Mark, Since the BWA wheels are painted (silver and black), I'm not concerned about different colors. And since I'll paint them, maybe using JB Weld is a better idea...or maybe not since they might not take the abuse wheels normally get.
But I've had these alumarods on my shelf waiting for a chance to use them for a long time! I could test the alumarods on the inside of the wheel. Bruce On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 3:37 PM, Woodland, Mark <[email protected]>wrote: > Unless they are really heinous, I wouldn't try it. > > Unless you were really (really) good with a TIG on aluminum, I wouldn't > touch them. > > I think it would be easy to do more harm than good.. > > I would also guess that the "alumarod" is a different alloy from the > wheel, and may well end up a different color. > > Regards, > Mark > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Bruce Giller > Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2011 1:55 PM > To: Alfa Digest > Subject: [alfa] BWA wheel repair > > My BWA wheels have some shallow 'divots' on them that mar their appearance. > They were put on by the rubber side of a floor mat when I stored the > tires in a stack and put the floor mat on top - to protect them from harm! > I guess that the rubber reacted with the paint-or-metal over the winter > storage. > > I know that the BWAs are not steel but an alloy of some sort so I can not > fill-weld the divots with my MIG welder. But I do have some alumarods ( > http://durafix.com/) which would do the job. But I'm wondering if anyone > else on the list has tried using alumarods on these wheels. > > Thanks, > Bruce > > '73 GTV > -- > to be removed from alfa, see http://www.digest.net/bin/digest-subs.cgi > or email "unsubscribe alfa" to [email protected] > > > > ____________________ > > This message contains confidential information intended only for the use > of the > addressee(s) named above and may contain information that is legally > privileged. > If you are not the addressee, or the person responsible for delivering it > to the > addressee, you are hereby notified that reading, disseminating, > distributing or > copying this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this > message by > mistake, please immediately notify us by replying to the message and > delete the > original message immediately thereafter. Thank you. Any views expressed in > this > message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender > specifies and > with authority, states them to be the views of DENTSPLY INTERNATIONAL INC. -- to be removed from alfa, see http://www.digest.net/bin/digest-subs.cgi or email "unsubscribe alfa" to [email protected]
