Stablock

Anyone know how to remove all the chrome off rims?

imdjenk

Reverse electrolysis. Just kidding. I've sanded the chrome off the edges so I can't see why you coulodn't just sand it all off?

Stablock

Can't say I want to sand it off. There must be an easier way then sanding.

cp_phx

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I heard that EZoff works, but I haven't tried it.

Stablock

I have an old rim I can try the EZ off with. I thought I read that baking it will take it off. Someone baking their tires off the rims took the chrome off. ?

stall70

once you got a chip in them you could blow the rest off with air, or use tape ,stick it along the chips and then pull off

Stablock

Hard to believe that will get all the small nooks and cracks.

jwarren

Some guys on savage central recomended letting the wheels soak overnight in a vat of simple green.

LoSiSuPeRtRuCk

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USE THE DAMN SEARCH BUTTON. THIS QUESTION HAD BEEN ASKED A 1000 TIMES.

Rep99099

I used Accetone.
Go to your local hardware store or a Home Depot or Lowes and get a can of Accetone or MEK.

Pour enough of it in a pan so that the face side of the wheel will sit down in the accetone.
Let it soak for a bit, 15 minutes maybe, and use a soft wire brush and brush it off and anya ccess pour some accetone on the wheels and scrub away.

I used this method and got the crhome off very easily, and then dyed my wheels black =D

Stablock

Wow. That really bothers you, huh? You know, you have the choice. You don't have to read it.

I'm sure it's been asked 1000 times. And for each question asked there are several replies that either ask another question or comment about the same problem they share, or, in most cases, actual solutions people offer to the original questions. Oh, then there are the people who don't contribute anything but comment for the sake of commenting.

Well, thank you for your advise. But I'm not interested in old news. Perhaps that's why it's a live forum?

Stablock

That's what I want to do is dye them. But I would think the plastic would get very soft and gummy. Even long after the acetone was washed off. Did you find that even using a soft wire brush left marks in the surface? How well did they dye after? I was thinking of doing mine a lighter colour.

qaz393

why would you want to take off crome anyways
crome is the best thing to make your savage unique

jwarren

Well i just tested it out yesterday and while it did take a couple 15 minute dips in the dye bath, the dye would impregnate in the chrome so i ended up w/ a gloss black look. I did it on some old rims that i have worn out before i tried it on my good rims just to see if i liked how it turned out.

Stablock

First of all, "unique" means one of a kind. And chrome rims on a savage is not one of a kind. They came stock for crying out loud. After I dye them, THEN it will be one of a kind. But I want to take the chrome off first to dye them.

duber2

Man calm down, why do you care...idoit

duber2

you could also try nitro blast, i have got that on there accidentially and it made the crome come off

cp_phx

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Please post a pic.

gerwen

Irony...



Is there anyone else who thinks "chromed" plastic only looks good until the first time you drive it. After that it looks like crap.

LoSiSuPeRtRuCk

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yea im the idiot when you cant even spell it. moron!

jwarren

Ill try to get some pics this weekend while i can borrow my friends digital....havent gotten around to getting myself one yet.

AJ DRAGON

Hi

Use spray on automotive paint remover.

Rep99099

When I removed the crhome I used a wire brush and it tended to scratch the plastic, so on the other three wheels, I used a softer type bruch and it worked fine.
Next time I dye any wheels though, I'm going to leave the crhome on, because Iw as told that it would give it a shinier look, as with dying the plastic, it's more of a flat color.

Yeah, please post pics after completion.

duber2

GOOD ONE, THAT HURT, OR IS IT HRUT, idn

black mamba

HPI has black rims. They're indentical to the stock ones, only flat black.

Why wouldn't soaking the rims in nitro fuel not take the chrome off? My right rear rim has most of the chrome eaten away from the exhaust residue.