Cleaning white Spots off wheels
#1
#2
#3
#6
#7
#8
i have that crap on my rims and it's starting to annoy me. And the jack holes at the tire place when they re-mounted my tires and weights from fixing a leak, did a number on the rims and now i have that stuff all over.
from what i've heard you can clean up the metal and re-clear coat them. I haven't tried that though.
from what i've heard you can clean up the metal and re-clear coat them. I haven't tried that though.
#10
that makes sence zack, i am willing to bet they did that changing the tires, i forgot about that center cap on thoose wheels, yeah to fix that best bet is to replace them, im not really sure how you would repair them, or just deal with it, put a good sealent, and that might make it less noticeable
#13
Not really.
I just re-did a set of 16" OEM teardrop style wheels.
Remove the tires, sand off the oxidation (I used 220, then 400 grits), feather it out so it doesn't have a step that you can feel with a fingernail.
Paint them with your choice of Duplicolor Wheel paint (I used the lightest silver color) and clearcoat IAW the directions on the can (timing seems to matter).
I had read some threads about doing this and figured I'd give it a shot. I had the same type of corrosion, under the wheel weights, and pry marks for the center cap.
ONE CAN of color did all 4 wheels, and a can of clear (more coats for more depth).
You'll pay more for the dismount, re-mount and balance.
FWIW, I masked off the teardrop insets because they were pristine. Turns out, the color I picked was an exact match. In retrospect, I would have gone one shade darker, but not worth doing it over. I also just lightly scuffed the original paint with a Scotchbrite pad, only sanding to base metal to remove the oxidation and light pitting. NONE of that work showed through and I DIDN'T use a primer. They came out really nice for being 8 years old.
I literally spent more time masking the teardrop insets than I did on the sanding and painting. I could not have spent more than 3 hours total time on that project (tires were already off).
I just re-did a set of 16" OEM teardrop style wheels.
Remove the tires, sand off the oxidation (I used 220, then 400 grits), feather it out so it doesn't have a step that you can feel with a fingernail.
Paint them with your choice of Duplicolor Wheel paint (I used the lightest silver color) and clearcoat IAW the directions on the can (timing seems to matter).
I had read some threads about doing this and figured I'd give it a shot. I had the same type of corrosion, under the wheel weights, and pry marks for the center cap.
ONE CAN of color did all 4 wheels, and a can of clear (more coats for more depth).
You'll pay more for the dismount, re-mount and balance.
FWIW, I masked off the teardrop insets because they were pristine. Turns out, the color I picked was an exact match. In retrospect, I would have gone one shade darker, but not worth doing it over. I also just lightly scuffed the original paint with a Scotchbrite pad, only sanding to base metal to remove the oxidation and light pitting. NONE of that work showed through and I DIDN'T use a primer. They came out really nice for being 8 years old.
I literally spent more time masking the teardrop insets than I did on the sanding and painting. I could not have spent more than 3 hours total time on that project (tires were already off).
#17
i know im diign upp one of my OLD threads but i got new wheels off of an 03 fx4 and ONE wheel has simmilar marks around the center cap it was the clearcoat coming up so i scraped off all of the clear with a razor blade where it was flakey now what can i do to make it less noticable since its like black under neath
#18
i know im diign upp one of my OLD threads but i got new wheels off of an 03 fx4 and ONE wheel has simmilar marks around the center cap it was the clearcoat coming up so i scraped off all of the clear with a razor blade where it was flakey now what can i do to make it less noticable since its like black under neath
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
ranger4.0
General Ford Ranger Discussion
21
08-30-2010 05:41 PM
malydeen
OLD - Interior, Exterior, Electrical, & Misc.
1
04-21-2009 02:27 PM