Rusting Wheel Hubs

[Flat_White]

Hi guys...

Just wondering how do you guys deal with the rust on your wheel hubs??

i find it very unsightly! lol

do you guys paint them? cover them?

cheers..

[beefcream]

clean them up, mask and use some caliper paint or something simliar and paint the colour of your choice

[johnvtls1]

just sand them back really fine and yeh just spray them. then end up looking really nice. well worth the effort

[Flat_White]

yeh will do

anyone got any recommendations on paint to use?

[immortality]

VHT do a range of colours to suit brake applications. apparently it's resistant to brake fluid etc.

i'd only paint the visible area's. i always grease the hub face where the wheel mates to it. stops rust. i also grease the studs lightly and the hub where the wheel sits on. i ahve seem a occasion where a wheel was stuck on the hub because of rust

[Flat_White]

so can i pick this paint up at supercheap etc??

[r_i_d_a_h]

sure can

[Stretchomatic]

just grab some heat resistant paint and some brake cleaner spray and they are fine, mine were pretty well covered in rust so i got a wire brush on my drill and ground off the bad stuff...turned out well.