Quote Originally Posted by davido
I must be missing something. Why bother? Just rough them up with a scotch pad or wire brush and cake on the Rustoleum. If you strip them down I think you're just going to have more rust issues in the future. I'm not positive that you're talking about H1 wheels, but it also probably doesn't matter. I've never had to repaint mine and they still look pretty good. No rust. I probably did 2 or 3 thick coats. Sucks that you've already wasted that money.

i stripped mine originally so i could weld on them. if you are going to recenter and add rock rings, the paint definately needs to come off. if you plan on putting a powder coat or good looking paint finish on them, they need to be stripped. the black paint on mine was so thick and runny, it looked like dried tar.

if your not going to weld on them, lets be honest here, they dont need to look good to go on pigpen.