last night i took the tires off and checked all the rims on the balencer for any major bends. didnt find anything out of the normal for older stock 16x6.5 8lug stockers.
today i took them to my companys other shop and sentthem threw the rim blaster/striper/cleaner. the pic of the rim before blast was the best 1 that was used for the spare.
then the rims went threw the machine. it has steel shot in it about the size of a bic pen roller ball. there is 2 rollers inside that spin the rim as if it was on a axle rolling down the road. this lets them get hit from all directions. each rim was inside for 2 min - 3 min dependent on level of rust.
when thay came out thay were in the 110* temp range from the masive heat of striping them. if thay are left in to long thay can get to hot and actualy warp and become out of round.
then i took them over to my buddys paint shop and he is painting them bright white with epoxy based primer. as i like the epoxy primer best for my stuff. we do powder coating with a primer base. but i dont care for the end finish my self for my own personal tasts. thats just me tho.
as soon as thay are painted i will get finished pics and then mount up the tires and balence next. then i will get ready to bolt them on the truck.
and i have a set of the center caps from my crew cab build that were stockers. ( actualy were the rims/tires come from ) that will finish all of it off perfectly.
today i took them to my companys other shop and sentthem threw the rim blaster/striper/cleaner. the pic of the rim before blast was the best 1 that was used for the spare.
then the rims went threw the machine. it has steel shot in it about the size of a bic pen roller ball. there is 2 rollers inside that spin the rim as if it was on a axle rolling down the road. this lets them get hit from all directions. each rim was inside for 2 min - 3 min dependent on level of rust.
when thay came out thay were in the 110* temp range from the masive heat of striping them. if thay are left in to long thay can get to hot and actualy warp and become out of round.
then i took them over to my buddys paint shop and he is painting them bright white with epoxy based primer. as i like the epoxy primer best for my stuff. we do powder coating with a primer base. but i dont care for the end finish my self for my own personal tasts. thats just me tho.
as soon as thay are painted i will get finished pics and then mount up the tires and balence next. then i will get ready to bolt them on the truck.
and i have a set of the center caps from my crew cab build that were stockers. ( actualy were the rims/tires come from ) that will finish all of it off perfectly.
