300bhp/ton Posted May 14, 2007 Share Posted May 14, 2007 Anyone know some good places to buy steel wheels from? Specifically looking at 8 spokes in either white or black. And when I say good place, I mean I'd like some that won't rust. The ones on my Discovery I got from Bronco 4x4 but within 2 months they started to turn organey brown in places so within less than a year I had to repaint them. But I've seen other 8 spokes which are 10 years + old and have almost no surface rust on them, only problem is we are not exactly sure where they came from. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ltwt1981 Posted May 14, 2007 Share Posted May 14, 2007 ot mine from Safari Engineering at Yateley, good price and no rust 3 years on. Wiggy is approachable and reasonably priced. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BogMonster Posted May 14, 2007 Share Posted May 14, 2007 Rust on 8 spokes is pretty much standard. They are the lowest common denominator of wheel, bottom of the heap! Mangels ones are better finished than some of the real tat though. I have found that painting them yourself before they start to go rusty means they last for ages. The problem usually seems to be that the thickness of paint on any of the "sharp edges" (particularly round where the spokes are punched out and around the edge of the rim) is almost zero, so that gets damaged and then the rust sets in and spreads. I used a brush on aluminium paint on my 8 spokes and they still look good a few years later, now relegated to a second set though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abe Posted May 15, 2007 Share Posted May 15, 2007 anyone ever thought of having a set of steels "galved" for that "industrial look" - you could always paint them later I once got a set of 12inch wheels for a mini project stove-enameled happy trails Abe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BogMonster Posted May 15, 2007 Share Posted May 15, 2007 finding some unpainted ones to buy might be the problem - though I suppose you could strip the paint off a new set doesn't galvanising cause some distortion though? - might cause a bit of a death wobble Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
300bhp/ton Posted May 15, 2007 Author Share Posted May 15, 2007 I was thinking about galvanizing, I think the process can cause warping, but the metal used on wheels is pretty thick so I'd be suprised, after all you can galvernize a chassis with no problem. I've also seen Mach 5 rims zintech (sp?) coated, has a sort of gold appearance, I wonder how much that would cost? Certainly wouldn't be looking at spending loads of money, at £20-30 a rim it would probably just be cheaper to buy new ones every few years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jericho Posted May 15, 2007 Share Posted May 15, 2007 I got a price from a stove enamelling workshop to do my wheels a couple of years ago. Chemically strip,shot blast,then enamell - £30 per wheel. Pretty good price really,but I went for new ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mo Murphy Posted May 17, 2007 Share Posted May 17, 2007 It really is cheaper just to throw the old ones away when they get rusty if the appearance concerns you. Mo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LandyManLuke Posted May 17, 2007 Share Posted May 17, 2007 I've got Mangels wheels, they've lasted pretty well i think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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