okay attached i have a photo of one of my rims. While i was scrubbing them down one day i notice the goldish/brassy part flaked off in a few spots and underneath it was chrome. Is there anyway to remove the gold part to have solid chrome rims?

Thanks

 

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dang i havent seen a set of that style in forever, kinda like them on some cars and on others they are blah

anyway, where the gold is flaking what color show up behind it?? a chrome or a dull metal

 

its not terribbly dull but its definitely not shiny or anything.. kinda midrange-ish... Yeah the rims are different and i've only ever seen one other set and that was in a picture. They are bad they definitely beat the stock Sport Coupe rims

 

yea, lol i had 2 sets of aftermarket wheels on mine, and was just dieing to get the stock 5 spokes back on.........and i did lol

but yea if i had that sleel ugly SC wheel as a stocker i would have to have a set of chrome wheels, 15" to IMO big wheels dont go on old cars, no more than 18

anyway back to your problem, try to polish the area where it flaked, now this may remove more gold, so you may want to be carfull, but if the color under polishes then maybe some aircraft striper will take off the gold and then polish what you got, but before i did that i would like to see someone second my idea, im not to sure of paint striper on chrome

another idea

i seen it and and it has a cool look, but take and sand that gold to get rid of the flaking, cover up all the chrome and paint the gold part black....it actually looks good, especialy with some chrome lug nuts and chrome hub cover (on center caps what ever you want to call them)

 

Would i be better off finding someone that knows how to powdercoat? or just your standard base coat clear coat?

Once i get some more funds i plan on running some 17x8 in the front and 17x9.5 in the back should look good with the 1.5" drop from the tokico springs im getting.. But i got other things to worry about before i go buying new rims lol.. these get me by

 

man honnestly, find a freind that can paint good with a rattle can and use the engine paint, if you go with black then use the gloss black engine paint, i have used it on stuff and people think its sprayed by a shop.....i wish i could find the pic of the bullet hole wheels that were painted like i said....but i cant find it....like i siad it looks real good with a set of chrome hub covers and chrome lug nuts...i like that look with the outside of the wheel chrome and the inside balck with chrome hubs and lugs

as for the striping the gold off and just polishing the wheels out i dont know how well that would work, like i said i would like to see someone second my idea on that

there is an engine gold, but it wouldnt look as good as that gold and the pain in the but to cover each black rivit would not be worth it

if it were mine, id do the black suggestion thats just my its your car do what you want
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ohh yea i think that gold is a transparent gold that was sprayed over the chrome

 

I'm pretty talented with spray bombs.. air compressor went out so i havent been able to paint with it in awhile and for minor projects i use spray bombs. (xbox 360 controllers... and some random things) i might give it a shot.. i need new lug nuts anyway lol.. only thing i need to do is find some nice chrome center caps.. we'll see tho lol.. thanks for all your help bro its much appreciated

 

spray bomb thay are fun to throw in fires......im sure you know but make sure to prep that area good, spend the extra time to do it and do it right, even if you can only do 1 wheel at a time, dont rush it, you may also want to prime before you paint

anyway chrome center caps i have seen at pep boys, if not EBAY!!!!!!!!!

chrome lug nuts are at any auto store

but you may check ebay for a chrome center cap and lug nut package save you some all important green backs

 

well i got lock nuts on there right now but they r terribly rusted lol.. so is the area where the center caps go.. i can clean it up.. it just needs some time.. well alot of time and alot of patience lol.. Right now im prepping my dash pad to wrap it in vinyl

 

i seen the post about that, i was going to have a upoulstry guy do that for me a few years ago but i fired him, so im sure he wouldnt want to help anymore i will just buy a good used one for 100-150 one day, i got a dash mat for now

post up your pics of your dash on a new post when you are done
PM pics of the wheels also when you finish

happy sailing

 

lol i remember thinking about making a post but i dont remember making the post oh well haha.. It's cracked pretty bad so i got some vinyl filler and plastic bonding agent to help fill and flatten the cracks. I'll rough it up a hair for the 3M super 77 to get a good grip and lay the vinyl on it stretch it on tight and use a little hit on it to help smooth it out.. im gonna end up cutting the speaker grills out and fabbing something up so hopefully that goes okay...

Back to the wheels

Yeah i'll prolly buy some Dupli Color spray bomb since thats readily available unless the local DuPont store has some gloss black spray bombs in stock.. then i might grab some high quality 2k clear to throw on top