bare metal alloys

[Chops]

Hey, quick question! i have a set of rota gt3s that i stripped back from hideous turquoise to bare metal to paint bronze, then decided i liked the bare metal look and chucked em on as they were. obviously they've gone all shitty a couple of times now, and i don't really feel like wire brushing em every couple of months to keep em looking nice, but ive been told a few times by peeps that you cant just lacquer em cause it wont stick to bare metal properly. i dont want to paint em silver, i like the completely bare look, does anyone have any idea of how to preserve it?

[TurboTobz]

I've seen raw cars lacquered aswell as bike frames

[Ollieh17]

I've had a lacqured raw bike frame before lacquer stuck fine

[glanzadude]

My oem Glanza wheels are bare metal for the last year and still look great. I just sanded them with fine sandpaper and then metal polished them came out great .

[morgey]

You would want to give them a good clean and a degrease 1st but i cant see why it wouldnt stick, unless you had polished them. My mate did a set of alloy control arms in just lacquer and they were fine for months before he put them on his car.

[Chops]

Cheers for the replys! it seems ive been lied to by many peeps, i wish id ignored em and just chucked it on when the wheels were freshly stripped, i need to faff around cleaning the damn things all up again now