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LWillmann
02-05-2006, 03:05 PM
Last night, I decided to clean and polish my rims. I have American Racing Torq Thrust II's and they're polished aluminum.

So far, I've just washed them with a mild dish soap and my cleaning mit just like I wash my car. After that, I normally follow it up and an Ammonia free lens cleaner and they normally look great.

Since I had them off the car for the winter (they use salt here and I don't want to ruin the wheels), And I had the American Racing Metal Polish, and American Racing Wheel Wax, I decided to get them clean and polished up for this year.

So here's the before:
LWillmann
02-05-2006, 03:07 PM
Here is the same wheel after cleaning with Windex (or a generic facsimile)...
LWillmann
02-05-2006, 03:09 PM
I then applied the ARE Metal Polish
LWillmann
02-05-2006, 03:10 PM
Then I removed the wheel polish
LWillmann
02-05-2006, 03:11 PM
Then I applied the wheel wax
LWillmann
02-05-2006, 03:12 PM
And the the final step, remove the wax.
badjuju342
02-05-2006, 03:15 PM
Got some 17s you can do next.:chevy:
LWillmann
02-05-2006, 03:26 PM
Why don't my pics show up as thumbnails???
badjuju342
02-05-2006, 03:31 PM
I dunno , better yell at the admin who does that stuff 'bout that!:rrofl:
RedBullZ
02-05-2006, 03:37 PM
Juju, let him polish all of the billet on your car.
Biff85ta
02-05-2006, 03:49 PM
Juju, let him polish all of the billet on your car.
Lee's arms would fall off.
badjuju342
02-05-2006, 04:09 PM
Hey , I don't have a billet problem . I can stop any time . Really , I can.:shifty:
cyphur_traq
02-07-2006, 12:32 PM
Those look pretty good. I usually use Mother's aluminum polish when its an aluminum wheel tho - gets that stuff lookin like chrome.

My next rims won't be polished or chrome so I'll just have to use a clear wax.
LWillmann
02-07-2006, 01:00 PM
I got the ARE stuff when I bought the wheels, and since it's the factory formulas I figured it would work.

If you compare the first clean picture to the after-wax picture, you can see a difference. They really shine now. The pictures don't really do them justice.

I might try that Mother's stuff though.

One thing I did try was the Mother's PowerBall on one of the wheels, and I hate it. It's too stiff, and doesn't get into the nooks and crannys like I was hoping.