I just got a new set of GSR blades yesterday...



The set is so clean. no scratches or curb marks. nothing! the only thing that bugs me abotu them is this stuff!









anyone ever run into this stiff? it looks almost like silver paint thats pealing off. but i cant scratch it off. it looks like it might come off with a pressure washer.

You think i could take them to a Rim shop and they could referbish them? like make them look brand new? expensive? worth it?

 

someone was saying it might be the clear comin off? you think that could mean that they might rust?

 

The clear is peeling. The only real solution is stripping and re-clearing.

Or you could do what I did. Strip off the clear, have the faces machined like the Si wheels, and then re-clear.

 

hard or expensive? could i do it myself or is ir better to pay a shop?

 

wow they look really clean. i like the bling factor on the gsrs tho.. how much did is cost you to do that?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 1slowEK &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">wow they look really clean. i like the bling factor on the gsrs tho.. how much did is cost you to do that?</TD></TR></TABLE>

I cost me around 400 for all the work.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Options &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

I cost me around 400 for all the work. </TD></TR></TABLE>

uff!!

thats hefty

 

I thought they were Alloy? It's not going to rust!!!

Just sand them down and polish them.

 

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I agree

 

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I cost me around 400 for all the work. </TD></TR></TABLE>

thats more then the tims hahah couldnt i take off the clear with some paint thinner or something? or would that kill my "bling factor"

 

sandimng them huh... what grit should i use or start and end with? couldnt i use some paint stripper? or would that kill it

 

btw jordan is why my car is in the condition it is now.... peep my signature page 2 hahah

 

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it could oxidize or haze though</TD></TR></TABLE>

possible to buff back to a mirror finish tho ya? im not worried about the rim just the "blades"

 

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That's what I thought, but unfortunately, the clear coat is, in part, what makes the overall polished finish of the wheel. Once you strip off the clear, you're going to inadvertently dull the polished surface. You'll have to repolish the faces and then, you'll run into the problem that you cannot spray clear coat <U>paint</U> on a polished surface, since truly polished metal is essentially non-porous. You could, however, have the clear powder coated.

Anyone care to chime in and elaborate?

 

i see what your saying because if i polish them. the spray on clear wont have anything to stick to basically? i guess imma just have to take some sand paper to the parts that are pealing and not touch the "blades"

 

I had the same problem. That's the clear and the paint in between the spokes pealing. I just used some paint remover and wet sanded where the paint was and cleared. It looked amazing but each rim took about 8hrs of work.

 

polish em'

 

Aircraft stripper.

 

ima get my tires today and after i sand them down ill post how it looks

 

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I agree </TD></TR></TABLE>

x2

 

DAMN, Like the shoe much!!!

You have to start kinda low on the sanding and it is alot of work!!!

There is a thread on there somewhere if I can find it I'll get it to you so you can see how it is done.

 

Here man this will work the same for the hole wheel
https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1279884

 

did you buy those GSR Blades off a dude in a EG?

+1 for clean blades

 

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I cost me around 400 for all the work. </TD></TR></TABLE>

lulz, that's more then they are worth.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by GHeTtO ViSioN &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">did you buy those GSR Blades off a dude in a EG?

+1 for clean blades</TD></TR></TABLE>

yeah I actually did some dude named bert. his brothers rims. the were hella coo too the drove more than an hour and a half and delivered the rims to me for 350 couldn't complain