on bare aluminum wheels, should you clear coat the wheel or anodize it? i don't really understand what the difference is. well, i mean, i wikipediad it and i understand what anodizing is, but what i mean is, what is the difference in how the wheel will look?

 

that's a pretty general question.

clear coat over metal in what state vs. what color anodize?

what look are you going for?

 

the look i'm going for is the bare aluminum, but i don't know how to protect it.

 

for bare aluminum you will want clear coat/clear powder coat. anodizing creates a reflective finish.

 

To protect it you would want clear coat. Which is obviously clear, and anodized like ^ he stated is a color finished product with a reflective see through finish

Examples:

Clear


Anodized


You get the idea.

 

neither imo...

what wheels are you talking about exactly?

 

350z track wheels, i stripped the godawful bright blue and orange off and i really like the look of the bare aluminum, it goes better with my car than silver.

right now on my car i have machine-faced aluminum with clear coat. looks really good IMO, so i'm going for something similar with the tracks.

 

fill in the stupid dimples and fix any curbage at the same time. use some duplicolor clear coat it should be fine, use a ton of coats though... i'm sure if you google it you can find a nice write up.

BUT fill in those dimples they are

 

When I used to have a Accord, I had these rims that weren't chrome, but alloys. Do you figure those were covered with a clearcoat? They were called QT Alloys. I liked alot of there styles. Anyone know if they're still in business?

 

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If you plan on painting the rims, I would say powdercoat would be a better option.

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