how hard would it be to get these to look like new again? i can get them for a
good price, but i jsut want to know if it would be easy to clean up?

 

im thinking i will have to have them sandblasted to get the clearcoat off, then take a good aluminum polidh to them (i have some for my toolbox i got from lowes) with a buffer and then re-apply clearcoat once all polished up.....as far as the centercaps go, i take it that they are just chrome metal, i should be able to take a sos pad to them and some chrome polish....

 

Do the alcoas have a clear coat? if so then you would have to strip the clear coat off to get them clean. If not then here is a link that should help you.
https://www.ranger-forums.com/forum2...um-wheels.html

 

It looks like they are clearcoated, but i cant tell? anyone else with alcoas know?

 

I'm pretty sure they are clearcoated. Its not going to be cheap to get them sand blasted and have clear sprayed back on them unless you have some hook ups.

 

i have hook-ups!

my neighbor can sandblast them for me FREE! and i have a body man whom is best friends with my girlfriends dad, he can clearcoat them for me for CHEAP!

 

Well there you go. Sand blast, hit them with some 00 steel wool, megs aluminum polish and clearcoat

 

once your sand blast them them will be pitted. sometimes they can plastic bead them but even then it pits the aluminum. id say leave them alone.

 

i dk, i wnat them shiny again if i do get them, but i dnt want any major pits either, the only other thing i know is to use a good paint stripper and let it set....would that work, then follow the Hot-To directions on getting them shiny again...

 

I say Powdercoat them, get them PC black or DSG...I think that would look bad @ss in DSG!!

 

if i get them, i may look into that, but i dk anyone around here who powdercoats, that would prolly be $$$$$$$ though

 

We have a machine at work it's a soda blaster. basically shots baking soda out at high psi

It would clean them easily wouldn't shine them up either

 

TTT. I wouldnt mind knowing myself. lol

 

Those are fixable....just need to be sanded good and buffed and recleared!!

 

Wet sand off the clear. Random orbital polish with a fine compound. Buff out with RO. Reclear. PIMP.

 

When you get them cleaned up, find a tire shop that will use the glue on weights that go on the inside of the wheel to mount the tires. Those clamp on weights are murder.

 

This thread is old, I got some nice Alcoas that didn't need any fixing. BUT here lately, I've been wanting some MT classics....hmmm decisions

 

4 words, American Racing Baja Wheels!

 

don't you allready own a set of alcoas? why buy a second set? leave them for someone else who needs/wants them. or at least buy, refinish and resell to make a little profit.

 

This thread is before he bought his Alcoas that he has now.

 

oops, i didn't look at the dates. epic fail on my part.

 

How about Black Teflon Coating… Black is nice.

 

mmmmm.....mine MIGHT be fer sell!!!!

 

Sorry Dixie didn’t mean to bring back bad memories…

Aren’t Alcoa’s the same as MT’s ?

 

No. Alcoas have smaller holes and when you put on bigger tires it looks like pizza cutters, making it look dumb cuz its so skinny lol.