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Post by alwaysstuck on Apr 11, 2005 17:46:58 GMT -3
Hi, have polished aluminum rims on both my truck and jeep that look terrible, like brake dust staining beyond what mothers or quicksilver will fix.
Anyone ever try to sand blast/ bead blast than clear coat rims? worth the hassle, how'd they look?
Anything that I can spray on and power wash that stuff off?
Anyone know of any detail shops that have something down for cleaning these or is it cheaper/easier to buy new ones?
Thanks,
Mike
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Post by slab42 on Apr 11, 2005 21:30:00 GMT -3
never tried that, but I know that if you use a good polish, like noxon instead of just washing them, it keeps the brake dust from building up as much. also, clean them more often, and you will not have a problem. HTH  |
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Post by chrometj on Apr 11, 2005 22:14:45 GMT -3
paint em black if you hate it! or just keep up with em, ince to have black wheels instead of aluminum now
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Post by jps4jeep on Apr 12, 2005 9:25:23 GMT -3
I used mothers and I used buffing wheels at the end of a drill! usually got most of the oxidation off. media blasting and a complete new polish job would probably be best followed by a coat or two of clear, but that will cost more than new rims, so...
Media blast and paint black like mike said, cheap, easy, and if they get crappy again or scratched, nothing a little paint couldn't fix!
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Post by 1BadTJ on Apr 12, 2005 21:22:06 GMT -3
i get a big, cheap bottle of wheel cleaner and a scrubby pad. clean the crap out of the rims and polish the heck out of em with Mothers Polish.
a guy on Jeepforum.com painted his polished aluminum wheels black a while ago.... i've been meaning to find out his results after a couple weeks.
seems to me it would be a PITA to repaint wheels all the time and i dont think the paint will stick to the wheel very well at all.....no matter how much prep is involved.
now..... you can usually get black rockcrawler wheels for free when you order tires online, Tires,Wheels, mount and balance for about the same price as just tires locally.
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Post by 97Sahara on Apr 12, 2005 22:11:14 GMT -3
my american racing wheels pitted really bad after a couple months and i was told to use soft scrub cleaner. worked for me!
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Post by jps4jeep on Apr 13, 2005 9:26:38 GMT -3
seems to me it would be a PITA to repaint wheels all the time and i dont think the paint will stick to the wheel very well at all.....no matter how much prep is involved. Media blasting, or a nice scratch job with some 3m would be the first step to painting (about 10 min required for all four rims) Wipe the rim down with a cotton, low lint towel and some paint prep cleaner Then If you use a quality self-etching primer from a reliable company like dupli-color, spray on, but the time you finish painting the last one, the first one you painted should be dried and ready for paint. Pickup some wheel paint (there are paints specifically designed for aluminum wheels) again made by dupli-color, and paint away, should get a nice even finish that will be very durable, and it should not flake! the quality of a paint job, whether professional, or spray can all relys in the prep and primer work! If you simply spray some krylon on ther, it is gonna flake like crazy! |
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