alloy rims...

hey everyone,

i was out cleaning my truck today and noticed that the 'paint' or coating on the stock rims was bubbled in a lot of places and completely missing in others. it not a lot that has peeled off but its noticeable. guess i will have no choice but to do the black out of my rims. any tips for sanding this all off, besides the ideas posted already?

thanks!

 

Are you out of warranty?

 

yup

could likely pull some strings though to get new ones if i really had to

 

AK,check out the disscussion here:
http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/wheels-tires/8403-bad-wheels.html

I managed to get mine replaced under warrenty but am confident that the problem will happen again.I just bought a spare set and they were deteriorating too....They are being blasted and powdercoated black as we speak.

 

You don't HAVE to black them out. You can paint them ANY color. There is even a Duplicolor line of "Wheel Paints" that have some basic wheel colors (Silver, Gun Metal, Blue, White)

As far as painting- There are a few threads around that have great info for how to pre, prime, and paint your rims.

Let us know if there is anything else!!

 

i got a plan now, going to go to the dealer, present this info and see if they will replace them or atleast refinish them for me.

 

oh one thing i forgot to post was the inside of the rim.... its pitted like a friggin' battle ground! they definitely cannot say that my rims are suffering from normal wear and tear, cause that it looks like molten metal melted into it

meh, i should get pics of all this.

 

so the first photo shows the inside of the rim, a lot of lil bubbling and what appears to pithing in the rim....looks like salt build up in the pic.

the second pic is the worse section i could find on my rims, it flakes off like nothing

 

Holy... I know winter can can cause damage, but thats bad. See what the dealer can do.

My 05' TRD Sport rims also have some bubbling, not near that bad, and they sit out every winter... I'll bet if I didnt run Winter steelies, mine would be even worse than yours.

 

wow... I better start cleaning the back side of my rims

 

Mine on my 05 are doing the same thing. This summer I am going to paint them black like this since they seem to only be bubbling on the inside of the rim.

 

looks good, but the only problem with mine is that the bubbling has started on face of the rims too, so all black if the dealer doesnt help me out

 

Hey guys, just wanted to give a big thanks to Squad314 for all his help with setting me up with the info to go to the dealer with! rep for you man!

 

Glad to help Bro....It's what this is all about!

 

It looks like those have not been cleaned in a long time. That is a big reason why they are damaged. If you get custom wheels you will need to clean them. That would be not be covered under warranty by a wheel manufacture, that would be neglect.

 

sadly i had just cleaned my truck, drove to work and took the pics when i got home...friggin road salt. i go to the car wash and pressure wash all the crap out of the rims and other areas of the truck.

the dealership actually admitted to this being an issue on the trd sport rims... because i am out of warrenty they are deciding if they are going to refinish or replace them for me, i find out next week