Has anyone found a good way to protect the chrome on the backside of the factory SS 10 spokes from corroding or flaking? I just bought a used set of these not to long ago and they are in good shape, but I don't want some nasty corrosion or flaking to start there and work it's way to the outside of the wheel. I don't drive the car in the winter, but they will see rain regularly and I just want to be overly cautious. I was thinking of painting the backside up to the transition to the shiny chrome on the front, or maybe POR-15(although I think POR-15 would add alot of weight and would be impossible to remove). Anyone tried these or some other technique?

 

All I do is ever few months I take the rims off and give them a very good cleaning and a coat of liquid glass on the outside (Polymer type wax like zaino).

 

There's this stuff on the market called Zoop Seal. "Kinda" like a clear coat for metal so all you have to do is wipe it off and you've pretty much cleaned it. You could try lookin into that (alto they arent a forum sponser you can try www.zoopseal.com)

 

The cheapest route is to demount them every so often and hand clean the inside.

You should probaly seal them with some like Zoop if your really worried. I know the winters in Chicago arnt exactly gentle on chrome.

 

Yep, which is why I keep my silver 16 stockers for winter . Not that I really drive the car in bad weather anymore, but just in case

 

I used some Duplicolor Clear on the back side of my ZR1's. So far so good ~ 4 months.

 

thanks for the ideas guys. I think the zoopseal is a bit expensive and I don't know how it would do on the rough surface of the back of the wheel. I think I may try the clearcoat. I was thinking black or charcoal grey paint to make the chrome really stand out, but the clear would look more stock.

 

Paint the inner part of the chrome rims black/charcoal??? What are you nuts?

Either use some clear coat or demount them once or twice this winter. There's no need tp paint them.