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Eagle Alloy wheel owners need question answered...
these rims pictured below are your 8 holes painted inside? trying to figure out if the idiot before me did this or it came that way?




 
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nope. when they get really bad though, the inside is black almost like its painted
 
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take a mother ball to it cleans it up some
 
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nope. when they get really bad though, the inside is black almost like its painted
ya these are not black there painted same color as the back of the wheel..


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take a mother ball to it cleans it up some
i took a cone pad and cutting compound thats when i found out it was painted
 
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you trying to rid of it? maybe some kind of paint remover
 
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you trying to rid of it? maybe some kind of paint remover
gonna 120 grit or 80 or 60 paddle wheel sand it off with air grinder.. its no match for me!
 
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Stone...i've seen both painted and unpainted Eagle hole 'lips'. My 058's on my chevy are painted a dark grey. An old female freind of mine had a bronco and it too had 058's on it but the lips are polished.
 
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interesting must be the year they where made... its coming off either way
 
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haha "hole lips", sounds familiar lol
 
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