My wheels are de-lacquering

[V8S]

Basically my 8-spokes are de-lacquering where water has found its way underneath and those parts now look milky, especially around the centre cap.

I do not want to have the wheels diamond cut / painted as they are in excellent condition (with a few scratches which I hope can be touched up somehow) and I like the original finish. I just want the lacquer stripped off and re-applied.

Does anyone know:

A) If this is possible?
B) Any companies in the south west who can do it?


Cheers.

[Wiz]

Water will always get in. Either strip them and keep polishing them or look at getting a shadow chrome paint finish applied.

Longers had his done and the dark chrome works well.

[Ragtop]

I had the same problem with mine. A few coats of Nitromors and a scrape with a plastic spatula and a nylon brush soon took the lacquer off. I left the tyres on. The black paint between the spokes was re-coated with Smoothrite and the job finished with a rub of Autosol to remove some small patches of surface corrosion. I was quite happy with the end result:



Regards,
Graham

[phillpot]

Looks good to me !
and all done for a few pounds rather than £50 + per wheel


But aren't these your wheels

Edited by phillpot on Thursday 19th November 20:52

[Ragtop]

phillpot said:

Looks good to me !
and all done for a few pounds rather than £50 + per wheel


But aren't these your wheels

Ah, yes, they are indeed. But in a parallel universe they look like this:



Graham

[Longers]

Wiz said:

Water will always get in. Either strip them and keep polishing them or look at getting a shadow chrome paint finish applied.

Longers had his done and the dark chrome works well.

When I looked into getting mine done none of the 5 or 6 places I spoke to would relacquer the wheels. If I'd insisted one said they'd do it but wouldn't provide me with a guarantee cos the original problems reoccur so often.

As said polishing by hand or painting is the way to be sure of maintaining a good finish

[steve j]

V8S said:

Basically my 8-spokes are de-lacquering where water has found its way underneath and those parts now look milky, especially around the centre cap.

I do not want to have the wheels diamond cut / painted as they are in excellent condition (with a few scratches which I hope can be touched up somehow) and I like the original finish. I just want the lacquer stripped off and re-applied.

Does anyone know:

A) If this is possible?
B) Any companies in the south west who can do it?


Cheers.

A before and after pic; now the moisture has got under your lacquer it`ll corrode the alloy turning it white and black. Then you`ll need a machine job especially if the corrosion is deep. Longers is bang on !!! his wheels look great.

[tinks v8S]

any 1 selling any need 1 good 1 but will buy 4 if need b