Spare tire - new rim?

[pa3500]

Bought a used 2011 3500HD. Got the spare tire off the other day, its pretty dry rotted so I am going to replace it. Would you guys replace the rim as well? See pictures. If I have issues on the road, I want to be able to get moving again.

[casey.mikl]

I wouldn’t replace it. It doesn’t look bad. Looks all surface to me. If you’d like, get a wire wheel and drill and go over the entire wheel. Clean it really good and hit it with some primer and paint to help protect it from rust. There doesn’t appear to be any large flaky rust or anything like that. My spare tire for my truck is in worse shape than that (but I don’t use it because my truck has 37 inch tall tires). If it was me, I would do as said and repaint it.


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