Joined: 10 Mar 2010 Posts: 16 Location: Adelaide, Ea$t $ide
Posted: Sun Mar 14, 2010 11:25 am Post subject: Cleaning my Rims
Hi all,
Ok so when i got the car it came with these rims stock. I love them, but the only thing is there is a sh!tload of oxidisation on them (especially the back two). I used some Turtle Wax chrome and polish but it didn't do anything.
Some of my mates reckon it will come out, some think it's caked in there for good. Pictures attached.
Joined: 12 May 2008 Posts: 2211 Location: Southside, Adelaide
Posted: Sun Mar 14, 2010 5:43 pm Post subject:
I hate cleaning rims, it sucks, especially mine which have a coloured ring behind the spokes. rage. as for your rims, they look like they need a complete do-over, either sand, prime and paint, or replate, or something. They're thrashed, sorry to say.
Joined: 09 Mar 2009 Posts: 45 Location: Toowoomba Queensland
Posted: Sun Mar 14, 2010 9:31 pm Post subject:
But what you can do is machine the clear coat off the lip and just polish it up I did this to the gf's Capri rims they had gone like yours. They came up pretty well I'll take a photo tomorrow and post a picture. I don't know how you would go about the spokes though but just a bit of idea for you I guess.
mate wheel repair shops will prob charge about $80 per wheel and sort it all out. so less then 400 you can do that or pay 1500 for different wheels. id just get it done ay. then the $1100 id chuck into the engine _________________
Joined: 10 Mar 2010 Posts: 16 Location: Adelaide, Ea$t $ide
Posted: Mon Mar 15, 2010 8:33 am Post subject:
yeah $80 per wheel sounds alright actually. cheers for that 510ONE. although I do think at some point down the track i may get new rims. I've always had a soft spot for black rims. especially on darker coloured cars.
oh and Stenz if you could take that pic (or describe what you did) that would be handy too
Joined: 09 Mar 2009 Posts: 45 Location: Toowoomba Queensland
Posted: Mon Mar 15, 2010 6:47 pm Post subject:
Hey,
ok what I did was I have a friend at work who is a fitter and I got him to machine the clear off the rim and tidy up the gutter rash with a lathe. After this I used various grades of wet and dry sand paper then after sanding to a smooth finish I just wacked a polish bit thingy in the drill that I got from mitre 10 and some metal polish. Then after that I just hit it with another polish bit and some wax. Then I just 2pak sprayed the centres and then cleared the centre but not the lip. So a little bit of wax or polish on the lip every couple of months and they stay shiney. So yeah you could machine your lip/dish and paint your centres what ever colour you want.
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