what do you guys use to seal wheels?

[BreakMyWallet]

getting ready to take apart my 3 piece modulare wheels, and rumor is, they are a bitch to seal back up. any tips/tricks to sealing em?


i heard you just buy the seal shit from home depot, build up the sealant high and smooth it out real thick, them remount.

any help is appreciated

[BreakMyWallet]

god damnit this is the wrong forum. haha

[AreTee]

lol fail. :P

[Stephen]

i use fatlace and effin euro stickers exclusively to seal the wheels.

[Royal_T]

Yup I use the silicon from HomeDepot or Lowes.. Just get the strongest one for plumbing pipes.. You should be good to go.. Oh and place silicon on like you said..

[Lux]

GE II Windows and Doors Silicone adhesive.

I havent used it on splits but I know people that have.

I have used it to bond lots of other things together that might leak otherwise like aquariums and headlights so its legit.

Smooth a few layers and then run just a bead like you typically would with any caulk.

The trick is the less you play with it the more chances you have at not running into bubbles.

[.Mad Hatter.]

curious about this as well, the RFs will be assembled soon.

[Bimmerteck]

GE II Windows and Doors Silicone adhesive.

I have used GE II Silicone as well, but generally I use Black RTV silicone and have never had any issues with wheels leaking.

[hinrichs]

take wheels apart, do what you want to them, bolt them back together then add the sealant, one layer smoothed out in the seam, wait 24 hours re-apply with a wider bead and smooth that out and your good to go

i just used some general silicone i had at work, but i work/own a plumbing wholesale place

[H5G]

dow corning.....cheap stuff leaked on me...

and from this thread...some toyota sealant ????

http://www.wheel-whores.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=7249

[Tuck&Poke]

DAP 3.0 is also supposed to be good.

[two240s]

yea, I'd like some first hand experience here also. It seems like a lot of people go with black RTV....anybody here had a leak using that?

[kramerbuccs24]

Any high-quality silicone RTV sealant. And Loctite Red for the bolts, look up what tq specs you need

[Lux]

I almost positive RTV is the same as GE silicone ( windows and doors ). The only difference in other GE silicone's is for example kitchen and bath has fungicides and what not in it.

The GE is also what they use for aquariums. Its sold to aquarium manufacturers for assembly so GE puts not for aquarium use on their own tubes so it dont take away business to those they sell it to in that industry.trade. Very rarely do aquariums leak right out the box, just an example of quality.

[the dingo]

This is the stuff I used and it's been holding fine for about a year and a half.