how do you fix this?

This is the corrosion on clear coated wheel.

 

[X6StringerX]

It looks to me like they would have to be sanded and recleared.

 

[techieman33]

paint them, or buy new wheels the cost to have them refinished would be a lot higher than just buying another set.

 

[BrianDye]

Id just tackle them, and sand them, and paint them, it would look great...what color/year explorer you got?

 

[jsaid]

the problem is : after sanding the white spots the aluminum become darker than the rest . even after the clear is applied.

 

[jsaid]

Id just tackle them, and sand them, and paint them, it would look great...what color/year explorer you got?

99 Dark toreador red , the wheels are the 10 slots/holes style

 

[BrianDye]

I meant like sanding the whole thing, the whole wheel...not the back of it or anything unless you wanted to...

 

[MONMIX]

look for a "wheel Worx" shop in your area.

 

[Gus Gorilla]

Not to hijack a thread, ...but I'm hijacking for just a minute. I've been looking for a good solution to a similar issue. 01 ST with the 5 spoke wheels. The clear has been knocked off right at the rim where some a-hole hammered on balancing weights. It's been there since I owned it but now it's growing. Any advice on what I could use to re-seal the area after removing the corrosion. I know it won't look perfect, but right now the spots are black with corrosion, so any improvement.... Any way to seal it, or a recomended clear to apply would be helpful.

 

[BrianDye]

If they did that to my rims at a shop...even though theyre stock id be raising all hell until I got a new one, or a nice check to cover the damage

 

[MONMIX]

If they did that to my rims at a shop...even though theyre stock id be raising all hell until I got a new one, or a nice check to cover the damage

raising hell never gets any one any where. Show professional respect and courtacy and you will get much more in return.

 

[BrianDye]

Hmmmm our places of buisness must be very different.
They'll play stupid even if you watched them f-something up
like they didnt do it.

 

[Gus Gorilla]

They were already dinged up when I got the truck in '07 and now it's spreading. Just looking to stop it. If I had owned it when it happened I would have definitely brought it to their attention. Monmix is right on. The minute you start acting like a jerk they will tune you out. So, any ideas on a way to seal these back up?

 

[BrianDye]

Im not sayin act like a psycho jerk, im just sayin get your mind spoken.


But I was at autozone, or meijers, (cant remember! lmao) and I saw a wheel clearcoat, and on the front it said like "repair worn/cracked/fading clearcoats on your wheels" and it had pics just exactly like jsaid has

 

[Turdle]

OK, the problem here is a polished surface with a clear--
if you sand it off you will scratch the polished surface.

Get a few cans of " Aircraft remover" from walmart. Spray it on good and thick, and let it set a while. The clear will come off like a layer of laytex.

 

[nole99]

when I first got my mounty back in 2000 I was living in NY ... that salt capital of the world!!

Anyhow ... I had the wheel weight issue and corrosion ... I used a dremel polishing tip with some compound then just sealed the area with duplicolor clear coat touch up paint ... the one with the brush not spray on ... I wet sanded it and polished to blend it

Didn't look perfect up super close but from 3 feet away you couldn't tell and it lasted for the 2 years I had the wheels before sold them for after markets