Exposed metal on beauty rings -- will it rust?

[privateer35]

Got some trail rashes on one of my wheel's beauty rings. At least it's the ring and nothing too important. However, will this eventually rust?

I got them powder coated and would look to apply some gloss black paint or something to fix it visually and chemically to avoid any rusting. Worst case scenario I can get it redone, or buy one ring somewhere.

Looking for suggestions.

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[BlueBronco]

I thought they were aluminum?

 

[Felix808]

I thought they were aluminum?

They are & will not rust. Corrode maybe, but just scuff them on another rock
My suggestion is to leave it if you intend to use your truck

 

[Raptor.Tremor.Bronco]

The rings on my raptor were scraped for years and never corroded or anything. You'll be fine but touch up will make it looked better

 

[BigHoof]

Depends on where you live. Around here, bare aluminum will corrode with the salt used on the roads and then bubble the black paint. Best to keep touched up.

 

[AZMikeL]

Definitely aluminum. I have the silver ones on by BL. They scratch and scuff if they even look at a rock! Was gonna paint them to match the body, but after my 1st outing with it after owning it for less than 2 weeks, I decided 'Rock Rash' was the easiest look to maintain.

Corrosion is not an issue here - exterior metal parts last forever, while the plastic/rubber stuff dries, cracks, and turns to dust. Fortunately, I work from home, so mine spends almost all of it's non-driving time in the garage out of the UV rays.

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