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oxidizing and peeling clear coat on painted and chrome mag wheels

This pic shows a few chips and scratches, I located a chip that had a lifting edge, and used a razor blade to lift it up and brake / cut it off, than cleaned around the hole with the tip of the razor blade, and washed with thinners and warm air dried, at this point no sanding really required...
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- Post #16
- Sep 4, 2016
- Forum: The Garage
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oxidizing and peeling clear coat on painted and chrome mag wheels

Yes Sir, NuFinish, once a year, orange bottle, white cap, black writing, a long time back I got it on special for $9, $12, $15 but usually around $18 to $21 a bottle, super cheap, autobahn, we have K-mart here, but I have never seen or looked there, please post some pics of the wheels, or...
- ino uno soweno
- Post #15
- Sep 2, 2016
- Forum: The Garage
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oxidizing and peeling clear coat on painted and chrome mag wheels

Sorry, please note on the face of the gold mag above, the edge around the chrome rim is or was a sort of silver with some gutter rash, I spoke to the owner and suggested a 5mm gold pin strip, he said to do what I think looks best, I think it best to check with his wife too, ha. other options...
- ino uno soweno
- Post #13
- Sep 2, 2016
- Forum: The Garage
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Ways to smooth bumpy rides?

Just guessing, but, check your current tire pressure, Check the recommended tire pressure, and begin dropping that pressure by say 2psi, and test drive, drop another 2psi and test drive again, and so on. perhaps you will find a happy medium, I would not drop 8psi overall, if not, buy the caddy...
- ino uno soweno
- Post #5
- Sep 1, 2016
- Forum: The Garage
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oxidizing and peeling clear coat on painted and chrome mag wheels

I buffed the gold paint with a small compressed wool bit that I ground a bit smaller, using 12,000 grit swirl remover, which came up pretty good, few chips, red circles. Which I will touch up later with an artist brush, please note, the gold and chrome mag is fairly old, lead weights on the...
- ino uno soweno
- Post #12
- Aug 31, 2016
- Forum: The Garage
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Had tires rotated and now steering wheel is off center ?

I was only guessing, thanks for the update.
- ino uno soweno
- Post #6
- Aug 31, 2016
- Forum: The Garage
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Had tires rotated and now steering wheel is off center ?

Try changing them back and see what happens,??. my line of thought is your AWD is independent rear axle, and I am guessing this is not the first rotation on this car, and I am also guessing you may have perhaps over 200,000k, leading me to further guess and say that your independent rear end...
- ino uno soweno
- Post #3
- Aug 31, 2016
- Forum: The Garage
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oxidizing and peeling clear coat on painted and chrome mag wheels

Ok, lost this post last night due to late night fatigue, so let’s do it again, arrr, please note the above 3 silver mags, mag on the left, and focus between the tire bead seats, where the tire seats, before I filled and painted under where the tire is mounted, there was a few scratches from a...
- ino uno soweno
- Post #11
- Aug 30, 2016
- Forum: The Garage
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oxidizing and peeling clear coat on painted and chrome mag wheels

My apologies Sontakke, I meant this message to be in front of my last post. Copy and paste mistake, Thanks Sontakke, I will do my best. 10/4 on the pics,, One more black chrome painted mag pic, in the sun this time, if any of the edges of the rims sitting on the blue sheet look deformed...
- ino uno soweno
- Post #10
- Aug 29, 2016
- Forum: The Garage
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oxidizing and peeling clear coat on painted and chrome mag wheels

Next nu-finish applied to new “painted” black chrome alloy light weight rims, $365 off ebay and my method of applying multi coats on any new mags without tires, , (or restored or repainted wheels with or without tires,), again trial and error, wins and I would not try it any faster, yet...
- ino uno soweno
- Post #9
- Aug 27, 2016
- Forum: The Garage
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oxidizing and peeling clear coat on painted and chrome mag wheels

This set of mags was polished quick by hand with brasso, ( please note, not the polishing tools shown above and used on the above set of mags ) please note and painted white and coated with nu-finish described in this thread, titled, “oxidizing and flaking clear coat solution”, picture post...
- ino uno soweno
- Post #8
- Aug 27, 2016
- Forum: The Garage
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oxidizing and peeling clear coat on painted and chrome mag wheels

Above pic shows, 2 of a very old free set of Chrome mags , pictured above, with oxidizing peeling chrome in most corners of the mag face, please note chrome lifting around air valves, and dark discoloration in corners as can be seen, a few corners had small fungus or moss growing in the...
- ino uno soweno
- Post #6
- Aug 26, 2016
- Forum: The Garage
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oxidizing and peeling clear coat on painted and chrome mag wheels

I was going to post and decided to re-read all of the last two post again, new guys please note they are very good info, and attach, thanks So let’s start with a few pretty pics, and please remember I am not trying or showing how to “repair or replace hard chrome faults, because I can’t, that...
- ino uno soweno
- Post #5
- Aug 24, 2016
- Forum: The Garage
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oxidizing and peeling clear coat on painted and chrome mag wheels

Gentlemen, you both have hit the nail exactly on the head, exactly, ( I love this forum,) in answer to the first question, I will re-adjust my presentation to begin with 2 sets of OLD hard chrome alloy mags, next, painted silver or black ect alloy, than painted chrome with a color, than...
- ino uno soweno
- Post #4
- Aug 23, 2016
- Forum: The Garage
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oxidizing and peeling clear coat on painted and chrome mag wheels

Ok, anyone interested in discussing solutions for restoring / repairing silver or any color/chrome painted mags, and repairs and indefinite protect of hard chrome wheels, ?
- ino uno soweno
- Thread
- Aug 22, 2016
- Replies: 15
- Forum: The Garage

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