Did you say these were off a grand Cherokee? I hope they are going back on a grand Cherokee because an XJ has a different lug pattern.

 

Some people hate white letter tires but my daughters wanted them faced out.
Cant argue with women.

They fit fine.

 

nice job!

 

Depends on the year IIRC.

 

I made that mistake once on my wife's grand.

 

Get them lightly sand (or bead) blasted. Paint the insides gloss black, Don't even have to mask off the top surface Just concentrate on the inside. Get a buffer, and starting with a course grit, buff the top surface out. Moving on to a fine grit. Buff to a nice shine. Then a coat of clear.

 

Had to be there.

 

I'm sorry, they do look nice. There are companies around that do that professionally also. So you saved yourself about $125 apiece. But the pic of you masking them off. Did crack me up. I plan on doing mine one of these days.

 

Masking them off saved me from meticulously wiping paint off of the polished areas so all I had to do was remove the tape and my work was done.
The polished areas have very fine machine marks that the paint Would lay in. Then I would have to use solvent to remove all the over spray and risk weakening or thinning the paint on my painted areas.
Yeah, more work but less hassle after painting....just remove tape and you're done so it's extra work taping off the areas or extra work cleaning overspray and getting solvent in your paint....I weighed the options and thought taping was the more common sense solution since it has served me well with other restoration/ painting projects....I don't know...maybe I'm weird spending an extra 20 minutes on each wheel.