Jellybean Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 Getting my Volk GTC's Lip , re-polished ; Guy in the shop said not to bother with the Lacquer Is it better to get them to Lacquer them or all the same? He argument was the Lacquer is higher maintenance than just polishing them and no Lacquer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 (edited) The lips on my LMs are just polished with no lacquer, and when brake dust had started to stick the surface, a clay and polish brought them back to new. I guess with lacquer that if anything eats into it, you may have to strip it back to rectify it. Plus, after a Google, it seems lacquer chips off polished metal quite easily. Edited February 15, 2014 by Josh (see edit history) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkddav3 Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 No lacquer on mine either. Just regular polish then sealed with some poorboys Also if the lacquer gets damaged it gets all spider webbed. And looks pants Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham1984 Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 As above, it just goes milky and looks pants as it is a downhill spiral from there,chipping,oxidising ect. I thought a lot of wheel places try and talk you away from it now and wont even give a 12 month guarantee due to it failing so easily. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest pwings18 Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 Lacquer don't last long on alloys because no adherence between them. So don't use it. Just polish them and clean them often. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dannysupratt Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 Polished rims with lacquer dont last long on our roads, as other people have said just get them polished and keep on top of them and if you get any marks or scratches its really easy to polish back out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jellybean Posted February 15, 2014 Author Share Posted February 15, 2014 Cool thanks guys ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrispot Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 what about clear power coat? does that have the same adhesive issues? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimojameso Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 No lacquer. Just use GTechniq C5 Wheel Armour. Expensive but great product. Tiny bottle is like £35. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mario Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 Laquered lips will take a bit of an fully mirror polished lip's shine away, will last longer BUT when laquer is damaged in a way you'll need to remove the laquer to get them lips re-polished. Without laquer the shine will be more intens so will look better, (but without an protection oxidation (white rust on aluminum) will start right after you finished an re-polish cycle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jellybean Posted February 18, 2014 Author Share Posted February 18, 2014 Laquered lips will take a bit of an fully mirror polished lip's shine away, will last longer BUT when laquer is damaged in a way you'll need to remove the laquer to get them lips re-polished. Without laquer the shine will be more intens so will look better, (but without an protection oxidation (white rust on aluminum) will start right after you finished an re-polish cycle. thanks for the info , going to GTechniq C5 Wheel Armour them as suggested by Jimo, then use peeks polish and maybe Autosol if I need to remove oxidation or rust Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lewysdanny Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 (edited) Just to say I,ve always taken the lacquer off my wheels. In fact, hopefully this weekend I,m doing it again. The lips are not in a good shape , so I,ll be sanding off the lacquer , then buffing all the way to perfection. I,ve got everything ready for the transformation , 3000, 2000,1500,1200,800,400 grit . Got various cutting creams , polishes , and finishing wax. Think this is gonna be a mega job !!!!! If going by how long it took me last time , I,m giving it 2 days per rim ( they are very bad ) . I,ll take some pics if I remember . Edited February 19, 2014 by lewysdanny (see edit history) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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