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Old 02-26-2008, 08:43 AM
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What is the best aluminum wheel polish? I have used the nano and mothers before and they work pretty good but is there a number 1 product out there?

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Meguires Hot Wheels and a Powerball. We have a set of Torque D's on my wife's 98 and they looked like trashe when we bought the car. With the combo above they came out looking like mirrors!!!
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Sorry for the crappy pics but they were all I could find here at work.
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i always used wenole on most of my polised metals
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Meguiars hot rims mag & aluminum.

I"ll post pics later.
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About 3 weeks ago i took out the orbital and started to polish up the rims. I been using these 3 polishes. I like the meguiars hot rims the best but all work great. With the hot rims i was able to get done quicker and remove more dirt. I dont have a power ball yet but plan on getting one.


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I like the Mother's billet polish the best. That's the one that comes in the small container for like $12-15. The Meguiar's above is ok but I get the best results out of the Mothers with mini powerball.
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Gords. I love this stuff.
http://gordsaluminumpolish.com/

My wheels hand polished.

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ealge one has a good polish called "nano" polish.....i used them on my motorcycle back in the day and it did wonders
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This is the only pic i have right now of it in the sun and the shine from rims. This stuff works.

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I use Hot Rims also.
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Mothers Billet Polish. Polish by hand, wipe off residue with microfiber.

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Originally Posted by Iron Head
I use Hot Rims also.
Thats the stuff!!!!
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I need a power ball.
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Originally Posted by ls1leadfoot
ealge one has a good polish called "nano" polish.....i used them on my motorcycle back in the day and it did wonders
I used that stuff on my Eagle Alloys I had on my old V6 Camaro. It worked really well and always had them shining good.
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i hate polished rims. i have used mothers with good luck though.
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When I had my CCWs on my C5, I absolutely fell in love with Adam's Metal Polish. Here is a 3min video from their site....I'm not sure it gets a better shine than any other polish, but if you've owned a set of polished wheels before, you will appreciate how little effort is needed.

http://www.adamspolishes.com/t-Videos_DVD5_28.aspx

Here is a link to the polishes for sale:

http://www.adamspolishes.com/p-69-me...1-2-combo.aspx
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"heavy Metal" works well also. it's an oil based polish
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I have alway used wenol or mothers billet on mine but I think I will have to try hot rims.
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Check this guy out...

https://ls1tech.com/forums/showthrea...+polish&page=3

He used these:

Drill, then...



From this:

To this:


This guy is genius.

I'll be polishing my accumulator, TB and my challenge, Stainless steel bassani true duals.
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Another vote for Mother's Billet.


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