KTM200-280zxt

Just a heads up for anyone looking to buy some wheels... I recently bought some Advan Oni wheels from RBmotoring and to say the least I'm very disapointed. The pictures they showed me of the wheels showed them to be in near excellent condition. I recieved the wheels and there coroded, covered in brake dust and overall they look horrible, nothing I would ever put on my car. So if anyones looking to buy any wheels from them I wouldn't suggest it, but if you must just make sure you get pictures of every inch of every wheel before buying.
Rob

hoov100

so why not just clean them? the corosion is easy to buff out and the brake dust just wipes off, clean the wheels, buff them, then polish them, then you will have good shiny wheels.

KTM200-280zxt

maybe its not brake dust? Its almost like bad rust, Iv never seen it whatever it is. But it will not come off with scotch brite, sand paper, anything. They're two peice wheels, The center is coated silver and the outside is polished. Two of the wheels are terrible but the other two are mostly coroded on the inside so I can live with that.

What should I do as far as repolishing the lip? I have a Polish ball but its way beyond using that. Ill go try and take some pictures

thanks

KTM200-280zxt

and iv already cleaned them to say the least. I used some heavy duty wheel cleaner, a brush and a pressure washer but its beyond that whatever is on the wheels wont just come off.

tickwon

Were these used wheels you were buying or were they suppose to be new? I would be very pissed if they were suppose to be new. To the point I would return them and ask for my money back, or replace my wheels with new wheels! That's just messed up! Can you take pictures of what the wheels look like now? I'm curious to how they look. Thanks...sorry for your bad experience.

hoov100

also, pics would make life easier for everyone instead of guessing.

snwbrderphat540

post pics, but sounds like you might need to bring em down to bare metal and get them powder coated and polish the lip yourself

tickwon

I check out the website...now I know what the wheels look like, the pictures look like used wheels. But I can't say this is what you got, this is just what I see from this site. I'm curious to see what you got.

http://www.rbwheels.com/index.php?ma...roducts_id=220

This is just one of the wheels they list...




After looking thorughout the site...it looks as though all these wheels are used. But they should give you what you purchase in this case. I like the 16" RS Watanabe they have for sell for about $400. Not too bad!

KTM200-280zxt

I just got a picture of one of the wheels that happened to be inside. As you can see the inside is covered. One of the wheels actually has that on the outside lip. And no I knew they were used but I was just upset because I was expecting wheels in much better shape.

Before these I had bought some Advans from another company that brought wheels over from Japan. I paid less for them and they were in great shape, like advertised but they were 5 lug.

I have some time before I can drive my car anyways so I think Im going to refurbish these wheels since RB wont refund them. I thought they were two piece wheels but after looking closely they dont seem to actually seperate? Ill have to actually take off the rivets to see how they come apart.

hoov100

it wont scrap off either?

KTM200-280zxt

Nope, when I first saw them I was disapointed but I figured that stuff could be sanded or scraped off but no, its baked right into the wheel.

Also keep in mind that picture is after hours of cleaning and trying to get rid of all that crap.

hoov100

have you tried a wire wheel? as long as its not pitted and that your gentle with it. it should clean up easy..

KTM200-280zxt

Those links dont seem to be working for me, probably cause of my POS computer but... I dont even want to know what kind of wheels you would get from them for $400, seeing as mine were over $700 after talking them down.

KTM200-280zxt

yeah I think a wire wheel might work, but what should I do after I clean them up? Use regular wheel paint? My plan was to see if I can take out the center piece, wire wheel and paint the inside part and then remove the clear from the polished lip and repolish them. But what do I do after polish them as far as a clear coat? Im not to worried about the center section because there actually in good shape.

thanks for the help
rob

hoov100

get a VERY fine wirewheel if you can, the more bristles the better, the more flexible they are the better, if they are not pitted, then polish them.

260zturbo

how about some marine cleaner or some sort.

chinesekid

you shoulda ask me to go look at em first.. hahaha and i'll go take pics for you.. i live like 10 mins away from them... my friends got some good wheels from them, but we go and see em in person first

hoov100

thats the nice thing about living on the west coat is that we get first dibs on JDM parts..

KTM200-280zxt

Chinesekid, thanks for the offer man, I wish I would have known that before hand. A wire wheel will definately work, I tried it real quick. And I dont think any type of cleaner will work, its too bad for that. I just need to figure out what kind of fasteners are holding them together now. I got one out after about and hours worth of work but Id like to buy the correct socket or tool to remove them since I have 129 left Just not sure what there even called. Heres a picture, maybe someones seen these before?

hoov100

looks like you need a set of allens..

snwbrderphat540

hard to tell, that is sooo blurry, set the camera to flower not mountain. lol (macro)

KTM200-280zxt

alright.. I apologize for the poor pictures, it goes without saying I'm not a very good photogropher. I took your advice and hear are some pictures, its hard to get such close up pictures... and Im sure there not allen head bolts there something completely different i'v never seen.

snwbrderphat540

you got a NIKON and you arent good at pictures lol. hmmm, thats interesting. maybe try one of those universal sockets they make that are supposed to grab anything, then you can get another socket on the other side and spin yo!

260zturbo

it looks like a reversed torx or some sort. are you trying to buy more?

hoov100

beet me too it 260..