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 Refinishing Factory Aluminum wheels
#778723
01/10/07 04:18 AM
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Joined: Jan 2007
Posts: 241
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Wheeler
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I've got a 1987 extra cab with factory aluminum wheel. Due to age and the fact we use a lot of road salt up in Canada the wheels have pitting and corrosion. What is the best to refinish them. I noticed there is a heavy plastic finish on them.
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Re: Refinishing Factory Aluminum wheels
[Re: canuck]
#778724
01/10/07 04:45 AM
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Joined: Feb 2006
Posts: 93
Getting the Wheeling Fever
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I have seen some guys use solvent to take off the clearcoat and sand the aluminum to a shine... looks good, LOTS of work. I would like to bead blast it and see what happens to mine.
AUSSiE
'88 4Runner
3.0, mod'd intake, dynomax exhaust, everything else stock.
Life will always go on....
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Re: Refinishing Factory Aluminum wheels
[Re: AUSSiE78]
#778725
01/10/07 05:01 AM
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Joined: Feb 2001
Posts: 3,935
Roll Me Over
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BoostedInline6 (Ken) has done this a couple of times now. Find some posts by him for his website and instructions.
Brian K. Gallus
I have nothing important to say.
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Re: Refinishing Factory Aluminum wheels
[Re: bkg]
#778726
01/10/07 05:13 AM
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Joined: Oct 2004
Posts: 1,270
Body Damage is Cool
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spray aircraft remover the remove clear coat, then sand, sand ,sand from course the very fine, then hit it with mother billet alum polsih they will look chrome but expect to spend at least 3 hours per rim
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