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NUTS! [refinishing Aluminium ones....]

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JamesWilson

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The wheel nuts on my jensen-Healey are aluminium alloy. Formerly black... now corroded (some) and look like rubbish with my new, powder coated wheels and restored wheel centers....

Powder coating and/or painting them doesn't seem very likely to last...

Anodizing? or what????

Suggestions?

Ideas?
 
I've got the same situation coming up. My plan was to clean them up, and then coat them with Por-15 and Chassis coat. The combination makes a pretty strong paint covering.
 
Aluminium alloy nuts? You sure?
I'm old-fashioned, but that's a new one on me...
 
I'm thinking two levels of restoration are useable here. Paint them, or replace them. Wheel nuts are not that expensive.
 
kennypinkerton said:
I'm thinking two levels of restoration are useable here. Paint them, or replace them. Wheel nuts are not that expensive.
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New ones are ÂŁ5 each... and aluminium colored. Replacing just one isn't an option and the whole set would be extortionate and wouldn't look right.

I bought 13 used ones for ÂŁ5 on e-bay but they're not right (or perfect) either. I've an early J-H and its wheel nuts have a small "J" moulded into the surface. They look nice, different from the other J-Hs I've seen. Someone told me those were from the Interceptors....

I've thought about trying to find someone somewhere that might anodize them black, but thought I'd ask here....

Just have to clean them up a little, then prime and paint them.


UV? Doesn't the sun need to shine for that?
 
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