Rota rims sparrow shit corrosion.

Hi all. My Rota Sub Zero's are all suffering from white corrosion forming under the clear lacquered finish on the outer polished rim. The grey spokes are unaffected. I'm thinking of tackling it myself by masking off the spokes & the tyres then removing the lacquer with paint stripper. I'm not sure how deep the corrosion is but I'd try my acid alloy cleaner on it & then metal polish & elbow grease. Anybody had a go at this kind of thing?
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If it is corrosion then it will likely need blended out which will make any polished finish look a bit odd like a wobbly mirror.

Are you in UK? Polished wheels lips always corrode badly. I would consider painting as a long term solution but it will change the look of the wheel.

A wheel refurbisher may be able to do something with it. But it may require machining the whole lip to provide a consistent finish.

Remove the laquer and see how deep it is then go from there.

Search for white worm will give you more info.

Cheers for that. I'll have a go on one & see how I get on. If I can get the white off & a reasonably shiney rim I'll clear lacquer it & it should look much better than it does now.

Could you not put car on axel stands then let it turn the wheels in gear and hold some fine wet and dry on it as it spins to give you an even sanding? Then re lacquer

Have seen some of the vw crowd do that, looks exceptionally dangerous but does work to polish, as said before though will depend on the extent if the corrosion snd how much needs blended out.

It you do try it please be very careful of your fingers as a wheel-caliper interface will make short work of your digits.

i thinks down to the alloy material rota use. All of their polished lips corrode badly.

The valves would get in the way of any axle stand antics!The corrosion looks mostly pretty superficial but ill find out once ive got the lacquer off!

Laquer wont bond well to the polished surface so even a tiny lift in it will allow water/salt in.

Self etching laquer for polished wheels do exist but unknown if Rota use them.

Maybe painting the rims might be better then? Black to go with the grey spokes?