oxidizing aluminum rims HELP!!!!!!
you could do this yourself it will be rather time consooming i'd say goto the jy get yourself a set of rims so u can have somthing to drive around on until u get done with yours, i know there is a tread about it somwhere on here
Joined: Mar 2010
Posts: 33
From: Howell, MI
I actually re did my aluminum american racing rims on my truck before I sold it. It had the same type of corrision as your wheels.
What I did was:
Get a paint stripper, it saves you a heck of a lot of sanding..
Tape off the rims and use the paint stripper to remove the clear coat.
Then I put each wheel back on the hub so I could spin and sand at the same time to make sure I maintain a brushed aluminum look going all the same way.
Sandpaper wise you will want to start of coarse and move to a finer sand paper (I think I ended with about 240 or 320?) You do this so the coarser paper will remove the corrosion and then in order to get a "shine" you want fine scratches.
Then either rustoleum or krylon has a solid clear paint that will work good and put about 2-3 coats.
I did all four wheels in about 6 hours.
What I did was:
Get a paint stripper, it saves you a heck of a lot of sanding..
Tape off the rims and use the paint stripper to remove the clear coat.
Then I put each wheel back on the hub so I could spin and sand at the same time to make sure I maintain a brushed aluminum look going all the same way.
Sandpaper wise you will want to start of coarse and move to a finer sand paper (I think I ended with about 240 or 320?) You do this so the coarser paper will remove the corrosion and then in order to get a "shine" you want fine scratches.
Then either rustoleum or krylon has a solid clear paint that will work good and put about 2-3 coats.
I did all four wheels in about 6 hours.
There are also some wheel and tire shops that do this work for you.
I had that exact problem with the aluminum rims on a previous car. They took my rims, stripped the clearcoat, got rid of the corrosion, then re-cleared them. Some places might even have the same wheels in stock already repaired. In that case, they simply swap your corroded rims for the rims already done. And there's no waiting.
I had that exact problem with the aluminum rims on a previous car. They took my rims, stripped the clearcoat, got rid of the corrosion, then re-cleared them. Some places might even have the same wheels in stock already repaired. In that case, they simply swap your corroded rims for the rims already done. And there's no waiting.
hey brock, are yours like that because of the wheel weights? i know the wheel weights do it, but im not sure what else does.