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Old Apr 30, 2004 | 03:16 PM
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Default Are ADR Msports wheel Lips Polished or Clear coated or both?

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I have a set coming in need of repair. and need to know how i need to fix them........ae they just polished, if so the repair will be easy, or do they have clearcoat on them too?
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Old Apr 30, 2004 | 05:03 PM
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ADR M-Sports are powdercoated not polished or clearcoated.
Wheels America came to a Z Club of Texas meeting. I think they quoted $99 to repair a wheel.
You might check them out at www.fixrim.com
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this lip is powder coated?
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Old Apr 30, 2004 | 06:23 PM
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I believe they're machined with a clearcoat. Email ADR.
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Old Apr 30, 2004 | 07:29 PM
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Its a silver powder coat. I know because I clipped a curb with one of my ADR M-Sports.
There is a clear coat on top of a silver powder coat on top of a yellow primer that is on top of the aluminum. I removed all the layers from my lip and polished it, so I have first hand knowledge.
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Originally posted by z327
Its a silver powder coat. I know because I clipped a curb with one of my ADR M-Sports.
There is a clear coat on top of a silver powder coat on top of a yellow primer that is on top of the aluminum. I removed all the layers from my lip and polished it, so I have first hand knowledge.
How hard was it to remove all the paint and polish it? did it come out ok? pics? tips? hehe
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Old May 1, 2004 | 09:43 AM
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Originally posted by Eric1h
How hard was it to remove all the paint and polish it? did it come out ok? pics? tips? hehe
It was a big pain.
You need to mask off anything you don't want sanded and be very careful.
I started with 320 grit and worked my way to 1000.
I then hit it with a buffing wheel and never dull aluminum polish.
Its been raining for two days so the wheels are too dirty to take pictures of.

Unless you know they have been worked on you would not know it. The car show judge at Autorama did not catch it. Unless I tell someone about it they don't see what I did.

I plan to take all four wheels to wheels amarica and have all four wheels worked on. I will have real machined lips and powdercoated centers when I'm done.
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