Just a couple silly questions.

[activ3]

I used red RTV silicone on my RS's, and they held up fine.

You don't have to strip to paint, if the old paint is in tact. Just clean them, sand them, clean again, and prime. After that do a few coats of paint with some time inbetween coats. I've rattle canned wheels a bunch of times, and have found that the duplicolor wheel clear holds up very well, and it doesn't let brake dust get in to the paint.

[SofaKingCG2]

did you ever clear coat polished rims? or did you just use wheel wax on them?

[riffman12]

I used this sealant on the fikses



make sure it's Silicone II, apparently bonds better with metal. Get the clear one too. Easy to see bubbles and screw ups

I've had absolutely 0 air leaks all around, and it was my first time ever doing 3 piece wheels. Here's a quick run through. This is for after you've bolted the wheel together. No need to put silicone on the contact surfaces

1) Buy the GE silicone II window and door sealant pictured above. slap that bish in a caulking gun ($4 Home depot yeeeeaaah)

2) have a friend roll the wheel along the ground (or do it by yourself if you don't have friends) while you squeeze a bead of silicone into the groove in between the wheel halves.

3) after you get all the way around, put a latex glove on and smooth the bead out with your finger while sort of pushing it into the groove. Add more silicone if you see gaps, you're not going to hurt anything by putting too much. I put quite a lot because I was paranoid Make sure you have a relatively even coating that almost fills the groove.



4) Let it cure for 24 hours. This is important. The silicone should feel like hard, but squishy rubber when it's fully cured.

5) put another bead (thicker than the first) on top of your bead from the previous day. Go all around the wheel again and smooth it with your finger. Smooth it to where it's about 1.5" wide around the entire groove (and comes out of the groove a little bit)


Sorry I don't have pics. I'm gonna help brad with his soon, so I'll take some pictures then and do a proper write up.

If you follow the 2-bead method, you should never have any issues with air leaks. Just make sure the first bead cures before using the second one. Feel free to PM me if you have any questions

-Mike