Paint detail on rims? 960

Brad_bb

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Finally close to finishing bodywork on my rear rims for my 1955 960. It's a narrow front end and has spin out rear rims. I am pretty sure the rim and the center hub that spins get painted a silver color. what about the cast/forged brackets that hold the center to the rim? what were they originally? Painted silver? Plated?
Thanks!
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The wheel center is painted the same grey as is the hood and fenders.

The rims were originally zinc galvanized. I use Rustoleum hammered metal silver, which produces a finish that is about as close to the OEM finish as you can get with paint.

The bolts were plated. I paint the clamps the same hammered metal silver.

Dean
 
I've used that hammered finish too. Do you use one coat or multiple? (I paint it on with a brush)
 
Some current tractor producers use silver argent paint on new tractor rims. I buy mine at a Case/IH dealer. The center spin out discs were painted the same gray as the sheet metal.
 
I'm not a painter so I buy the paint from my local hardware store and farm out the painting.

I always specify sandblasting and priming with epoxy primer before painting but do not know if my painter sprays one or more coats.

Dean
 
I think the guys have you covered.
Here's a picture of mine done with Rustoleum hammered steel.
I couldn't find a picture of it with the center back in quickly.

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Thank you all! I'll try and post pics after I get them painted. I have a silver paint that I chose from a color chip book of PPG Single stage acrylic urethane. It's a GM color If I remember right. I still have plenty of the gray(I would actually call it beige) paint from doing the hood and fenders in the acrylic urethane.
 
Today I did the final sanding on the centers and painted them. I also final sanded one of the rims. I need to do the other (about 2-3 hours of sanding) and then I can paint.
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Thanks. I'm guessing I probably have 80+ hours in these rear wheels. It does include digging caked in mud from the spin out brackets, welding any thin areas from rust, welding up the valve stem areas that were weak from heavy rust pitting and reforming the valve stem holes, straightening dings/bends in the outer lip, 2 rounds of redistrip rust and paint stripping, powder coating used as a first primer, 3 rounds of rough out body filler work and sanding, 2.5 rounds of sprayable filler and sanding, 1 coat of Sealer primer, 1 round of filler primer and final sanding, then paint.
 
I got the last bit of painting done on the rims today. I'm going to let them dry for a good week at least before attempting to assemble the wheel centers and mount the tires. I was stressing over how to mount the tires without scratching the rim, but it appears from some vids I watched on youtube that I should be able to mount the tires myself without tools. So If I lay down my rubber floor mat, then a moving blanket on top of that, then lay the rim with the outer face down, then I can work the tire on to the rim from the back side using some soapy water. Will this work? Can I mount it without any tool (that would chip the rim)? They are fairly new tires. I need to get inner tubes for them first too. I want to use them for extra protection.
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"So If I lay down my rubber floor mat, then a moving blanket on top of that, then lay the rim with the outer face down, then I can work the tire on to the rim from the back side using some soapy water. Will this work? Can I mount it without any tool (that would chip the rim)? They are fairly new tires."

So Has anyone put tires on themselves that can answer this?
 
I've put lots of them on but not without scratching the rim.
Or at least marring it with a rubber mallet.
Doing it as you describe at least the scratches should be
on the inside. You may want to touch up the paint and let
it dry before inflating the tire.
 

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