chrome wheel corrosion
#1
chrome wheel corrosion
Hey everyone, I have a set of Nissan chrome wheels, only 6 years old now, and one keeps leaking air about 2-3 lbs per day. nissan could not find the leak. took it to a tire place and they said the wheel has corrosion around the area where the tire seals so its leaking around the seal. they put some sort of goop on it which they said will fix it 70% of the time. well, it worked for about 4 days and now is leaking 2-3 lbs a day again. they said if that didnt work I would have to buy a new rim. my question is, couldnt it be sanded or something? anyone else have this issue fixed? I have not seen the corrosion to know how bad it is.
#4
Don't take things too seriously here, bro. We take the **** out of each other all the time.
As for the rim, if it is corrosion, then spend the $$$, get it re-chromed, and be done with this silly issue.
#8
Wheels
Hey everyone, I have a set of Nissan chrome wheels, only 6 years old now, and one keeps leaking air about 2-3 lbs per day. nissan could not find the leak. took it to a tire place and they said the wheel has corrosion around the area where the tire seals so its leaking around the seal. they put some sort of goop on it which they said will fix it 70% of the time. well, it worked for about 4 days and now is leaking 2-3 lbs a day again. they said if that didnt work I would have to buy a new rim. my question is, couldnt it be sanded or something? anyone else have this issue fixed? I have not seen the corrosion to know how bad it is.
I am looking at new wheels now, tough choice, I don't really want to have to buy new tires so i am staying with 18's. I still have to drive this car in the winter and I don't think low pro 20's will cut it in the snow.
Last edited by Jopa416; 06-11-2010 at 10:47 AM.
#11
Rims
I have a 2005 Nissan Maxima and my rim did the same thing after putting new Michelin tires on - one kept losing about 4-5 lbs of air a day. Sams told me I had a crack in my rim so I took it to the Nissan dealership. They said a re-conditioned would cost more than a new rim $495.00 so it would be better to just get a new one. We brought it home and worked on the corrosion - no crack just corrosion. I'll let you know if this works and the tire seals without losing air.
#12
If you sanded the chrome off the bead seat then you wont have any more corrosion issues as long as it hasn't pitted the surface enough to cause a leak. Wire wheels work great for this.
Its not the chrome itself that corrodes, its the chrome and metal surface its adhered to that reacts with oxygen when there is a gap in between the two surfaces that causes the issue. So get rid of one..then theres no remaining issue.
Its not the chrome itself that corrodes, its the chrome and metal surface its adhered to that reacts with oxygen when there is a gap in between the two surfaces that causes the issue. So get rid of one..then theres no remaining issue.
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