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Old 06-01-2007, 06:43 PM
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how to clean theses rims ,, any one got any good quick ways.
ive always had the polished gray wheels but u dont see water spots
and stuff on the stock..
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Eagle 1 Never Dull....works awesome.
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any type of towels or like a quick spray..
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I usually towel dry them then use either mothers or the eagle one chrome polish with a micro fiber towel. If you want to clean the inside of the rims, Meguiars also makes a chrome wheel cleaner. I usually only spray it on the inside of the rims to remove all the heavy break dust deposits. It will clean up your rims real quick! No scrubbing needed on the inside.
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MF towel or a very clean chamios to dry. Then its Mothers chrome polish and inbetween washes/quick touch ups a spritz of Windex.

Mirror like shine
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Soap and water, and glass cleaner when dry to make them shine. I sometimes use a spray wax to finish them and make them really bling.
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I like to use a Dish washing liquid w/ a degreaser and dry it w/ my adsorber towel thingy. I work at discont tire and has seen lots o wheels w/ corrosion so i dont like using cleaners w/ alcohol but dish washing liquid is made to not harm ur hands so it wont kill ur wheels. just my .02
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MF towel and megiuars quick detailer to keep mine touched up
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Originally Posted by LS1 Eddie
Soap and water, and glass cleaner when dry to make them shine. I sometimes use a spray wax to finish them and make them really bling.
Thats what i usually do.....and i dry it with a MF towel
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Originally Posted by SSINISTR SS
Eagle 1 Never Dull....works awesome.
Is this Never Dull the stuff that comes in a can and its kinda like an sos pad? I figured that stuff might damage chrome.
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Awaiting Ryan's answer, he deff has the definition of clean car. Got some Chrome ZR1's myself I need to keep clean now.
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I seen some never dull last night and its like cotton in a can not sos pad like i thought. I'm still not sure how good it would work on chrome wheels or if it would damage them. Anybody got any input on it?
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Soap and water (Zaino Z7) when washing. When drying the car, usuall do the wheels last but try to get to them before they start to water spot. This last time I was spraying my car with some Zaino Z9 grand finalie spray, just cause I have some left (I tried it, but like the Z6 better) and it works unbelievablly on chrome. If any of you have Zaino Z9, try it on your chrome, it is amazing.
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Originally Posted by EarlSS
I seen some never dull last night and its like cotton in a can not sos pad like i thought. I'm still not sure how good it would work on chrome wheels or if it would damage them. Anybody got any input on it?
Yeah it def. works. I used it last night and it gives them a sweet shine
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Originally Posted by Jakson
Yeah it def. works. I used it last night and it gives them a sweet shine
Does the Never Dull take out small blemishes or does it just make em shine?
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Sprayaway works AEWSOME on any Chrome..........U can get at almost any hardware store
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I hate my Chrome ZR1's. they suck to clean.
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Originally Posted by davered00ss
I hate my Chrome ZR1's. they suck to clean.
I thought they were pretty easy myself. Compared to my old 18s, they are nothing. Everything is easy to see, so its hard to miss any spots.
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Originally Posted by EarlSS
Does the Never Dull take out small blemishes or does it just make em shine?
By blemishes do you mean scratches and stuff, or just water spots and dirt? It takes out waterspots and such easy. It just pretty much cleans and shines them up. It says it can take off rust and tar, but I havnt tried it on anything like that yet.
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Originally Posted by davered00ss
I hate my Chrome ZR1's. they suck to clean.
Really?

I think the ZR1's are one of the easiest wheels to clean.


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