Can I lacquer alloy? as in my center BBS caps?

[Vdubbster]

Basically the BBS center caps (RC Alloys) are covered in a plastic, this eventually cracks and lets water in, this starting the whole thing to corrode!

So I removed all the plastic and re polished it up :-) :




Put it back on the car and two weeks later I looks like this:



SO, If I polish again, can i lacquer it?

[...joe]

you can but it needs to have a key for it to stick to (half the reason the factory laquer lifts) so a polished surface isn't great to laquer over. you want to get it clear anodised realy. look in the yellow pages/google for local places that do electroplating.

[jake]

agree as above or it wont stick, i tried and failed

[converge]

try going over it with some 2000 grit then lacquer prob get away with it