The wheels got the wire wheel treatment too to remove the majority of the old paint to prep for paint. The plan was to go with the same paint scheme as stock: black with polished spoke faces and rim lips. i thought about going all black with only the spoke faces polished but I thought it would be too black and make the aluminum finish forks stand out too much.
Starting point
Wire wheel clean up
This masking took forever...
After paint
Masking removed
Time to slap these fresh Shinko rubbers on