<VV> Wire wheel care

[Daniel Monasterio González]

Agreed with you, Steven, as it is the way I use to really clean my wire
wheel covers. It takes about an hour each one but the results pay for.
Include before and after pictures. Not originals but, the ones I like on
my 'vairs.

Daniel Monasterio

On 28/04/13 17:46, "Steven J. Serenska" <corvair at serenska.com> wrote:

>Ralph:
>> I just received some NICE wire wheel covers.   :-)
>> Would you kind folks respond with suggestions for the care and feeding
>>of these beauties.
>If your covers are nice, then Seth's dishwasher approach will work just
>fine.
>
>I put together a set for my Corsa by buying them on eBay in odd lots
>(ones, twos, threes).  Some of the ones I got were cheap, but they were
>a little rough.  I kept going until I had a decent set of four and then
>cleaned up and sold the rest as two driver-quality sets.
>
>The approach I took was to take them apart and detail them.  It's not
>hard -- it just takes time.  Disassembling them offers a few advantages:
>
>1) It's the only way you can truly get at everything.
>
>2) If the flat black paint is chipped or peeling, it's also the only way
>you can repaint.  Just wash the wheel thoroughly, mask it off, and get a
>can of aerosol flat or matte black.
>
>3) When the spokes are off, you can wax the snot out of all surfaces
>under the wires to preserve them and make sure water beads up and washes
>away.
>
>4) The biggest reason for this approach, which might not be necessary if
>yours are nice, is if the wires themselves have any curb rash from
>getting scraped while parking, you can turn the wires around and put the
>dinged surfaces on the inside.  I had one wheel where a few of the
>spokes were actually bent from grinding into a curb.  I pounded them
>flat with a hammer on a piece of wood on my workbench, turned them
>around with the scraped side in, and they looked just fine.
>
>Taking them apart is as easy as removing the handful of hex head screws
>on the back that hold on the spinners, taking off the spinners, and then
>taking off the spokes.  There are two sizes of spokes, but they are all
>put in there the same way and it's pretty obvious how it all goes, even
>if you don't pay too much attention while taking them apart.  Put all
>the spokes in a bucket of warm soapy water while you wash/paint/wax the
>stamped steel wheels and the crud just wipes off.  As I say, it's not
>hard, it just takes a little time.
>
>Here's my 1966 Corsa just after I finished the wires, about 10-11 years
>ago:
>
>http://www.serenska.com/IdealGarage/assets/images/LargeImages/66CorsaSideV
>iewLarge.jpg
>
>http://www.serenska.com/IdealGarage/assets/images/LargeImages/66CorsaSideV
>iew2Large.jpg
>
>http://www.serenska.com/IdealGarage/assets/images/LargeImages/66CorsaRearV
>iewLarge.jpg
>
>Good luck with them.  I think they make Corvairs look sharp as all
>get-out.
>
>Steven "neither my daily driver Corsa nor I look quite as good as we did
>10-11 years ago" Serenska
>
>'65 Monza Convertible, 110/4, wire wheels
>'66 Corse Coupe, 140/4, wire wheels
>
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