wheel repair

fearingdark · Post by **fearingdark** » Fri Apr 20, 2007 8:31 pm

right after i got my wheels, i curbed the ever loving shit out of them, and now that Neonisti2000 has inspired me to fix and repaint them (have flat black now, going for a high glass black), i need help figuring out what kind of chemical welding stuff i should use to fix the curb rash. he used some stuff that is available overseas, and i was wondering if i should try to get someone to buy that for me, or if i could use something like jb weld.
i'm not doing anything structural with it so i think that JB would ok. it can withstand pressure and heat. it also says it can be ground down and such...
you guys get to decide my wheels' fate...let me know what the best line of thinking is.

-Devil- · Post by **-Devil-** » Fri Apr 20, 2007 8:34 pm

if it has deep gashes in it that can not just be sanded smooth then JB weld will work .. if you are painting them ..

only other option besides finding what he used ... is finding someone that can weld aluminum and have them add some material there for you to grind and sand back down.

fearingdark · Post by **fearingdark** » Fri Apr 20, 2007 8:45 pm

cool...i was hoping i could just sand it down, and hava few low spots....cuz then i could have a polished lip...

-Devil- · Post by **-Devil-** » Fri Apr 20, 2007 8:58 pm

if you can find someone in your town that can weld aluminum you could get the deep scrape areas built up a bit and still sand it down and polish it up completly ...

with jbweld you will still be able to see where the repaired area was ...

if it isn't to bad ... with some good sanding .. you may just have a slight wave where the damaged area is ... which isnt all that noticable less you are looking real close ...

fearingdark · Post by **fearingdark** » Fri Apr 20, 2007 8:59 pm

i think thats the way i'm going to go...but i think i'm going to wait for a few more suggestions...

Neonisti2000 · Post by **Neonisti2000** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 4:33 am

From what they say of JBweld in their website, it seems to be pretty much same stuff as Plastic Padding's chemical metal (what I used)
Only difference I could find with these two products, was the drying time. JBweld seems to take a little longer.
Quote from JBWeld:
What does it bond to?
"Virtually any combination of iron, steel, copper, aluminum, brass, bronze, pewter, porcelain, ceramic, marble, glass, PVC & ABS, concrete, fiberglass, wood, fabric, paper -- just about any porous and non-porous material. "

If you have curb rash in rim lip and you want to polish it, then using JB weld might not be an option. Like Devil said and from my experience, the fixed spot will stand out from the rim.

But, this is not a problem if you're just repainting them because good sandjob+primer will smooth and cover the spot and after the paint, you cannot see any difference no matter how close you get.

Good luck with the rims!

fearingdark · Post by **fearingdark** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 4:35 am

i think that i am going to sand the hell out of it, then polish it