Jim -
I just refinished my 74's steel wheels. They had several coats of paint,
some over heavy rust. In my case I'm lucky to have a sandblast/glass bead
cabinet next door and I sandblasted them down to bare metal. I painted them
with a couple coats of etching primer and then 3 coats of Eastwood's Argent
Silver wheel paint. I lightly sanded the center caps and painted them the
same along with adding new decals. I'm very happy with the results. Another
way to go is to find a powder coating place nearby. They will sandblast and
then coat the wheels with a color and usually clear after that. As far as
the trim rings, I took steel wool to mine and they cleaned up pretty nicely,
a new set is around $100. What I DO need to buy is a set of chrome lug nuts
as mine are all in relatively bad shape. For now I wire-brushed them off and
covered the rust with silver paint.
Gary R.
74 TR6
Woodbury, CT
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-6pack@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-6pack@autox.team.net] On
> Behalf Of jserignese@notes.cc.sunysb.edu
> Sent: Monday, October 06, 2003 9:43 AM
> To: 6pack@autox.team.net
> Subject: Rusted Wheels
>
> List;
>
> After the discussion last week about replacing tires, I decided my 20 year
> olds had to go. As the rims are old and rusty, it's time for a complete
> wheel overhaul. Can anyone share the best rust removing and recoating
> process/products to get the wheels looking right for the new tires? Trim
> rings and hub trim are pretty sad as well. Can they be revived? Any advise
> would be appreciated before I go out there and sand/brush and grind too
> much away.
>
> Thanks,
> Jim / 74.5
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