Went to the junkyard over the weekend to get some winter wheels for my Grand Marquis. Being a 2000, it has the "RWD Offset" style wheels - low backspace. Even my 16'' factory Jeep wheels won't work because they have too much backspace!
The only matching set of wheels I could find was from two Rangers and an Explorer Sport Trac. This style wheel:clicky The only difference between the Ranger and Sport Trac wheels are the Ranger wheels have some gray paint on the spokes.
The Ranger wheels are corroded around the stud holes, but the finish on the sport trac wheel is done. That turned out to be the easiest, with the clearcoat almost completely gone, I was ableto sand it and get it looking pretty good with some 140 grit sand paper! This one is almost ready for paint.
How should I remove the clear coat from the Ranger wheels? They're corroded some and I'll get a little off, but I won't be able to remove all of the clear easily. I'm okay with sanding to scratch it up enough to take a primer, but worried about peeling in the future.
The only matching set of wheels I could find was from two Rangers and an Explorer Sport Trac. This style wheel:clicky The only difference between the Ranger and Sport Trac wheels are the Ranger wheels have some gray paint on the spokes.
The Ranger wheels are corroded around the stud holes, but the finish on the sport trac wheel is done. That turned out to be the easiest, with the clearcoat almost completely gone, I was ableto sand it and get it looking pretty good with some 140 grit sand paper! This one is almost ready for paint.
How should I remove the clear coat from the Ranger wheels? They're corroded some and I'll get a little off, but I won't be able to remove all of the clear easily. I'm okay with sanding to scratch it up enough to take a primer, but worried about peeling in the future.