{"id":4391,"date":"2019-07-18T06:00:14","date_gmt":"2019-07-18T10:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mechanicalmalarkey.com\/?p=4391"},"modified":"2019-07-18T06:00:14","modified_gmt":"2019-07-18T10:00:14","slug":"my-truck-painting-the-wheels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mechanicalmalarkey.com\/index.php\/2019\/07\/18\/my-truck-painting-the-wheels\/","title":{"rendered":"My Truck: Painting the Wheels"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The summer after my bought my 1990 Ford F-250, I decided to freshen up the looks a bit by painting the bumpers, fender trim, and emblems. It made a big difference in how the truck looked. The one thing I didn&#8217;t get around to painting was the wheel.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4392\" src=\"https:\/\/mechanicalmalarkey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2019_07_18_01.jpg\" alt=\"2019_07_18_01\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>While the wheels didn&#8217;t look horrible, the old paint was flaking off in some places and didn&#8217;t look very fresh. The right front was also covered in light rust because of the formerly metal-on-metal brakes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4393\" src=\"https:\/\/mechanicalmalarkey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2019_07_18_02.jpg\" alt=\"2019_07_18_02\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I started off by cleaning the wheels. After using a wire wheel on my drill to remove the loosest paint, I went over it with some sandpaper. Because I don&#8217;t care that much about making anything on this truck perfect, I wasn&#8217;t concerned about any little bits of rust that may have been left. Also these look like they used to be chrome, which paint doesn&#8217;t stick very well to, as my front bumper and mirrors will show you.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4394\" src=\"https:\/\/mechanicalmalarkey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2019_07_18_03.jpg\" alt=\"2019_07_18_03\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It took a while, but I masked off the tires with pieces of paper and masking tape. A common tip I see for masking off tires is to use index cards or playing cards and sticking them between the tire and wheel, but I didn&#8217;t have enough of a lip to stick anything in, so I had to do it this way.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4395\" src=\"https:\/\/mechanicalmalarkey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2019_07_18_04.jpg\" alt=\"2019_07_18_04\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A couple of coats of black spray paint and the wheels look sharp.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4396\" src=\"https:\/\/mechanicalmalarkey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2019_07_18_05.jpg\" alt=\"2019_07_18_05\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It may not be the most noticeable change, but to me these wheels look so good now. I love black wheels and freshly painted looks great. If this was a vehicle I cared about looking good for a long time I would&#8217;ve spent more time with the sanding and cleaning, but for this rusty hunk of metal these should work just fine.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>New blog posts every Monday and Thursday, plus pictures throughout the week on <a href=\"http:\/\/facebook.com\/mechanicalmalarkey\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/mech_malarkey\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/mechanicalmalarkey\">Instagram<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCasCW0ImD3UuLeMu5RAZCXg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Watch Mechanical Malarkey on YouTube!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mechanical Malarkey <a href=\"https:\/\/mechanicalmalarkey.com\/merchandise\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">T-shirts, hats, and stickers<\/a> are available to order!<\/p>\n<p>-Dan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The summer after my bought my 1990 Ford F-250, I decided to freshen up the looks a bit by painting the bumpers, fender trim, and emblems. It made a big difference in how the truck looked. 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