I bought a used set of 19" sport wheels from another member of this forum. The seller told me the wheels were previously powder coated a color slightly darker than the stock alloys. It was all fine until today when I was at the local car wash.

In addition to the normal wash, I had the wheels undergo a deeper cleaning. They use some sort of a wheel brightener that doesn't contain any acid (or at least that's what they said). I came outside right when they were hosing off the solution and noticed that all my wheels appeared darker. My initial thought was it probably looked darker because it was parked in the shade. But that wasn't the case when I got up close to it. The wheels appeared to turn into a flat gunmetal gray. However, there were steaks of original color on the spokes. How could this have happened?

Has anyone experienced a discoloration in their powder coated wheels? Any ideas or suggestions?

Luckily the owner knows that I am a frequent customer and offered to pay for a complete sandblasting and powder coating.

 

When I got mine done my guy said no chess but simple green on the wheels.

 

Can't speak from experience but perfect chance to get them redone exactly how you want them!

I'd say anything harsher than soap and water is unnecessary unless the wheels have severe brake dust buildup. Some chemicals on the market are way too powerful for the inexperienced detailer (myself included)

 

Some cleaning chemicals will tarnish your wheels. I've powder coated many sets of wheels and you really don't want to use anything other than an all natural cleanser. No degreasers or harsh items like that.

Also, I would clean them as much as you can, and then get a nice wheel wax or protectant to protect from things like this from happening.

 

^^^ This. When my wheels get back this week they are getting super waxed and sealed like 100x over to make sure it's a rag wash and rinse. During the summer I'll probably do it again.

 

Thank you all for your input.

By any chance, does anyone know the color stock 19" sport wheels? Hyper silver?

Thank you.

 

Hyper Silver, Wheel Silver II, Porsche wheel silver - all are very close

 

UPDATE: The powder coating shop that I went to this morning is refinishing the wheels in a hyper silver.

More importantly, they informed me that the wheels were painted with a liquid paint, not powder coated as the seller (forum member) stated.

 

Sounds like they used a really ****ty clear coat or one at all, if you had color fade.

I think the new color will turn out great. I would definitely recommend getting them clear coated AND coat them with a well-knows wheel protectant. I had a detailer coat my new wheels with cilajet - not even brake dust will stick

 

Cilajet? Explain please.

 

Aircraft grade paint sealant. Withstands most elements and comes with a 5 year warranty. 10 year for new cars.

Google Cilajet

 

can we get a ballpark price of what this would cost?

 

OP,
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Being Ive never heard of this, I googled it and came across lots of issues with seems if its not prepared right, you're going to have issues lol
I pretty much stopped after this one:
Cilajet question and comments - Page 2 - Toyota Nation Forum : Toyota Car and Truck Forums (post #24) this guy DID his research lol.


Cilajet experiences, Worth it or not??


not many newer reviews of this

 

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