Rim Damage - Any suggestions
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Rim Damage - Any suggestions
My caliper is messed up in the front and wore the inside brake pad down pre-maturely to the metal. Drove on that for some time last year and my front rim rusted. Pretty much the extremely hot metal brake dust melted into the clear coat and it now appears as rust (before it just looked like brake dust I couldnt get clean).
So far Ive tried:
Wheel Cleaner
Soap and scrubbing
Cleaner wax
Attempted to clay bar lol
Simple Green
and various mixes of the above chemicals with vigorous scrubbing.
It has minimally helped but wheel still looks horrible. I haven't had the nuts to try tire acid or an acid based chemical.
I figure I would seek advice at this point, what do you guys recommend?
So far Ive tried:
Wheel Cleaner
Soap and scrubbing
Cleaner wax
Attempted to clay bar lol
Simple Green
and various mixes of the above chemicals with vigorous scrubbing.
It has minimally helped but wheel still looks horrible. I haven't had the nuts to try tire acid or an acid based chemical.
I figure I would seek advice at this point, what do you guys recommend?
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Yes sir.
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Sorry, my 2G iphone camera isnt the best but it gives the general idea of whats going on. My rim was actually COMPLETELY rusted at one point, this was after a ton of simple green and generous scrubbing, this is the remnants I cannot get off.
Like I mentioned, I plan to strip down and powdercoat all the wheels over the winter anyways. I just hate how this one wheel looks even though its temporary.
Like I mentioned, I plan to strip down and powdercoat all the wheels over the winter anyways. I just hate how this one wheel looks even though its temporary.
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The rust is actually metal shavings that burnt into the clear coat of the rim (hence why only one rim is damaged).
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just use wheel acid i work in a detail shop use wheel acid and lighty use 0000# steel wool dont press to hard or u will kill ur clear coat or spray acid on it then pressure wash it off
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OK, fair enough. Filed under Shiite happens.
So, it would seem your clear coat is toast and possibly the underlying paint as well. Therefore even cutting compound will have to go to bare metal - which is actually a good look, provided it's consistent on all four rims. But as this happened on only one rim my original opinion stands. Take it to a Pro and have them take it down to bare alloy (shot blast), repaint and reclear.
So, it would seem your clear coat is toast and possibly the underlying paint as well. Therefore even cutting compound will have to go to bare metal - which is actually a good look, provided it's consistent on all four rims. But as this happened on only one rim my original opinion stands. Take it to a Pro and have them take it down to bare alloy (shot blast), repaint and reclear.
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OK, fair enough. Filed under Shiite happens.
So, it would seem your clear coat is toast and possibly the underlying paint as well. Therefore even cutting compound will have to go to bare metal - which is actually a good look, provided it's consistent on all four rims. But as this happened on only one rim my original opinion stands. Take it to a Pro and have them take it down to bare alloy (shot blast), repaint and reclear.
So, it would seem your clear coat is toast and possibly the underlying paint as well. Therefore even cutting compound will have to go to bare metal - which is actually a good look, provided it's consistent on all four rims. But as this happened on only one rim my original opinion stands. Take it to a Pro and have them take it down to bare alloy (shot blast), repaint and reclear.
Its not terrible, I got it to the point where its somewhat not noticable but I notice it
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Just wanted to check in to see if there was an easy fix so I dont have to run my beautiful 8 on a rust rim for another 2 months
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have you tried mineral spirits? you can pic up a small 1qt bottle from walmart for about $5 and use an old toothbrush. I don't think its strong enough to strip clear. Worth a shot. Test it in a small area before douching the whole wheel.
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