Shine those rims

Tribecrist · Post by **Tribecrist** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 12:34 pm

Any tips on polishing factory rims mine are damn spotty..

jeff024 · Post by **jeff024** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 1:06 pm

mothers polish and a mothers powerball

Post by **HenryJ** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 3:04 pm

Detailing, wax, and super secret clean-up tips

Eagle 1 Nev-r-dull

Tribecrist · Post by **Tribecrist** » Thu Jul 14, 2005 3:35 am

The factory (non-zr2) S-10 rims are aluminum? or painted with a clear coat? I did try using a 3M Finesse-it finishing material by hand, didnt do it.

Mark

barch97 · Post by **barch97** » Thu Jul 14, 2005 6:17 am

On a somewhat related note, when I changed my stock lugnuts to black, I noticed the lugs were a little rusty and nuts didn't spin off very smoothly. So, I sprayed each lug with WD40 before I put the new nut on. Of course this resulted in a tremendous amount of over-spray WD40 on my then pretty dull and begining to rust chrome center caps.

WOW! what a difference WD40 made. Cleaned most of the minor surface rust off just wiping with a rag. Also it appears to have created a sort of protective barrier on the chrome finish and they have not gotten nearly as rusty and dull as they did the first month or so (now about 6 months later).

I'm sure someone is going to tell me how terribly awful it is to use WD40 on chrome but, you'll not convince me.

Tribecrist · Post by **Tribecrist** » Sun Jul 17, 2005 8:59 am

Well i just tried naval jelly sprayed onto a rag then polished up those rims real nice it worked the stock rims are painted steel with a clear coat ??

Mark