08-01-2019, 02:55 AM | #1 |
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How have you beautified your bolts?
Been doing some wheels-off cleanings lately and have noticed that we have these beautiful wheels that have really ugly lug bolts. (See below) Dull black, faded, and generally banged up.
So I'm wondering if any of you have painted, polished, replaced, or otherwise upgraded the appearance of your lug bolts? And if you have made improvements, what did you use and how did you do it?
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I was removing some of the nuts a few at a time from the standard fronts giving them a tough gloss black coat and when dry putting them back on then doing the rest.While out,the nut holes in the wheels were given a good clean with wd40 before the nuts were reinstalled. They look great now, the rears are new extended nuts for the 5mm spacers and they were already finished in gloss black so only the locking nuts there were coated. |
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Would love to see a photo of the chrome if they are on 343s. I was looking at a set of chrome bolts, but wasn't sure how the finish would look with the painted and polished rim.
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08-02-2019, 03:24 AM | #6 |
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Hammerite metal gloss paint spray, after cleaning wrap some foil or similar around the screw thread then stand them up on a old piece of wood and spray in short bursts so it just covers and does not drip off the head. Leave in sunlight to harden.
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08-02-2019, 06:44 AM | #8 |
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Got the titanium ones from Tikore. Top quality. Picture shows the 5-year old bolts.
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