Brand New Wheel Coating

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I have a brand new set of wheels that I intend to Ceramic coat in the near future.



Would I need to clay and iron decon these or just skip to an IPA wipe down prior to coating?
 
An IPA wipedown would just fine but I can't wait to see them on the Stang Not only will is dramatically change the look of your car but it's one less set of gloss black wheels on the road

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I wouldn't clay unless you were going to polish them. Clay should not be needed on new wheels.

Iron decon shouldn't be needed either but it's easy enough to do to find out.

Then wipe them down.
 
When I coated a new set of wheels, I hit them with an APC and a soft cloth to clean off any grime from shipping. I followed that up Eraser and then applied the coating. Like others have said, no polishing, claying, etc needed.
 
Panel wipe and coat. Coat them after the tires have been put on.
 
You shouldn't need to do either. If you want to, you can use an iron spray on your wheels as it really doesn't take much time, but when my Vorshalg wheels where brand new I did an iron spray and they did not need it. Panel wipe/eraser/ipa is all that should need to be done.
 
Thanks for the input everyone, pretty much confirms what I was planning to do. I will give them a thorough wipe down with Eraser then straight to coating.

I have no issues doing an iron decon but, and I can't believe I'm saying this, I don't see the point in wasting chemical if it's not needed. Especially if it means avoiding the stench of IronX.

These wheels have a matte finish so polishing would not be desirable. I know the coating will add some gloss but I'm fine with that.

I also intend to coat the front Brembo calipers. I will perform the Iron decon for this job though.



I now wish I had red calipers to match the Race Red body though.

 
Does the Stang not have rear Brembos?

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Can you get a paint that matched the front Brembos or did you do this already?

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Klasse Act said:
Can you get a paint that matched the front Brembos or did you do this already?

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No, my calipers are the stock grey color.

I'm sure I could have some paint made up but I'm not confident in doing it myself.
 
DFB said:
No, my calipers are the stock grey color.

I'm sure I could have some paint made up but I'm not confident in doing it myself.
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It's a pores finish on the caliper and based on your attention to detail, I'm sure you'll do a GREAT job...GO FOR IT

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DFB said:
These wheels have a matte finish so polishing would not be desirable. I know the coating will add some gloss but I'm fine with that.
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The coating may not add any noticeable gloss at all. I coated a set of satin gray OZ wheels on my last car and there was no difference in appearance after applying the coating.
 
Gtechniq C5 wheel Armor isn’t suppose to add gloss to matte wheels.


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A coating won't add gloss. It will richen the color. I don't know which coating you are planning to use but CarPro DLUX, Gyeon Rim, 22ple VM1 and Gyeon Rim have all worked on matte/satin finishes. I would take 22ple VM1 over all of these for overall performance. DLUX would be my second option.
 
In my post above I used CQuartz TiO2 on those satin wheels. I doubt CQuartzUK would change anything either.
 
Coatingsarecrack said:
Gtechniq C5 wheel Armor isn’t suppose to add gloss to matte wheels.


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The Guz said:
A coating won't add gloss. It will richen the color. I don't know which coating you are planning to use but CarPro DLUX, Gyeon Rim, 22ple VM1 and Gyeon Rim have all worked on matte/satin finishes. I would take 22ple VM1 over all of these for overall performance. DLUX would be my second option.
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Desertnate said:
The coating may not add any noticeable gloss at all. I coated a set of satin gray OZ wheels on my last car and there was no difference in appearance after applying the coating.
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Thanks for the response and clarification guys, much appreciated.
 
I have coated more matte paint finishes over the last 18 months than I can count. Ceramic coating them added ZERO gloss. As Guz said, the color does “richen” though, saturates the color if you will. Which I think is a good look.
 
Just to round out this thread, here a few pics of the results :D -











Thanks for the input guys. :xyxthumbs:
 
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