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10-13-2001, 03:02 PM

I have some blue paint like crap  on my stock 98 SE rims.  I can't scratch it off...is there any stuff I can put on this that is save for my rims that will remove it?

96SEChick · 10-13-2001, 03:25 PM

That is so weird--I have little drops of blue paint-like crap on my rims too.  There's like 2 or 3 drops on each rim.  Another weird thing is 1 or 2 lug nuts on each of my rims has yellow paint on it.  The things that make ya go hmmmm......

I wish I could help ya, but i'm wondering the same thing as you are.

10-13-2001, 03:37 PM

That's strange...yeah I have the blue spots on a couple spots on my car.  It's like...very blue blue...not a light blue or dark blue..but an in between blue.  

You think paint thiner would hurt my rims?

whateverjames · 10-13-2001, 03:44 PM

i have blue paint looking spots on a couple of my wheels, they are light colored, like sky blue. hmmm  you really have to look for them though.

96SEChick · 10-13-2001, 03:59 PM

yeah, mine are kinda sky blue, too.  Does anyone know how to take it off w/o ruining the finish on the alloy wheels?

10-13-2001, 04:29 PM

maybe its a genetic 240sx thing?

anthony240 · 10-13-2001, 07:33 PM

dang, this is sounding like a conspiracy, I have the same thing, I've tried thinner (it does hurt the rim, but I put some polish to bring it back) and scratching it off with a blade, won't work. very strange....

my240likenoother · 10-13-2001, 08:40 PM

it could be from when you get your brakes done they spray some blue stuff on the pads to help them from not squeeking

misnomer · 10-13-2001, 09:10 PM

Mebbe somebody drank a buncha paint a pissed on all your cars. . . Just a thought. . . .

teamcapsule · 10-14-2001, 03:59 AM

Same here, I got some blue paint on my rims as well (1995 S14). And I'm in Europe... strange...

dave2u · 10-14-2001, 03:17 PM

twilight zone! My standars s14 alloys are in the loft now cos i`ve got my 18`s on but i know #### well there were specks of mysterious paint on them that i couldn`t get off.
D`ya think it`s like aliens marking us off discreetly for abduction??? I mean i`ve never been a panicer but (screams hysterically)AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH SHIIIIITTTTT RRRRRRRUUUUUUNNNNNNNNNN!!!
(dave in the distance   > .  <  )

(Edited by dave2u at 3:20 pm on Oct. 14, 2001)

AJ · 10-14-2001, 06:51 PM

uhh.. mine have it 2.... i figured it was from the factory piantjob caus my car is kinda blue.. but the colors didn't match up right.... now i know i'm not alone... freaky stuff <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=';)'> i tell ya what.

anthony240 · 10-14-2001, 07:29 PM

it's not all over the wheel, just a spot or 2, mine are colored green/blue.

EVOtekS14bDIFter · 10-14-2001, 10:19 PM

Obviously, you all don't know what those blues spots are for so let me enlighten everyone.  Some guy in the factory that manufactured those wheels figured the easiest way to tell a perfect rim from the not-so-perfect rim is to bloch it with blue paint.  It's a pain in the a$$ to get off because they made it that way.  Down the assembly line it goes and the old paint they used wore off easily.  They recycled the flawed rim by melting it and if they put the paint on the flawed rim, it would contaminate the melted metal bin.  Now you all know.

*DSC* · 10-14-2001, 10:33 PM

That didn't make a lot of since to me...but I have some sky blue paint on my 96s14 as well, I just thought it was from the previous owner...now I know better

groundzero · 10-15-2001, 11:04 AM

Maybe those of you guys who are seeing these bluespots are color blind...Mistaking the chrome for blue spots....Just a thought.

vancouvers14 · 10-15-2001, 11:18 AM

time for new wheels

10-13-2001, 03:02 PM	#1
Guest Posts: n/a	I have some blue paint like crap  on my stock 98 SE rims.  I can't scratch it off...is there any stuff I can put on this that is save for my rims that will remove it?

10-13-2001, 03:25 PM	#2
96SEChick Nissanaholic! Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Broken Arrow, OK Age: 47 Posts: 1,814 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	That is so weird--I have little drops of blue paint-like crap on my rims too.  There's like 2 or 3 drops on each rim.  Another weird thing is 1 or 2 lug nuts on each of my rims has yellow paint on it.  The things that make ya go hmmmm...... I wish I could help ya, but i'm wondering the same thing as you are.

10-13-2001, 03:37 PM	#3
Guest Posts: n/a	That's strange...yeah I have the blue spots on a couple spots on my car.  It's like...very blue blue...not a light blue or dark blue..but an in between blue.   You think paint thiner would hurt my rims?

10-13-2001, 03:44 PM	#4
whateverjames Nissanaholic! Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: St. Louis Age: 44 Posts: 2,263 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	i have blue paint looking spots on a couple of my wheels, they are light colored, like sky blue. hmmm  you really have to look for them though.

10-13-2001, 03:59 PM	#5
96SEChick Nissanaholic! Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Broken Arrow, OK Age: 47 Posts: 1,814 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	yeah, mine are kinda sky blue, too.  Does anyone know how to take it off w/o ruining the finish on the alloy wheels?

10-13-2001, 04:29 PM	#6
Guest Posts: n/a	maybe its a genetic 240sx thing?

10-13-2001, 07:33 PM	#7
anthony240 Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Norcal Age: 42 Posts: 1,234 Trader Rating: (4) Feedback Score: 4 reviews	dang, this is sounding like a conspiracy, I have the same thing, I've tried thinner (it does hurt the rim, but I put some polish to bring it back) and scratching it off with a blade, won't work. very strange....

10-13-2001, 08:40 PM	#8
my240likenoother Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Aug 2001 Posts: 1,261 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	it could be from when you get your brakes done they spray some blue stuff on the pads to help them from not squeeking

10-13-2001, 09:10 PM	#9
misnomer Nissanaholic! Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Nevada Posts: 2,293 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Mebbe somebody drank a buncha paint a pissed on all your cars. . . Just a thought. . . .

10-14-2001, 03:59 AM	#10
teamcapsule Leaky Injector Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 147 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Same here, I got some blue paint on my rims as well (1995 S14). And I'm in Europe... strange...

10-14-2001, 03:17 PM	#11
dave2u Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: uk Age: 53 Posts: 499 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	twilight zone! My standars s14 alloys are in the loft now cos i`ve got my 18`s on but i know #### well there were specks of mysterious paint on them that i couldn`t get off. D`ya think it`s like aliens marking us off discreetly for abduction??? I mean i`ve never been a panicer but (screams hysterically)AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH SHIIIIITTTTT RRRRRRRUUUUUUNNNNNNNNNN!!! (dave in the distance   > .  <  ) (Edited by dave2u at 3:20 pm on Oct. 14, 2001)

10-14-2001, 06:51 PM	#12
AJ Zilvia Addict Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Cincinnati Ohio Posts: 793 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	uhh.. mine have it 2.... i figured it was from the factory piantjob caus my car is kinda blue.. but the colors didn't match up right.... now i know i'm not alone... freaky stuff <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=';)'> i tell ya what.

10-14-2001, 07:29 PM	#13
anthony240 Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Norcal Age: 42 Posts: 1,234 Trader Rating: (4) Feedback Score: 4 reviews	it's not all over the wheel, just a spot or 2, mine are colored green/blue.

10-14-2001, 10:19 PM	#14
EVOtekS14bDIFter Leaky Injector Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 70 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Obviously, you all don't know what those blues spots are for so let me enlighten everyone.  Some guy in the factory that manufactured those wheels figured the easiest way to tell a perfect rim from the not-so-perfect rim is to bloch it with blue paint.  It's a pain in the a$$ to get off because they made it that way.  Down the assembly line it goes and the old paint they used wore off easily.  They recycled the flawed rim by melting it and if they put the paint on the flawed rim, it would contaminate the melted metal bin.  Now you all know.

10-14-2001, 10:33 PM	#15
DSC New Title Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: VA Posts: 3,454 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	That didn't make a lot of since to me...but I have some sky blue paint on my 96s14 as well, I just thought it was from the previous owner...now I know better

10-15-2001, 11:04 AM	#16
groundzero Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 310 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Maybe those of you guys who are seeing these bluespots are color blind...Mistaking the chrome for blue spots....Just a thought.

10-15-2001, 11:18 AM	#17
vancouvers14 Zilvia Addict Join Date: Jul 2001 Posts: 868 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	time for new wheels