ottawa, Illinois 61350
SIMS are a great way to go; but I think on 15" wheels, SIMS are only available as snap on type covers. We haven't had good luck with keeping these cpvers on the wheels. If you could get these in the two piece like the 16" and 17.5" type, I would say this is the way to go.
You might want to put the two piece lexon plastic type on your wheels. They cover the entire wheel, but are much less money than the stainless steel simulators.
Posted 2012-03-09 8:58 PM (#141883 - in reply to #141780) Subject: RE: Wheels for Featherlite
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Posts: 72 Location: Connecticut
tomole, how did you contact featherlite directly? The only way I can find is to go through my local dealer, and they want to charge me $45 for those cheap white ones. Another thought. What about just spray painting the ones that are there now with chrome paint? Has anyone done the $5.00 route?
Posted 2012-03-09 9:43 PM (#141884 - in reply to #141780) Subject: RE: Wheels for Featherlite
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Posts: 5870 Location: western PA
I've painted many wheels. By the time you include the labour of the preparation, the painting is the easy part. If you don't do an adequate job with an etching primer, the final paint coating often just peels off the cheap steel.
I don't know what your time is worth for the hour and a half spent of labour on each rim. Adding in the cost of having each of the tires removed, remounted and balanced, and the cost of materials, the quoted $5 price seems a bargan.
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