Black wheel bolts

[Knuckles]

At work we've started a new process that adds a black protective coating to ferrous metals, and I got the idea to refresh my tired looking wheel bolts. I did one at first to see how it came out.

shot blasted and blacked;

the gloss finish is it in the final stage, it's bathed in oil to 'seal' the coating. I put it in a bag with more oil for a couple of days and here it is finished;

nice and satin :approve:

Before and after

old and new

i think they'll look a lot better when the car is clean lol

i think ill do a set a week when I get back to work :approve:

c+c welcome

 

[Spinksy]

looks tidy mate

not sure if I prefer the gloss or the satin though...

 

[theduck]

Satin finish is good. My h better than the multi coloured things I have on mine

 

[Knuckles]

i think i like the gloss, but the only thing i can think of to keep it is lacquering them

 

[Kieran..]

I would have taped up the thread tbh, incase the paint made the bolt come loose. But they look good mate

 

[Spinksy]

i think i like the gloss, but the only thing i can think of to keep it is lacquering them

ah, dont wanna be lacquering them for it to flake or get damaged when you change tyres etc :/

 

[Sam]

I would have taped up the thread tbh, incase the paint made the bolt come loose. But they look good mate

This. Wouldnt like to thing the paint might start cracking off. Might never happen like.

 

[Knuckles]

I would have taped up the thread tbh, incase the paint made the bolt come loose. But they look good mate

its not paint mate, its a penatrative (sp) dye cheers though

 

[Pauleds]

Used to machine truck wheel studs and they needed this kind of coating, used to use a company by Runcorn that used to dip them in some chemicals abd make them black.

In one of the top pics, have you heated the bolt up and then dipped it in used engine oil to achieve the black effect? That is a process I remember using years ago to coat things.

 

[JackJack]

How resistant is it to being taken on and off?

 

[Knuckles]

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[Knuckles]

Used to machine truck wheel studs and they needed this kind of coating, used to use a company by Runcorn that used to dip them in some chemicals abd make them black.

In one of the top pics, have you heated the bolt up and then dipped it in used engine oil to achieve the black effect? That is a process I remember using years ago to coat things.

Not runcorn anodizers is it? We've used them a few times.

its called chemi black, you degrease it, condition it, black it then oil it, all at room temperature. its a nifty little process lol

How resistant is it to being taken on and off?

no idea yet, after putting it on gently it seems to have 'polished' the black a little bit. may tighten it up properly to see how it reacts

 

[not normal dan]

looks good, could be a good alternative to the polarised tpi jobbies

 

[Lawro]

The satin ones look great.. Nice alternative to the polarised bolts.

 

[Knuckles]

looks good, could be a good alternative to the polarised tpi jobbies

The satin ones look great.. Nice alternative to the polarised bolts.

cheers it was a thread on polarised ones that give me this idea. someone asked if the polarised bolts were DIY, and i realised i could DIY these lol

 

[Pauleds]

Could well have been Runcorn Anodizers. I think from Chester you turn off the motorway towards the blue bridge down to the roundabout with the part time traffic lights and I think you turn off there down to an ind est and it was on the right.
(it was a good 10 yrs ago though)

 

[Knuckles]

Ah, probably a different place. Runcorn anodisers is in the middle of a housing estate in Runcorn lol.

 

[jesus]

Nice, I want some! Does it not chip off when fitting them?

 

[Knuckles]

so far no, i'm going to tighten it up properly and take it off to see what happens. if it does chip, ill just wrap masking tape around the wrench

 

[Joe#]

Good work Scott. It'll look good when they're all done. Still not on the same level as TPI wheel bolts though

 

[Knuckles]

Pah, some people are just impossible to please :rasp:

 

[Joe#]

I'll just leave this here

IMG_4154 by Joe_Harding, on Flickr

 

[Knuckles]

They do look ace, but I can't do those for free

 

[Sam]

I'll just leave this here

IMG_4154 by Joe_Harding, on Flickr

Center caps for the win!

 

[Keith185]

They look good, much better than polarized ones

 

[Knuckles]

I like you more than Joe

 

[JezzaMac]

These do look good as my standard bolts look gash with my black wheels. I want some

 

[Knuckles]

These do look good as my standard bolts look gash with my black wheels. I want some

Sadly it's cheaper for people to buy already black ones than get me to do them

 

[JezzaMac]

Cheaper still for me to buy a sharpie and practice my colouring in!

 

[Dan@M.A.D]

We send a fair amount of stuff to be blacked, There is 2 types though, One isn't very resilient and looks dull and another comes out in a gloss black, that always looks stunning and seems to last much longer.

I can't remember the exact name of the processes.

 

[Knuckles]

Lol at sharpie

Dan, this process usually makes them glossy... But because I did them pretty much DIY theyve came out a bit satin, gonna see how resilient the coating is when I get home

plus, the finish of the coating is usually based on the base metal, since I shot blasted it, it was matt anyway, if I polished it up first itd probably come out glossy

 

[theduck]

Really dislike the polarised ones, glad mine are dirty so you can't see them

 

[Sam]

Cheaper still for me to buy a sharpie and practice my colouring in!

LOL