Paint my wheels

Mikkels · Post by **Mikkels** » Tue Mar 22, 2005 5:47 pm

I have purchased some M style wheels for my 1990 from Trade me and have had
the polished. They look superb but before I put them on the car I need to
have the wheels lacquered.

Who in Auckland should I go to? Somewhere near to Remuera would be good.

Cheers

Don

peter · Post by **peter** » Tue Mar 22, 2005 7:06 pm

Hi Don
I'd avoid getting the wheels lacquered - I got polished aluminum ones years ago and found that an annual polish keeps them looking smart, I got professional advice from my panelbeater who stated that lacquer is bloody hard to remove and reapply if it gets scratched!

Peter

DRGN1

EricW · Post by **EricW** » Tue Mar 22, 2005 8:15 pm

I'll second that, I had laquered wheels on a Holden I had a few years ago,
looked great when I got the car, but a year later they looked just awful, and
almost impossible to do anything about it

Eric

poison · Post by **poison** » Tue Mar 22, 2005 8:41 pm

How about clear powder coat??? Hard as nails, I have no experience with this
on wheels but just chucking in an idea...

Depending on the design/shape of the wheel, and annual polish may turn out to
be a major amount of work...

Gazza
"PO1SON"

Mikkels · Post by **Mikkels** » Tue Mar 22, 2005 9:06 pm

OK so the thing I'm trying to prevent is oxidation and
pitting caused by water sitting on the alloy surface.

I'm Ok about giving the wheels a bit of a polish every three
months or so as long as I can get those marks off with metal
polish.

What do they do with those flash new polished wheels you can
buy? I thought that they must be protected in some way.

Could I use Silicone spray to protect them?

Don

Mike Jolley · Post by **Mike Jolley** » Wed Mar 23, 2005 6:59 am

clear lacquer, mike

Mike Jolley · Post by **Mike Jolley** » Wed Mar 23, 2005 7:01 am

traffic getting bad by avondale racecourse everymorning???good to see your
tops always down.,mike

A Carpenter · Post by **A Carpenter** » Thu Jun 23, 2005 9:32 am

you can put wax on wheels to help protect them
regards
Drina

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