Cleaning my Rims

bolts · 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.

http://img708.imageshack.us/i/p3130351.jpg/
http://img214.imageshack.us/i/p3130350.jpg/

Does anyone know if i can get this stuff out???

cheers

Warfare · 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.

bolts · Posted: Sun Mar 14, 2010 7:31 pm Post subject:

damn....that's what i thought. oh well. it's not that bad really...guess i'll have to wait and buy some new ones down the track. cheers tho.

SiGO · Posted: Sun Mar 14, 2010 7:32 pm Post subject:

You could always check the cost to have it done professionally

FIRSTROUND · Posted: Sun Mar 14, 2010 7:56 pm Post subject:

Warefare is right, the damage is through the clearcoat. without stripping these and starting again they've had it

Stenz · 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.

Stenz

Warfare · Posted: Sun Mar 14, 2010 11:31 pm Post subject:

polish rim, paint spokes black, problem solvered

510ONE · Posted: Mon Mar 15, 2010 12:12 am Post subject:

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 Very Happy

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bolts · 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. Cool

oh and Stenz if you could take that pic (or describe what you did) that would be handy too

Stenz · 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.

Cheers stenz

bolts · Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2010 10:08 am Post subject:

wow that's a pretty sweet job you've done there mate. cheers for the info and pic posts of it too