USMuscle99

I can't decide between chrome or polished wheels. I had polished wheels on my truck a few years ago and they didn't look so good after a year. Do you have to polish the hell out of 'em to keep them shiny? I really prefer chrome as far as keeping clean and shiny... they are very good at that. The problem is I REALLY want Torq Thrust IIs for my pewter Z but they only come polished. I wash my car at least twice a week, so if I keep 'em clean will they stay shiny?

Steve1969LS1

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washing your polished alum wheels will NOT keep them shiny.. only "elbow grease" and alum polish will do that <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="gr_stretch.gif" />

Chrome-
Pros: Easy to keep shiny (low maintanace)
Cons: Chrome can peel, a scratch in chrome and you have to have it re-chomed, can rust if not maintained

Polished:
Pros: Nothing looks better than a freshly polished wheel <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="gr_stretch.gif" /> , wont rust, cant peel, relativly cheap to re-polish if scratched(compared to chroming)
Cons: HARD to keep shiny (they will never look as good as the day they were installed), can pit from chemicals, get water spots, even with TONS of effort they WILL need to repolished (if on a daily driver type car) Did I mention they are REALLY HARD to maintain?? <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="gr_images/icons/wink.gif" />

I like the look of polished but I like living with chromed better.. you know for a few hundred $$$ you could get the TTII's chromed.. ive seen it and they look very <img border="0" title="" alt="[Cool]" src="gr_images/icons/cool.gif" />

Hope that helps.