Tyre sealant for corroded wheel rims?

[dingov70]

If your rims are so bad , have a tyre fitter remove the tyres & clean off any corrosion . Then ask for bead sealer to be applied when the tyres are refitted .

Just remember any sealant injected into the tyre will render it scrap if it should ever be in need of a puncture repair . This is because there is absolutely no way to ensure that something catastrophic wil not happen to the tyre due to a hidden / obscured defect masked by the injected sealant .

No I am not a tyre fitted , but have 40 years in the motortrade & work as an MOT tester .

OR , tyre off , bead blast & powder coat to a colour of your choice

You pays your money & you takes your choice

[rorythescot]

The problem I've got is I need the car for work. I could maybe do them one at a time if I had somewhere undercover but I haven't.
So I'm stuck with paying someone else to do it or finding an easy fix myself. I see that sealants would be thrown away from the rims by centrifugal force, but I was just hoping someone might have a clever solution.
Thank you for your kind words Kenny, your right it does look as if I'll have to bite the bullet and stop being a tight git.

[dingov70]

Unfortunatey there is no simple / easy / cheap fix . Been there , done it , tried it , sworn about it & finally done it propoerly

[wimorrison]

Originally Posted by rorythescot

Hardly as the loss is always topped up before the car is taken out. However with winter coming I would like them to be fixed sharpish, but I was hoping there would be a cheaper way of doing it rather than total wheel refurbishment.
Incidentally my 04 V70 is doing 48.3 average MPG over 120 Fuel-ups

Your edit has made significant changes to your original post changing what you said pretty well completely.

You agreed that you were endangering both your passengers and other road users, you have now removed that admission and instead prefer to believe that blowing them up every few days is getting over the problem.

Very selfish thinking, as any under inflated tyre changes the car handling considerably and this is even more dangerous in the winter.

[kenny]

Originally Posted by rorythescot

The problem I've got is I need the car for work. I could maybe do them one at a time if I had somewhere undercover but I haven't.
So I'm stuck with paying someone else to do it or finding an easy fix myself. I see that sealants would be thrown away from the rims by centrifugal force, but I was just hoping someone might have a clever solution.
Thank you for your kind words Kenny, your right it does look as if I'll have to bite the bullet and stop being a tight git.

The bead seal I gave the link to does work really well but not all garages use it. None of the big chains do that's for sure.

[DaveNP]

+1 for bead sealer rather than tyre sealer, it's a different product.

But also +1 to wimorrison's concerns, if your wheels are as bad as they sound, regardless of cost and inconvenience, you ought to be looking at a proper long term solution, either refurb the wheels or find a decent set second hand.

[rorythescot]

I would like to say thank you to all who have offered genuine advice. One respondent has thrown his teddy out of the pram when I said I have been having to add air to my tyres every couple of days, he did this without stopping to ask how much I've been needing to add.
I didn't realise I needed to explain that I'm not an idiot and always top up the air before I go out anywhere in the car.
The worst of the tyres is losing nearly 2 psi over a 3 day period and the longest journey I do is less than an hour.
I was simply hoping one of you would have a clever solution as paying to have all 4 wheels refurbished will be difficult. I'm really sorry I asked.

[Svendahornking]

Iye there's always one.

[cam]

I use tyre paint to seal my wheels after cleaning up the rim's done my toyota field truck over 3yr's ago and still up to this day.

[canis]

If the corrosion is so bad that they won't hold air, has not the structural integrity of the metal been compromised? Is the metal not fatigued to a dangrous level?

I don't know about wheels, that's why I'm asking. I never work with tyres or exhausts if I can possibly avoid it.