are they glued on there ![Head Scratch :headscratch:](https://board.marlincrawler.com/Smileys/marlin/headscratch.gif)
welded assembly, very stout! as far as tire bead protection goes! They were all rock rashed when I got them from my buddy, so I cleaned them up with a flapper disc and buffed them down some more with a scuff pad on a die grinder. The whole reason why I was painting them in the first place.
![Gap :gap:](https://board.marlincrawler.com/Smileys/marlin/gap.gif)