My new bling bling

BLAIR · 05-31-2005, 05:25 PM

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, 01:49 AM

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, 07:46 AM

doesn't nickel tarnish very easily?

Evan · 06-13-2005, 09:31 AM

**Ryan T** · 06-13-2005, 10:58 AM

brasso to polish them after the chrome is off, or you think it'll take the chrome off?

Evan · 06-13-2005, 11:25 AM

nah, to polish the "easily tarnished" nickel

**Mike** · 06-13-2005, 01:43 PM

you can contact rob for secret polishing techniques.

**Ryan T** · 06-20-2005, 05:28 PM

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, 09:42 PM

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, 09:59 PM

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, 10:15 PM

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, 10:22 PM

Bronze/Gold Smile

**JohnC** · 07-20-2005, 08:39 AM

Black.

damnit458 · 07-20-2005, 09:00 AM

JohnC Wrote:Black.

Sijray21 · 07-20-2005, 09:05 AM

i'm going to say gunmetal, flat, grey - on the lighter side

**Mike** · 07-20-2005, 10:04 AM

gold/bronze

looks so money on red cars.

Feersty · 07-20-2005, 10:37 AM

I don't need to say, cause you know. lol.

**Ryan T** · 07-20-2005, 03:20 PM

Feersty Wrote:I don't need to say, cause you know. lol.

No, I don't know....chrome?

**Mike** · 07-20-2005, 03:42 PM

black with polished lip... come on ryan.

Maengelito · 07-20-2005, 06:09 PM

lol, where's that hilarious pic that chan made of the pope?

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