Flaking Chrome Wheels, What Are You doing about it?
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Flaking Chrome Wheels, What Are You doing about it?
My Firehawk has the Chrome Firehawk Wheels, The Chrome on the Inside Barrels are Flaking, What is everyone with this Problem doing about it? ReChroming? Painting the Barrels? Powdercoating? I am looking for some ideas.
Last edited by Cheetoh; 08-13-2007 at 12:34 AM.
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my 02 ss wheels r flaking also ive got 7500 miles and there bad no help from dealer or slp so im sending them to ger rechromed much cheaper than buying new from slp and 350.00 a wheel and they would prob flake again
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I had serious flaking, pitting etc., I spoke to a tech at SLP, told me to wire wheel the inside the best i could and prep and paint with aluminum colored heat resistant paint, it seems that heat is #1 factor in our problem. I did the above, but the pits are somewhat still evident, I think I will advise you all, to do this, however paint it a engine type paint non- gloss black. No not flat black, just a satin type. I will do this next time. I am sure it will hide the pitting. Oh yeah set some time aside, because your going to mask the front of the wheel so no over spray hits, that takes a while, and wear eye protection and painters mask when wire wheeling.
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Mine flaking also. I already painted the insides black but where the spokes meet the rim and around the tire valve are flaking HUGE. I gotta find someone in NJ that does chroming so I can get them done this winter.
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mine did that years ago...i spoke with slp and they said they would only warranty the outside spokes and that i was on my own as far as the barrels. so i grinded all the chrome off the inside of the barrels and painted them high temp silver with a high temp clear witch made them a semi gloss grey ,non noticeable clean look.
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Mine is doing it bad inside the rim and the outside is starting to pit a little bit. How much is it for re-chroming? Do you have to do any of the prep work? How well does it fix or hide the pits?
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Originally Posted by Cheetoh
I sent 2 Wheels here to get plated, I sent them about 4 weeks ago, So they should be done soon.
http://www.chromeprosplating.com/
http://www.chromeprosplating.com/