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Old 06-01-2011, 06:00 PM
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I have a set of American Racing 17" chrome wheels and I want to use a polish on them. They're not dull or faded but I wanted to shine them up since I've had them for about 4 years. Any recommendations??
Anyone every use Blue Magic Polish? I heard it's supposed to work well.
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Wash, clay bar and a good quailty wax. For store bought, I would use Mothers or Meguiars.
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I'm using Mother's Chrome Polish on mine
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I love Bling Master. Here's the thread that introduced it to me. I also heard White Diamond is good, but haven't tried it.
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Chrome is too hard (as in physical hardness, not diffuculty) to polish. You can clean it, but aluminum or metal polishes won't help and you're just wasting them.

Use some degreaser and a rag.

Unless your wheels are polished aluminum...and not clear coated.
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Just an fyi, you don't polish chrome, you only clean it.
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I just use a little carnuba car wax on them and they shine pretty good
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i use eagle 1 nevr-dull on my wheels i was pretty impressed with the product after i used it so ive never changed the shine is awesome
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Originally Posted by LSwonMatt
i use eagle 1 nevr-dull on my wheels i was pretty impressed with the product after i used it so ive never changed the shine is awesome
Never tried it on chrome but it's the absolute worst thing I've used on aluminum.
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Zaino, wash with Z-7 then apply Z-2 and wipe down with Z-6 and you are done. Also keeps dust off of them. Here is a bad cell phone pic, the sun wasn't even hitting the wheel.
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adams metal polish works wonders on TTII's



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