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Originally Posted by BlueJeep
Those wheels look really nice! What prep did you do prior to painting? Did they come with the powder primer? Paint the inside black?
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It's some sort of gray primer they put on them. Whatever it is it's pretty tough stuff. I scuffed the wheels with a maroon Scotchbrite before coating with SPI epoxy primer.
Here's one just taken out of the box to do a trial fit over my CPP disc brakes. (The front axle is removed and laying on top of the frame.)
I bought 16" rims for a couple of reasons. One was that I wanted to make sure I wouldn't have any issue clearing the brake calipers. The other was that there is a many more tire choices in 16" than there is 15". I bought 5 Bridgestone Dueler Alenza Plus in 235/70R-16. They had very good ratings and were available in blackwalls.
I sprayed a couple of coats of black SPI primer on the backs and insides. The next day I flipped them over and sprayed the outsides of the rims with a single reduced coat of white SPI epoxy and followed up with 2 coats of the Wimbledon White SS after waiting an hour.
I did reduce the Summit urethane just a little with slow reducer to make sure I got it down flat with a good gloss. I used my Iwata LPH-101 spray gun with a sidewinder cup.
