6UL matching nickel touchup
I had my gen1 6UL nickels on for a whole 3 days and some old lady backed into the car and put a dime sized nick on the face of one of the wheels. Anyone find a match for the nickel? I can live with just touching it up as luckily she didn't hit the car hard. I can buff her paint off of my bumper.
Thanks, Frank |
weird. I have a boxed 1st gen nickel still. 15x8?
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Yep. Been sitting in my basement from pre-V8 build which has taken a bit (3 years maybe) longer than I anticipated.
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I have 2 sets of nickels and every single one is missing a significant amount of paint. I love the wheels, but the nickel paint is crap. I'm planning on stripping whats left and repainting them with something more durable.
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Originally Posted by Handy Man
(Post 880741)
I have 2 sets of nickels and every single one is missing a significant amount of paint. I love the wheels, but the nickel paint is crap. I'm planning on stripping whats left and repainting them with something more durable.
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Originally Posted by y8s
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weird. I have a boxed 1st gen nickel still. 15x8?
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Originally Posted by Ben
(Post 880778)
15x8 +40 amirite? I have a NIB spare, but wouldn't mind having a second spare "in case".
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Lets just get a source of the nickel paint, I need mine touched up too.
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Originally Posted by Ben
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15x8 +40 amirite? I have a NIB spare, but wouldn't mind having a second spare "in case".
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Dime sized spot on a nickel wheel. Nice!
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It can't be touched up. The nickel is a high-gloss silver with a single layer of gloss black misted over it.
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Originally Posted by Handy Man
(Post 880741)
I have 2 sets of nickels and every single one is missing a significant amount of paint. I love the wheels, but the nickel paint is crap. I'm planning on stripping whats left and repainting them with something more durable.
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I was thinking of looking in a hobby shop. My 949 wheels have the same problems.
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If anyone ever chooses to refinish all the wheels have them powder coated hyper black. I had a set of the nickels next to my hyper black powder coated wheels and they looked very similar. I would expect the powder coating to be quite a bit more durable than paint.
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Originally Posted by k24madness
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If anyone ever chooses to refinish all the wheels have them powder coated hyper black. I had a set of the nickels next to my hyper black powder coated wheels and they looked very similar. I would expect the powder coating to be quite a bit more durable than paint.
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FYI: Emilio does not recommend powder coating 6UL's for risk of effecting the heat treat.
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Looks like the magic number is 400 degrees. Most powder coating flows out at 375-400 degrees. Around 400 degrees causes problems for aluminum. There are some lower heat powder coatings that flow out at 250 degrees.
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