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Any ideas for a quick fix for corroded aluminum ally wheels? There's a lot of you tube videos some seem pretty simple, others requiring lots of work money and special equipment.
Although you can, and will, read comments to the contrary I just remove it with a wire brush Dremel attachment and it goes away for a very long time. Fill with Holts Knifing Putty (fine, slower drying body filler) and sand next morning.
Not sure which wheels you have so add a picture or let me know and I can probably suggest aerosol paint which will match closely enough. If you have three part BBS split rims I have plenty of suggestions for those too!!
Just to be clear, see the post "Alloy wheel Silver Touch Up paint arrived today" on the XK 150 forum. Would strongly advise against using the little bottles with brushes since the blobby results can look worse than the kerbing although on a very hot day it is quite good for filling single pits in wheelpaint because you can scrape the excess off with a thumbnail/creditcard!
Am currently working outside on a Triton sorting kerbing; Wish they had less spokes; Mercury must be the worst to work on!!
Mike.
Last edited by mikefarnham; 02-28-2017 at 08:57 AM.
First suggestion, get rid of those lugnuts and go to one piece. That will improve the looks by a mile. I have to get two wheels repaired and refinished tomorrow. Seems that some welding truck dropped a 5 inch angle iron off the truck and got both my wheels on the passenger side plus another car behind me. Touch up paint won't help. These are being remanufactured, balanced, painted and clear coated.
They look like Libra wheels. I would start by cleaning them with a little petrol just to see what really needs doing; a few more pictures would help and could then advise better.
Shame about yours David - there's truck drivers for you! Coincidentally, I have a refurbed one in my garage no one in UK wants!!
Still out in the garden today working on a Triton for a friend and one of my X Type Proteus wheels - love those fake bolts when they corrode and flake.
Shame about yours David - there's truck drivers for you! Coincidentally, I have a refurbed one in my garage no one in UK wants!!
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Mike, the shop said they wouldn't try to repair these wheels. They ordered two from Miami. They'll be on the car Friday. There were several cracks that the xray read that went all the way through in several places. They said that makes them very dangerous. I can understand that.
Pete, I don't know how much you want to spend on this job, but there are wheel companies who dip the wheel, clean it, and repaint it like new. If you get on with repairing the wheels in the photo, it shouldn't be too difficult either. clean, sand with 1-3000 wet paper, prime, paint, clear coat and your are done. The square inches on a wheel is pretty low so not much paint required. Since I am getting 2 new wheels, I cleaned up the other three. Not too hard a job.
Last edited by davidladewig; 03-01-2017 at 08:28 PM.
The wheels are in pretty good shape comparatively.
Just clean them up, fill any significant depressions with knifing putty (the less the better to reduce sanding) and wait a day before lightly sanding the filler. Spray silver over your filled sanded areas to check all is level and repeat if necessary. Then to ensure the new silver paint adheres lightly sand VERY LIGHTLY with very fine paper or, I use a green kitchen scourer. If sanding is leaving noticeable scratches that is much too hard you just need the faintest of swirls to get a key. Before spraying clean again with proprietary paint cleaning cloths or I have never had any problem just wiping with a cloth dampened with petrol. Then spray silver. If you are doing all four it does not matter too much which silver. Try Simoniz Wheel Spray Paint 500ml - Silver if available to you (not the steel wheel one which is darker). A couple of light coats will be fine. I am trying a new clear lacquer: E Tech Alloy Wheel Lacquer - has great reviews. I find three coats of a couple of passes each is about right. You need to be about a foot away when the can is full decreasing to about four inches near empty. A hot day is best as runs are less likely. Do all paint same morning/afternoon as some lacquer wrinkles if applied next day. Cannot wait to see your results!
Thanks for all the sound advice. I get to it as soon as the weather settles down. Here in Maryland, USA we had a high of 77 yesterday and today it's down to 50 w/snow Fri!
Anyway, a couple of shows coming up soon and I'd like to enter my baby. Car's in pretty decent shape no dings or scraps. Interior is excellent, most people who don't know much about Jags think it's brand new. One woman even thought it was a Bentley!
No problem.
Sunny and cold here too.
Been out in the garden again working on the wheels; very chilly.
One Proteus has a couple of small crinkles from the lacquer problem I mentioned but nearly sorted. Currently drying in the airing cupboard, not sure if you have those in The States. Nowhere better to dry painted wheels than in the back of the X Type estate parked in the sun on a hot day. Roll on summer!
I don't know about anybody else, but those wheels sure must suck to keep clean! 15 spokes and 15 little pockets for the brake dust to gather in. Yuck!
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