Wheel Restoration

NYSpeed Automotive
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I finally found and purchased a set of wheels I’ve been looking for, for quite some time.

The only problem is that they are a little oxidized and a little pitted. Now I know I’m going to have to take many steps in sanding them down to get them back smooth, but I was just curious if you guys have any tips.

I’m not sure on what type of products to use or where to even buy them.

I also will be needing new nuts and bolts to hold the wheels together, and was wondering if anyone sell anodized sets.

Any tips or suggestions? Here is the worse areas on the set of wheels. The rear are deffinity the worse.

Rears

http://i283.photobucket.com/albums/kk320/ultradriver10000/Toys/DSC_0027.jpg
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http://i283.photobucket.com/albums/kk320/ultradriver10000/Toys/DSC_0028.jpg
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Fronts

http://i283.photobucket.com/albums/kk320/ultradriver10000/Toys/DSC_0029.jpg
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http://i283.photobucket.com/albums/kk320/ultradriver10000/Toys/DSC_0030.jpg
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i did my bros wheels awhile back when his ccw’s got quite a few pits in them. the only success i had was wetsanding them first then proceed to buff your ass off after. but i have to admit they looked better than they did before brand new.

edit: i started out with wetsanding from 1000 all the way up to 2000. then buffed my arse off with mothers mag aluminum polish. that powerball they make really works wonders too, i was impressed

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rubbing compound will get alot of that off, then buff it to get any scratchs out…

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wet sanding intill you have no finger prints left.
I went 320 ( BAD spots )
600
1000
1500
and mothers power ball mini with mag polish
I don’t have any before pictures
After
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t4/87conquestTSi/DSC01113.jpg

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jesus those CCW’s are beat

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They look clearcoated to me which sucks if they are. If thats the case your better off getting them soda/sandblasted so you can start fresh or just fork out the cash to have them professionally restored. Took me 10-15hrs. each wheel to restore my 2 sets.
For the bolts, either order them from ccw or online. From the pics they just like cheap ass generic hardware tho so you could probably get something identical from hectors.
Heres a few before/after of the one set I did.

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a364/superium/RaysPaytonPlaceResto/IMG_2039.jpg
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http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a364/superium/RaysPaytonPlaceResto/IMG_2022.jpg
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Are those Classics? If so just call John, he offers refinishing at an extremely reasonable price. Or, honestly, last time I redid a set of mine I just spent many hours drinking beer with brent_strong and some mothers compound polishing them out.

http://www.mturck.com/944/CCW.jpg

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They are actually a set of Kodiaks

18x10.5 fronts 18x12.5 rears. :slight_smile:

http://www.kodiakracingwheels.com/images/porschert.jpg
porschert.jpg1279×505

http://www.kodiakracingwheels.com/images/frontangle.jpg

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wow nice buy on wheels…i havent seen a set of those around at all

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Nice job. I need to do this to my Magnum 500’s, they’re pitted and actually have some rust spots in the crevices. :meh: Any tips for chrome?

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They are pretty rare, especially rare to find in a size and offset that I want.

I’ve used steel wool lightly to clean up rust on chrome rims before. My uncle had some acid based wash that really cleaned up chrome but I’m not sure what it was.

I’m thinking about sanding these and having them anodized black. What do you guys think about that? Should I just keep them polished? Humm

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Good thread! I got some chrome wheels that are slightly pitted and oxidized as well and have been trying to decide what to do about it :feck:

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I’ll have to look into that. The rust is in deep on some of the crevices and you can’t get wool in there effectively.

I think the wheels look great minus black anodizing.

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What are you gonna do to the centers?

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Haven’t figured it out yet exactly what I want to do.

I though about anodizing the centers black and the lip & barrel red. Also thought about doing the centers in olive, with polished lip & barrel.

I’m going to start wet sanding them this weekend and then polishing them to see how they come out first. Then I’ll go from there.

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Yeah, def do the shit work first, then when you decide what you wanna do with the centers, you can just slap em together.

I can prob get a sweet price on anodizing for you…

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Humm very interested, maybe I’ll just have them shipped to you to get done…

What color combos do you think would be cool?

Black centers olive barrels? Ugh so many choices haha

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Black w/ olive would be hot, but IDK if i could get OLIVE done.

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Yah that might just need to be paint.

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IDK how olive would look with red though.

That’s on the borderline of being Chris Cringle’s weekend sleigh.