Suggestion on fixing my powder coated rims

[BigT]

Another vote for white seam sealer....

 

[Ricko1966]

Another vote for white seam sealer....

I didn't know we were voting. Where does Florida stand on this?

 

[Sad Sack]

I'm still sticking to the blue stripe idea in Post 17 to bring the truck color to the wheels.

 

[SquareRoot]

Stevie Wonder and an LS swap.

 

[Grit dog]

I'm still sticking to the blue stripe idea in Post 17 to bring the truck color to the wheels.

Have you pin striped a wheel before?
I’m not all thumbs, but seems difficult, with tape or paint?
Sounds cool. But how does that fix the powder coat goobers in the seam?

 

[Grit dog]

"It won't work"
"it won't hold up"
"It's not designed for that"

I was wrong earlier. It’s only been 7 years of rain, snow and salt when we get it, temp fluctuations, etc. Not a garage ornament, not project sitting in the front yard or garage. A driver that gets parked under a carport when it’s not on the road. It’s not perfect but worked for me until I swapped to the 10" on the rear.

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Glad it worked for you. My preference is also based on experience.
But, that doesn’t look like 7 years of daily driving including a few salt baths.
Looks like the day it was painted, with a fresh valve stem but not painted where the trim ring goes.

Apologies if I’m off base.

 

[Sad Sack]

Have you pin striped a wheel before?
I’m not all thumbs, but seems difficult, with tape or paint?
Sounds cool. But how does that fix the powder coat goobers in the seam?

Yes I have. Once I saw that Ford Broncos were using colored pinstripe tape (or paint) on their wheels years ago, I thought that was cool to bring the truck color down to the wheels. It's not hard, and using pinstripe masking tape is really flexible and will let paint flow into seam to disguise it much like pouring seam sealer into the seam but using paint. It's not as messy if you mask area off. Sort of like this:

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[Rustisbest]

Glad it worked for you. My preference is also based on experience.
But, that doesn’t look like 7 years of daily driving including a few salt baths.
Looks like the day it was painted, with a fresh valve stem but not painted where the trim ring goes.

Apologies if I’m off base.

You would be off base. I run the narrow trim rings and these were on the rear- at the time i had drums, so they stayed pretty clean. Pretty common knowledge if you've ever had a rally wheel that all the dust/dirt stays under the ring. Also if you look close you can see a rock chip on the face if you're insinuating I painted em for that picture or something lol.

Guy at the tire shop took the cap off pulled the core and broke the tire off the rim. Put the old tire on new rim and old wheel went in the box. If you want I'll get you a pic of the back side but it won't do any good for convincing you otherwise. You guys will just keep carrying on with more excuses like color matching and acid corrosion. I've said my part and posted what worked for me.

 

[Grit dog]

Fair enough

 

[dec322]

Ok...the pinstripe idea is growing on me so I thought I would do white seam filler and then pinstripe over the seam sealer. I watched some videos and learned about the Beugler tool which is pretty amazing. Went to amazon and was hit by sticker shock. $150 bucks and I'll never use it again.

Also, YouTube is what caused me to try and rebuild my vent windows. Precision had to finished that job after I couldn't get the pivot nut in right.

 

[Sad Sack]

Ok...the pinstripe idea is growing on me so I thought I would do white seam filler and then pinstripe over the seam sealer. I watched some videos and learned about the Beugler tool which is pretty amazing. Went to amazon and was hit by sticker shock. $150 bucks and I'll never use it again.

Also, YouTube is what caused me to try and rebuild my vent windows. Precision had to finished that job after I couldn't get the pivot nut in right.

I was hoping to instill some imagination in ya

 

[Craig Nedrow]

I am in the seam sealing stage on my build. Do not cheap out. I use two brands. Crest Black Majik, and 3M. both are two part, flow great and will last a very long time, around $50 bucks.

 

[Grit dog]

I am in the seam sealing stage on my build. Do not cheap out. I use two brands. Crest Black Majik, and 3M. both are two part, flow great and will last a very long time, around $50 bucks.

And I’ve used Dynatron, ACDelco branded and Sika in the past. All one part (polyurethane). Also work well and durable. The 86 has a tube of Dynatron and a tube of AC Delco on it.
Sika flex and Master Builders NP1 are often specd interchangeably on public works project plans and specs. All good stuff.