WELD racing wheels

mshred said

hey kev it didnt man! sorry if my response sounded harsh? i guess typing you cant tell the persons emotions on the other side right thats why i put the smiley lol...your probably right then about the anadizing, i wasnt 100% sure but i thought they were...mind you, i made a thread about the street lites and their pain in the *** cleanability on another site and got quite a few responses condoning the polish, wax then quick detail/glass cleaner whenever necsessary method...i just dont have the money to have them clear anodized...theres all sorts of other products out there too like rejex and zoops, mind you im not willing to fork over that cash either..when you say oxidizing what exactly do you mean? like pitting and rusting, or hazy looking?

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I know what you mean about typing responses, you can't tell the tone and the intent. I have to be more careful in that respect because as I'm typing I know how I want it to sound and then I read it and realize it can be taken many different ways. About the alternate aluminum treatments, I've seen them advertised but don't know how well they work. Oxidizing is the process of the aluminum "rusting" in its own way. Bare aluminum will become dull and become harder to clean. When you rub your thumb on bare alum and it your thumb turns black, that's the oxide forming. Anodizing is an electrochemical process that actually accelerates the oxidization process but under controlled conditions to form an extremely hard but thin aluminum oxide coating on the surface which increases the dielectric strength and protects it. The only drawback to anodizing is that it can only be done on fairly pure (high quality) aluminum alloys like billet, forged or extruded products. Cast aluminum products will not anodize well. Your wheels look great, wish I had done more research before buying mine but oh well, I'll just hope they dont crack. Kev