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- BLAIR - 05-31-2005
pit them yea... pit em enough that to polish them back out it would be a bitch.. but if you are going to paint or powdercoat them then those little ass pits would be covered / filled with paint or powdercoat. call up some powdercoaters.. see what they recomend... thats what i have always done
- Ryan T - 06-13-2005
I think I'm going to buy some diluted hydrochloric acid (about 15%) and brush it onto the rims. It should bring the chrome right off and leave the nickel. The nickel has a slightly gold/chrome look to it and I think it looks pretty cool. So we'll see how that looks. If it looks bad, I'll go ahead and take them to a shop and have it removed professionally.
- Mike - 06-13-2005
doesn't nickel tarnish very easily?
- Evan - 06-13-2005
![[Image: brasso.jpg]](http://www.transistor.org/restoration/brasso.jpg)
- Ryan T - 06-13-2005
brasso to polish them after the chrome is off, or you think it'll take the chrome off?
- Evan - 06-13-2005
nah, to polish the "easily tarnished" nickel
- Mike - 06-13-2005
you can contact rob for secret polishing techniques.
- Ryan T - 06-20-2005
Turns out that 2600psi of water pressure from a 5hp pressurewasher will pull the chrome and nickel right off the rim. It's gonna take a little time to do it all, but its more time consuming than it is difficult.
- ScottyB - 06-20-2005
Ryan T Wrote:Turns out that 2600psi of water pressure from a 5hp pressurewasher will pull the chrome and nickel right off the rim. It's gonna take a little time to do it all, but its more time consuming than it is difficult.
sounds like a good project for a hot june day! since you're from SoVa, make sure you do it with some cut off jean shorts, a big johnson shirt, and one of those baseball caps that you can sit two beers in (beers must be either miller or PBR) 8)
- Ryan T - 06-20-2005
Well, the beer of choice for the job is going to be Killians. I have to devise a better place to do it than the driveway though, because when I hit the rim with the water the first time it threw a piece of chrome into my neighbors yard! It flings little pieces of sharp chrome all over the driveway, so I need to find a confined space to do it in that has water access.
- Ryan T - 07-19-2005
Well after weeks of beer and blasting all the chrome is gone. There is still a little bit of nickel on the rim, but I'm just going to sand it down and leave it alone, you can paint/powdercoat over nickel.
So now the big question, what color do these rims need to be? Input required.
- .RJ - 07-19-2005
Bronze/Gold
- JohnC - 07-20-2005
Black.
- damnit458 - 07-20-2005
JohnC Wrote:Black.
- Sijray21 - 07-20-2005
i'm going to say gunmetal, flat, grey - on the lighter side
- Mike - 07-20-2005
gold/bronze
looks so money on red cars.
- Feersty - 07-20-2005
I don't need to say, cause you know. lol.
- Ryan T - 07-20-2005
Feersty Wrote:I don't need to say, cause you know. lol.
No, I don't know....chrome?
- Mike - 07-20-2005
black with polished lip... come on ryan.
- Maengelito - 07-20-2005
lol, where's that hilarious pic that chan made of the pope?