Rock Warrior Wheel Refinishing - Pics or opinions wanted

[EPUro2019]

good to know, thanks for the info. Hopefully these turn out ok. love the look of them on the LC.

 

[Tripledave]

These are the wheels I am looking at purchasing locally. I'm just wondering if they can be polished up to look new ish. I know I can purchase new center caps.

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Those look about like mine did before PC, I'd say a little bit better. My wheels were so bad I didn't even take before pics, they just made me sad. They will strip/soda or media blast and then powder coat them.

 

[Bullgump]

What prep has to be done before plasti dipping the rings? Never used the stuff before. Reworking some RWs I salvaged from local bone yard. Had to replace a ring destroyed in the wreck and tires are 295 so they are coming off.

 

[Mogwai]

I would only degrease them using diluted simple green or the equivalent. Don't sand if you can avoid it, otherwise it's a pain to remove.

 

[Bullgump]

Thanks. Yeah definitely dont want to sand them in case I want to go back to chrome look. LC is grey so I'm blacking her out. Maybe some red on the ring wording for some pop.

Anybody have a recommended wheel shops in Houston area for minor repairs and powder coating?

 

[Heckraiser]

Old thread bump!

Curious if anyone has thoughts on whether I could run these without the rock rings for an extended period of time in all seasons, and still expect the rock rings to install cleanly several years down the line. Just clean out the threads and install the rings? Or would corrosion mess them up over time to a point that the rock rings would no longer install properly?

Also curious if anyone has any experience painting/plasti-dipping the fasteners. I'd like to run these either with A) no rock ring at all or B) rock ring blacked out including fasteners. I'm buying a set of these, but I'm just not a fan of the overt bling-ness of this wheel.

 

[Bullgump]

Old thread bump!

Curious if anyone has thoughts on whether I could run these without the rock rings for an extended period of time in all seasons, and still expect the rock rings to install cleanly several years down the line. Just clean out the threads and install the rings? Or would corrosion mess them up over time to a point that the rock rings would no longer install properly?

Also curious if anyone has any experience painting/plasti-dipping the fasteners. I'd like to run these either with A) no rock ring at all or B) rock ring blacked out including fasteners. I'm buying a set of these, but I'm just not a fan of the overt bling-ness of this wheel.

I've done both and now I run without the rings. Plastidip works fine on it, but the corrosion in screw holes...not caused by the plastidip...made removing screws a pain in the rear.

I prefer no rings as it's one less thing I have to deal with when I do a yearly bumper to bumper paint touch up, pinstrip removal, bolt checks, etc..etc...

Pic with em dipped and on...and off.