240_RU

Sup peeps,

Just a few days ago I've noticed that on one of my wheels (sportmax 002) clear coat started peeling off. So the questions is
there anyway to get this thing fixed without resurfacing the whole rim? I know if I want to polish it, I'm gonna have to remove
the clear coat with an air craft remover or something like that but in that case I'm gonna have to do all 4, and I'm too lazy to do that
because the other 3 are just fine. Have any of you done anything like this before? BTW this is polished aluminum lip, I would really appreciate
if someone could give me some steps in order to remove those scuffs. Thanks.

HyperTek

they are sportmax, no one will care.
They are wheels on a street car, no one will notice.

=)
I wouldnt worry about it, i know peeps wiht curb rash city, mine included, and no one really cares/notices.

no offense sir, but i dont think sportmax wheels are worth the hassle to get them perfect again.

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wgJoY

There is a thread already out there with the solution to this. It's fairly recent to. Try searching.

I'll update this post if I find it.

ILoveMyRHS13

You nailed it on the head, sir. They'll oxidize through the clear coat anyway. Well, mine did before I painted them.

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TurboStrong

Squirt some man "clear coat" on it and see if it helps!

wgJoY

Search

It's easy, mmmkuay.

thetopcow

Remove the clear coat like you said with the stripper. and then re-clearcoat just that wheel. Good Luck

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240_RU

Oh lots of thanks sir hehe ya its my daily and im kinda crazy perfectionist

Yea please if you don't mind, I found many web sites on google but they're all resurfacing a whole thing, which i don't wanna do just wanted to see if there's like a quick fix for this kind of thing you know


lol u know i don't have much to lose that's probably exactly what im gonna do anyways haha

240_RU

<- another happy customer


wow thanks a lot guys

Tantwoforty

aircraft stripper it and shoot it with a few coats of a good clear.. or leave it alone.. meh

Matej

Chrome over it.

om3ga

Really? really really? Damn must post pics of the SHOW CAR or ban!

240_RU

what? Wha wha?? Show me a show car with sportmax wheels on it lmao

JVD

If you were a crazy perfectionist you wouldn't have sportmaxxx on your car.

Simple solution is leave em.

Second, more difficult, solution is strip and polish.

dub40sx

or for the price of stripping and refinshing you could just buy new ones.

240_RU

what's wrong with having sportmax ? I like them that's all it matters. By calling myself "a crazy perfectionist" I was meaning that I like to keep the car clean. Strip and polish that's exactly what Im going to do

it really doesn't cost that much everything should be under $30 and for that price I should have enough materials to redo all 4.

Thanks for replies but I get that not that many people like wheels like this...

l2edken

looks like you also got some oxidation happening on ur lugs, id fix that aswell cause personally, i believe that rust looks 10x worse then your clear... but yeah but strip and polish, did that for a couple ebay steering wheels, came out nice too!

240_RU

those lug nuts are just cheap junk, can't find any better ones, and I mean I live in memphis, they dont put any salt on the roads cause we have snow only like 2 times throughout a whole winter

TommyGun

sportmaxx=cheap wheels; cheap wheels=crappy products used in production of the wheel

volk, work, etc finishes are high quality and will last much longer because of the high quality techniques used in production. if you want show car wheels, you need to pay for show car wheels.

you get what you pay for...

second_chanceS14

Y is everyone bashing on this guy cause he is trying to fix his wheels?? Some of u are still rocking ur stock sucked in ass wheels.u guys should chill out, its not like we are all rocking volks and SSR's.not all of us shit money.

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Mighty_Zeus

who here is shitting money? i will feed you for a month... come on over.


and here are some lugnuts that dont suck...

Tuner Lug Nuts : WOTMStore

wh0aitznic0

Lol.

Try unbolting the face from the barrel and refinish the barrel.

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240_RU

and do you really think ur comment is helpful here? Fuck no! I dont have rich parents nor do I have a lot of money? If I did - I wouldn't drive a 240 is one thing, another thing I wouldn't be rolling on sportmax wheels, who gives a damn how good they are? It's just completely pointless to have volks or any other expensive shit like that on SOHC, auto, open diff 240, don't you think? Now, who said anything about a show car? Maybe I'm just trying to improve me knowledge about polishing and resurfacing wheels so I might use it later on in future. Dang, please give me a brake people! All I wanted to know is which sand paper to use and whatnot and you give me all that instead, thanks a lot you deserve a ban...


it's a one piece wheel whatsoever...

Deftec

Agreed, this is pointless bashing when a member is coming to this forum asking on how to fix something...Especially from new members.

Just to contribute....As to what was previously said, just strip that one wheel down and re-clear it.

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jayrawr

hmm.. i stripped mine, repainted and re cleared mine.... they came out pretty good, WAYYY better than red centers...

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lflkajfj12123

Chrome over it.

240_RU

Nice! Do you have any pictures of it? As far clear goes, would that be ok if I'd just go ahead and get the one that sells at AZ?

Thanks for support. I would love to do that but I'm not sure if it will match the other wheels? I mean it's not a big factor but still? Maybe I should just go ahead and do all of them at the same time or something

Seriously?

wh0aitznic0

Haha, then what are those bolts for on the lip/face of the wheel? Might as well just do what those two said.

Chrome over it.

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lflkajfj12123

What he said.

maplejesse

Actually, like half of this forum uses sportmaxx wheels.
Don't feel hated. They just have bigger internet nuts than you.