My rims are pitted up, what should I do.

ceetwarrior · Post by **ceetwarrior** » Sat Mar 17, 2007 6:59 pm

Hey guys, I stuck a magnet to my rims and they are aluminum. But they are chromed or polished. The first owner told me that they came that way when he bought it new off the showroom floor.

The center caps have peeling of chrome. But the rims have major pitting. So, can these be polished out, or chromed? Can you chrome aluminum? Do they need to be sandblasted first? See picture: http://www.corral.net/photopost/showpho ... ig&cat=502

black93svt · Post by **black93svt** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 10:47 pm

There is a place here in town called Spec Wheel. They can do anything you want done to them. I'll be taking mine to them hopefully here soon to have them restored.

ceetwarrior · Post by **ceetwarrior** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 7:45 am

Are you getting yours re coated or are you going polished?

Post by **BADBOY** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 5:11 pm

I would have them done to look OEM again.

ceetwarrior · Post by **ceetwarrior** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 6:36 pm

I think the polished looks better IMO. Besides it's less maintence against rock chips.

Post by **BADBOY** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 9:48 pm

To each their own, that why we are all different as people.

Im sure they would look good either way.

ceetwarrior · Post by **ceetwarrior** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 9:52 pm

Well DUH, they are Cobra wheels after all. Of course they will look good. I just want to know if the dealer in fact polished these rims. The first owner says that's how they came when he bought the car.

black93svt · Post by **black93svt** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 10:55 pm

ceetwarrior wrote:Are you getting yours re coated or are you going polished?

I'm just going to have them put back to original. I was going to chrome them but too much $$ and I don't want the peeling issues later on.

CobraStrike93 · Post by **CobraStrike93** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 11:22 pm

Good choice!!!!

ceetwarrior · Post by **ceetwarrior** » Fri Mar 23, 2007 4:29 pm

Man, this pitting is so bad it's gonna take some major polishing to get it fixed. I guess it's gonna come down to prices; next trip to Denver. If it's going to be any where close to $500 then I am considering buying replicas in dark grey or possibly black.

black93svt · Post by **black93svt** » Fri Mar 23, 2007 6:19 pm

The replicas won't fit right on your car. They will stick out too far.

Post by **BADBOY** » Fri Mar 23, 2007 9:05 pm

black93svt wrote:The replicas won't fit right on your car. They will stick out too far.

Fit yes, properly no.

ceetwarrior · Post by **ceetwarrior** » Sat Mar 24, 2007 12:38 am

hmmm, I'll have to check backspacing but I'm sure a little wider will fit!

ceetwarrior · Post by **ceetwarrior** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 9:32 pm

How much wider will they be? I've seen 5-lug Cobra R's installed that were 17x9 but don't know the backspacing. They looked fine. Made the car look wide and mean.

So these replica rims at 8.5" can't be that bad. Anyone have any pictures of Cobras with wider offset wheels?

ceetwarrior · Post by **ceetwarrior** » Sat May 05, 2007 7:05 pm

So after a drive to Denver to visit my friends at TruDesign Wheel I got my answer. $1,000-1,500 to get my rims "fixed"!!! And they can't even do all of it themselves. A freight to SoCAL would be in order.

They said that after they strip the chrome off the wheels then the copper and nickel needs to be blasted off. But, because of how bad the pitting is the aluminum is actually been eaten away so fixing that will be major. Then to polish the wheels will be labor intensive. Thus giving me the expensive repair. Not to mention the down time of having no rims to drive on.

OUCH. So, needless to say they suggested that I put those rims up in the attic and buy aftermarket. So, we were looking at these "replica" wheels from http://www.wheelreplicas.com/93Cobrawheels.html and we figured out that the backspacing is the same so the +1 will be all outward. S

By looking at the MM&FF teal '93 w/ black wheels that thing looks great with those wide wheels. So, for $600 shipped for a brand new set of replica wheels in black (like I want) and be able to run a wider tire I think that's what it might have to be.