Sticky sport wheel
March 11th, 2012, 05:35 AM
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You can clean it. I use wax and grease remover, final wash before painting a car, it does a good job. But IMO it will get sticky again. I've never seen/heard of a permenant fix. So I just keep cleaning mine when/as needed, usually once or twice per year.
There are probably a lot of other ways to clean them.
Good luck
There are probably a lot of other ways to clean them.
Good luck
March 15th, 2012, 06:01 PM
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March 16th, 2012, 03:07 AM
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March 19th, 2012, 06:03 PM
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Sticky again!
So now the choices are recovering it or buying a repro. Probably same price.
Just can't win with this one...
March 19th, 2012, 06:12 PM
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March 19th, 2012, 06:25 PM
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Sorry for what? You did not say anything that bothered me at all.
I bought my wheel over a year ago for 200 and it was not bad. Over a year it got very bad. I cleaned it well in Jan. in hopes to install it this spring. But now it is getting sticky again. So I regret getting it but it was a risk i took. I never had thunk it. Maybe it is something here in the humid south that does it, who knows. I will look into recovering it before it gets chunked.
I bought my wheel over a year ago for 200 and it was not bad. Over a year it got very bad. I cleaned it well in Jan. in hopes to install it this spring. But now it is getting sticky again. So I regret getting it but it was a risk i took. I never had thunk it. Maybe it is something here in the humid south that does it, who knows. I will look into recovering it before it gets chunked.
March 19th, 2012, 06:31 PM
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I think I rmemeber reading something about this. Apparently the material is constantly venting some gas, and the decomposition is what makes the wheel sticky. There is no cure.
Was it on CO? I will search.
Yup: see this thread. In there Allan references a bunch of other threads too.
https://classicoldsmobile.com/forums...cky-wheel.html
Peter
Was it on CO? I will search.
Yup: see this thread. In there Allan references a bunch of other threads too.
https://classicoldsmobile.com/forums...cky-wheel.html
Peter
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March 19th, 2012, 06:59 PM
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Dawn and warm water will nicely remove the goo from the wheel, yes in time with exposure to uv rays it will get gnarly again. A minor inconvenience to retain the finish of your wheel. If you give your car any attention at a regular basis, this maintenance is nearly unnoticeable. Reproductions are available, have perfect gain intact, and likely do not bleed Karo syrup. However, they are also not complimentary and do not function any better than yours...
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