I used some rubbing compound. I was amazed how clean they came out.
I also did some measuring for rims/tires. There is 12" from the wheel lip to the wheel well. with 4.5" of that from the face of the drum to the wheel lip and 7.5 from the face of the drum to the wheel well. So an 8" rim with 5" backspacing will center the tire in the wheel well. Theres just enough room for a 10" wide tire but thats section width not tread width. I think a 255-60-15 is as big as I would go.
