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The problem with the pour method for 16" wheels is that the spoke petals sit much higher than the paint line for the lip. If you pour paint to the normal paint line, the paint doesn't extend far enough up the sides of the petals. If you pour enough to make the petals look right, you are covering a lot more of the lip than is normal. In fact, on the 16x6 wheels the paint line is recessed below the spoke recesses, the entire flat part of the lip would be painted. Would make for a huge black border.
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