NeedaV8foundation

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i tried a search and didnt come up with anything... my wheels are cracking and i want to strip the rest of the chrome off and have them either powder coated or paint them until i have the money to buy the rims i want. any ideas?

MjMaro

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I'm wondering the same thing, I stil lhave my stockers and the chrome is coming off around the valvestems.

MadIceV8

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I'd assume that you would need to get them sandblasted.

TORK?

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Can't strip them. Chroming is a process that isn't easily reversed. I went through this with a set of ZR1's. If you're lucky you can get the rest of the chrome off by media blasting them. There's alot of talk about how sandblasting can weaken the aluminum blah blah blah, so alot of people say to use some less abrasive like walnut shells.

I sandblasted, wire brushed, and sanded the wheels and I got probably 95% of it off but it was a PITA.

NeedaV8foundation

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the centers of mine are looking like crap i wanna paint them...

00Formula00

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Your gonna love me, https://ls1tech.com/forums/showthrea...=472189&page=2

NeedaV8foundation

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pictures wont load...danmit, however it sounds like they are just refinishing the wheel, my chrome plating has actually started to come off, i have use of a power washer and a sand blaster, would any of these work?

00Formula00

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I was under the impression that he was striping off the chrome itself and then polishing the metal under... hmmm now I'm interested.

NeedaV8foundation

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anyone have an answer???? im lost?

LS184

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its polished aluminum not chrome....https://ls1tech.com/forums/appearance-detailing/481119-what-improvement.html

LS184

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o wait if u have 16's they r chrome....i thought u had a ws6 lol

00Formula00

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HA i was right!

BAD ASS TA WS6

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They need to be BEADBLASTED. Any powdercoater will have the stuff to get the job done.. They will probably charge you $40 bucks a rim to do it.

TORK?

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Right! Chrome is a coating on top of the metal and you need to get it off. Paint stripper wont even phase it

00Formula00

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So what is under the chrome? The aluminum that can be polished?

NeedaV8foundation

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so im going to take a sand blaster to my wheels this week, i still cant figure out if they were talking about stripping the chrome plating off or not but the metal under my plating that is flaking off looks really rough, im just going to blast them and paint them.... or powder coat them if its cheap. (anyone want to throw me some pricing?)

TORK?

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It can be. Its just going to be a pain in the butt. That is if you can even get 100% of the chrome off. After running lbs and lbs of sand through the blaster we couldn't get 100% of the chrome off mine. The little bit that was left we just feathered it out with a sander the best we could and painted them. Its hard to get the chrome out from the lug holes too.

Here are the wheels I did after stripping the chrome off and putting lots of layers of primer on before painting...