Guess one of my purdy Limited wheels got the “cancer”….

[corneileous]

I’m assuming the only way to fix this is to have the wheel refinished and re-clearcoated?

 

[BWL]

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Yup. Just had mine recycled. Found a used set of sport wheels in good shape to replace them. Way cheaper if it's just 1 spot sanding and polishing will make it look a lot better. Mine were almost 50% covered with that. Prior to those I haven't had factory wheels corrode since the 80's. The sport and limited forged ones hold up a lot better.

 

[MADDOG]

I had the same problem with a set of OEM wheels on a Chrysler product. I ended up getting them blasted, cleaned and powdercoated.

 

[corneileous]

I had the same problem with a set of OEM wheels on a Chrysler product. I ended up getting them blasted, cleaned and powdercoated.

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I know it’ll probably vary state to state but what did that cost you?

 

[MADDOG]

Those are a 10-spoke, 8.5" x 20" forged aluminum wheel. Varying wheel dimensions and architecture would have an impact on price.

I believe I paid $500 to have the full set of 4 wheels done. That was a while ago and you are right...prices vary by location.

Given the inflation rate we have enjoyed since I got the work done, I suspect that the price of such a job might be approaching the cost of a new set of aftermarket wheels at this point in time.

 

[corneileous]

Yup. Just had mine recycled. Found a used set of sport wheels in good shape to replace them. Way cheaper if it's just 1 spot sanding and polishing will make it look a lot better. Mine were almost 50% covered with that. Prior to those I haven't had factory wheels corrode since the 80's. The sport and limited forged ones hold up a lot better.

You mean recycled, as in a recycling center where they melted them down? I don’t know if I’ll go that route, I’ll probably just stick them on Facebook marketplace and see if I can get some money out of them being that, that one wheel is the only bad one and it’s only bad in that one little spot. I’d like to use as much of their value as I can to go towards a new set of wheels.

 

[corneileous]

Those are a 10-spoke, 8.5" x 20" forged aluminum wheel. Varying wheel dimensions and architecture would have an impact on price.

I believe I paid $500 to have the full set of 4 wheels done. That was a while ago and you are right...prices vary by location.

Given the inflation rate we have enjoyed since I got the work done, I suspect that the price of such a job might be approaching the cost of a new set of aftermarket wheels at this point in time.

I don’t know, I’m gonna try to make a few phone calls tomorrow to see if there might be anybody somewhat local that could at least refinish that wheel so if I do get new ones, I can hopefully sell these.

 

[BWL]

You mean recycled, as in a recycling center where they melted them down? I don’t know if I’ll go that route, I’ll probably just stick them on Facebook marketplace and see if I can get some money out of them being that, that one wheel is the only bad one and it’s only bad in that one little spot. I’d like to use as much of their value as I can to go towards a new set of wheels.

Yeah, scrap aluminum, but all 4 were peeling and corroded all over. Kept the sensors that's it. Only 1 spot if you sand off the bad area and polish/blend into the clearcoat it'll be less noticeable. Just an outline of the clearcoated vs stripped area and a little colour difference depending on the polish job. Will need to be polished occasionally from that point on as without clearcout they'll tarnish

 

[chopperman1]

It's a chrome plated plastic wheel skin. You can take the old skin off and glue a new one back on. No need to replace the rim(s). Replacements available on eBay and several other locations.

 

[corneileous]

It's a chrome plated plastic wheel skin. You can take the old skin off and glue a new one back on. No need to replace the rim(s). Replacements available on eBay and several other locations.

Man, I wish it were that easy, but it’s not. These factory limited wheels are polished aluminum. The only plastic on these things is the charcoal gray-colored pyramid things that’s screwed on to the back of the wheel, right there on the end of all the spokes.

 

[Jeepwalker]

If you wanted to 'deal with it' ...you could have the tire dismounted, cut off the stem, remove the clear in that region (dremel?), then apply some evaporust or Rust Remover to that small portion of the wheel (around the valve stem) to eat away the corrosion. Then set off to re-polishing just the area around the valve stem with a dremmel tool. Daub or spray some clear on it afterwards.

Or take it to a wheel shop ...probably the easiest thing to do.

On a nice set of chrome wheels I have I put grease around the valve stems b/4 I put new valve stems in. Been 4 years ...So far so good.

 

[corneileous]

If you wanted to 'deal with it' ...you could have the tire dismounted, cut off the stem, remove the clear in that region (dremel?), then apply some evaporust or Rust Remover to that small portion of the wheel (around the valve stem) to eat away the corrosion. Then set off to re-polishing just the area around the valve stem with a dremmel tool. Daub or spray some clear on it afterwards.

Or take it to a wheel shop ...probably the easiest thing to do.

On a nice set of chrome wheels I have I put grease around the valve stems b/4 I put new valve stems in. Been 4 years ...So far so good.

Yeah, being that it’s in such a small spot and also due to the topographical design of the face of the wheel not being flat, before I commit to a new set of wheels, I may just do exactly that- take the wheel off, put my spare on for a couple days and see if I could just break down that one side of the tire myself and use the steps you were talking about and use one of those small spongy sanding blocks to try and do my own repair. Sounds to me like the hardest part would be making sure you didn’t sand the wheel incorrectly to where you start having flat spots or whatever.

But the only thing I’m worried about by doing this is I kinda don’t think these wheels are just simply clear coated polished aluminum. It’s almost like they have a slightly tinted dark color on them that was then polished and then clear coated because my wheels look like they have a little bit of a silver-ish tint to them so I’m afraid if I go sanding that off, what I’m gonna end up with is a shinier, more chrome-like appearance in that spot when the rest of the wheel has a little bit of a silver-ish tone.

But upon thinking of that, being that my wheels do have those little plastic painted inserts that are screwed to the wheel from the back side, I could always take one of those off and start doing basically the same thing to a spot that would be covered up to see what the results would be