Finished my tire and rim project.

dayboy42 · Post by **dayboy42** » Fri Jul 13, 2012 8:30 pm

I finished my tire and rim project. On to the next project.

Tires dismounted and off to get sandblasted and primed.

Rims sandblasted and primed!

Correct color primer applied

Nothing better then fresh OD!

Rims restored, new tires and tubes ready for install!!!

Finished! Look'en great!

jimm · Post by **jimm** » Fri Jul 20, 2012 3:39 pm

Looks like you lost one or two somewhere along the way in the project

(I'm guessing you picked the best 5 out of the bunch.) They looked great. Isn't it amazing how much work goes into what seems like such a small part of the big project? Yours look like they were pretty straight to begin with - mine needed a lot of persuasion with a big hammer wielded by my son to bring them back to shape. I have permanent marks on the concrete of my driveway where the work was done

RICKG · Post by **RICKG** » Fri Jul 20, 2012 3:43 pm

Love the smell of fresh rubber in the mornin'

dayboy42 · Post by **dayboy42** » Fri Jul 20, 2012 4:45 pm

Thanks guys! It was allot of work and money but it will pay off in the end. Yes I only got three original 16x4.5 KH rims and one civilian 16x5 rim with the jeep.

I then found a MotorWheel military rim and then I purchased two late style KH rims separately. From their I inspected them and made the best set that I could.

I hope to find two more original M38 rims in the future. Stuff always comes along when you not really looking hard for it for some reason...

RICKG · Post by **RICKG** » Fri Jul 20, 2012 5:40 pm

OK spill it, everyones gonna wanna know what brand rubber, where from
and how much $$$$$$$$$$$$$$

dayboy42 · Post by **dayboy42** » Tue Jul 24, 2012 3:04 pm

I ended up buying the Firestone's at Summit. I found if you purchased them from Summit on their ebay store you get free shipping!!! If you purchased them from their regular online website you would have to pay for shipping.

I did about three weeks of research trying to find who had the best price. All the local venders wanted big bucks and shipping from most people killed other peoples prices.

Ended up paying $148.45 each on 9/30/2011.

You can save a little more money if you don't want the Firestone trademark... but I have always liked the old Firestone logo... I'm a sucker.

It cost $40 per a rim for sandblasting and prime. (I had them prime them only because I didn't know when I would get the chance too.)

Then you got the price of AJP primer and AJP paint on top of that, but I applied that myself... blah blah... it's all good.

oh ya... plus tubes, valve stem protectors and the correct valve stem caps! ha ha

mckim · Post by **mckim** » Mon Jul 30, 2012 8:15 pm

jimm wrote:mine needed a lot of persuasion with a big hammer wielded by my son to bring them back to shape. I have permanent marks on the concrete of my driveway where the work was done

Yeah, it's amazing how easy it is to get engrossed in the work and not realize those circular marks forming...

dayboy42, looks like you definitely have some nice rims.