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Offline 86Woodgrain

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Factory wheel - was this area painted or not??
« on: December 15, 2022, 03:24:48 PM »
So... I may get my wheels refinished. I sent pics to the wheel guy and he said it looks like the slots on the wheel were painted grey but I'm not sure. I think they were just blasted finish and the whole wheel clear coated.

Were the slots in the wheel from the factory painted or not? I could not tell from searching.
« Last Edit: December 15, 2022, 03:26:04 PM by 86Woodgrain »

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Re: Factory wheel - was this area painted or not??
« Reply #1 on: December 15, 2022, 04:21:37 PM »
Here is the best wheel I've found so far but it has 111,000 miles on it so not necessarily original. Does it look painted?
« Last Edit: March 26, 2023, 12:46:11 AM by 86Woodgrain »

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Re: Factory wheel - was this area painted or not??
« Reply #2 on: December 15, 2022, 07:26:40 PM »
I dunno.   I have a boatload of original AMC parts/repair/body/sales manuals; and can find nothing definitive to support either paint or no paint.   So do what you want!!
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Re: Factory wheel - was this area painted or not??
« Reply #3 on: December 15, 2022, 07:36:21 PM »
I dunno.   I have a boatload of original AMC parts/repair/body/sales manuals; and can find nothing definitive to support either paint or no paint.   So do what you want!!
Thanks! My preference is to blast the pockets and no paint. The dude does CNC lathe cutting of wheels, seems to do a good job. Not cheap though.

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Re: Factory wheel - was this area painted or not??
« Reply #4 on: December 15, 2022, 10:37:30 PM »
I have a set of those wheels that need redone - for my waggie.   Here its $150 each for a redo.
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Re: Factory wheel - was this area painted or not??
« Reply #5 on: December 18, 2022, 07:25:25 PM »
I hazard to guess they were not painted but were left the same as Their other wheels like the turbines in their Wagoneers and Cherokees. Shiny out and rougher inside the opening. I'll also say I like the idea of painting the inner opening, was going to do it myself on the turbines.
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Re: Factory wheel - was this area painted or not??
« Reply #6 on: March 26, 2023, 12:06:02 AM »
Wow I'm amazed at the quality of the work. A little pricey $945 for refinishing, plus I spent $670 on the tires, $24 for lug nuts and $150 for NOS centre caps. But WOW love the look.

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Re: Factory wheel - was this area painted or not??
« Reply #7 on: March 26, 2023, 05:26:11 PM »
Gawd; those are purrddeeeeee!!    Now I'm getting jones'd to get mine done for my waggie!
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