abused volks

[situner28]

i have a set of volk te37s... a guy has had them in his garage for the past few years and they have some serious oxidation on them and some deep stains. i have done everything that i know to do except strip them down and repowder coat them. i hope someone can help me.

[tru3aznplayaz]

good find..the aircraft paint stripper is good..

[situner28]

tried it.... didn't work, even let it set for 10 mins then started working it an didn't work....

[RedSiBaron]

have you tried a high grit wet sand? that may work as long as the oxidation hasnt pitted the wheels

[PatrickJamesYu]

have you tried a high grit wet sand? that may work as long as the oxidation hasnt pitted the wheels

yeah i fully agree with this

try wet sanding with like a 2000 grit sand paper
note: this will dull any shine on the wheel. so you might have to buff and polish after.

[NL 1]

Take em to get professionally sand blasted. And powder coated any color u want. New decals and they will be like brand new. Gotta guy here locally does wheels for 40 bux each that's sandblasted and powder coated pretty much any color u want.

[situner28]

ya there is a company here that wants to strip and powder coat for 80 bux a wheel... i only have 900 in them so even after that i would only have like 1150 in them... which still is not bad for a set of volks that would be brand new almost....

thanks guys for all your help i might try that high grit sand paper tomorrow after work... what's the worst that could happen... have to get them powder coated..

[ace of spades]

use them for winter?

[RedSiBaron]

ya there is a company here that wants to strip and powder coat for 80 bux a wheel... i only have 900 in them so even after that i would only have like 1150 in them... which still is not bad for a set of volks that would be brand new almost....

thanks guys for all your help i might try that high grit sand paper tomorrow after work... what's the worst that could happen... have to get them powder coated..

good logic man! keep us updated

[situner28]

going to try the wet sanding this weekend then if no go on that then i will have them powder coated....

oh ya i live in ga we don't have a winter here haha no snow a little ice and maybe 10 days below freezing...

[emsep]

try leaving the aircraft stripper on longer and leave it in the sun.

[NL 1]

Be careful that will start to eat through the metal

[situner28]

try leaving the aircraft stripper on longer and leave it in the sun.

idk about this... i would rather keep the metal and just have them fixed....

[emsep]

it shouldnt eat your metal away, but if you dont feel safe doing it. i do it all the time never had a problem with the metal.

[situner28]

it shouldnt eat your metal away, but if you dont feel safe doing it. i do it all the time never had a problem with the metal.

ok thanks man i just don't have much experience with the aircraft stripper...