The F-350 performed amazingly well at a local off-road entertainment park. (I think I was the only pickup among a wide variety of modified Wranglers!) However, I must have caught a rock wrong at some point, and it mangled a small area on the chrome-look 20" wheel. For those who have this option, you know that the rims are aluminum with a plastic attachment which has a shiny chrome appearance.
In any event, the plastic underneath the chrome coating is white, so it's somewhat unattractive when it's exposed. To tidy things up, I forked over $4 to Home Depot for a can of Rustoleum shiny metal chrome spray paint. I masked around the damage with tape, then sprayed (for just a fraction of a second) the paint onto the damaged area. Once the paint had dried a bit, I used a paper towel with a few drops of xylene solvent to wipe the paint off the undamaged areas, leaving a very tight border around the spray-coated damaged regions.
Unfortunately, the pictures I took are not very helpful. Nevertheless, the xylene cleanly removes all the paint it touches, so it's nearly impossible to screw up. The result is clearly not the same as the factory, but the damaged areas do not stand out nearly as much.
We'll see how long the paint stays in place on the wheel, but for now, it's far less of an eye sore. For anyone else in the same spot, this is a gratifyingly cheap cosmetic improvement.
-W