Rims Losing Paint!

[AYW550]

sorry if this has been covered before,

but ive got a set of rims that are losing their (factory) glossy black paint. when i originally bought the rims i had a choice btw silver and black. i was going for a black on silver theme with the car so chose black. now the paint is starting to come off, like i can scrape it off with my finger nail in places where its started to come off. and underneath is the original silver colour of the metal rim (which i now quite like the look of, lol) the surface of the metal under the black is smooth and sorta like a metalic silver. i didnt realize that all the company did to make them black was simply paint over the silver finish!! no wonder it didnt stick for long, so now i want to try and make them all silver and want to know what you guys reckon could be the best way to do this with out damaging the silver finish underneath

im thinking either a chemical paint striper or wone of those plastic bristle type drill attachments you can get for paint removal

thanks all for any help

p.s. its the 5 spoke rims in my avatar

[GTR-N1]

Since you seem to have bought them new, is there any warranty?

[AYW550]

Since you seem to have bought them new, is there any warranty?

they are just about a year old now and yeah i thought about the warrenty if tere even is one but i dont have an alternate set of wheels to use and the places where the paint has started to come off is on the leading edge of the spokes and technically is probably the result of some stone chipping thus voiding any warrenty that might be left on the rims, however the silver surface underneath has not been dented or damaged in any way by the possible stones being the culpret

[GTR-N1]

It doesn't hurt to ask.

If they say "Yes", then a NZ bro' will lend you some stockies for 2 weeks.

[AYW550]

It doesn't hurt to ask.

If they say "Yes", then a NZ bro' will lend you some stockies for 2 weeks.

well either way, its clearly been shipped off from stones, which is not a manufactures defect, and im sure all they would say is to send them the rims so they can see them, which im sure would take at least a month just to have them returned

anyone have any experince in what might work well to take the paint off??

Edited September 27, 2009 by AYW550

[Craved]

got a good res shot of the base through the chip??

depending on what is under the black paint you could use paint stripper , but without being able to see its hard to suggest that.

I'm working on some 1/2pce work meisters and under the black paint is the cast alloy finish which is actually quite neat looking, but any raw alloy will oxidise in the elements.

[AYW550]

got a good res shot of the base through the chip??

depending on what is under the black paint you could use paint stripper , but without being able to see its hard to suggest that.

I'm working on some 1/2pce work meisters and under the black paint is the cast alloy finish which is actually quite neat looking, but any raw alloy will oxidise in the elements.

ill try and get a pic up tonight, but yeah its sorta like a really smooth sparkly alloy finish under neath...

now that i think about it, the bare chipped spots have been exposed for awhile now and there has been no rusting or anything...

[(OO)SKYLINE(OO)]

Paint stripper is your best option!

Apply it on the paint with a paint brush and let it soak in for a few minutes and hose off.