I love wheel pants nothing looks better and you can see the airplanes attitude easier when in flight. I asked a wheel pants question a couple of days ago on this sight and got a great idea from one of the experienced guys. Get bigger wheels and cut out the wheel pants to fit. For example I have 3" wheels on my tiger II and used a .46 size pants on it. I take off from a paved runway but only land in the grass so I don’t bounce. Never had a problem in about 50 flights so far. To paint them I used automotive paint. I used a primer and then painted then with a couple of different colors. When it was all done I sprayed a couple of heavy gloss coats over it to help protect and harden it. Unfortunately I used Krylon thick gloss and boy am I sorry. It is not fuel proof but automotive gloss is so use that.