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Old 03-05-2006, 10:37 AM
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Default cleaning polished alum wheels?

my wheels have a few water spots on them, im guessing from water getting on them when they're hot.

i tried just rubbing them with a cloth towel, and also tried windex. didnt work really...

is there a wheel cleaner out there that will fix this?
Old 03-05-2006, 10:59 AM
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use the power ball that is made by mothers and use it with mothers wheel cleaning polish.The power ball is a sponge ball that you can use it with a drill it works real good to polish wheels.
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my girlfriend bought me one of those powerballs. it works pretty good. and its easy
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You could try removing them, spend vigoriously, and replace with low maintainance chrome!
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I use a polish called Wenol. Time consuming but it works very well.
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You have to polish out water spots. I use Mothers Billet polish. One thing you can do to to put a end to those water spots is to use Zoops Seal and seal your wheels. I just did it to mine and its some good stuff. Kills all that polishing crap!!
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I just use my car wax on them when I'm washing/detailing. Usually the very last thing I do. Granted this assumes you're using some form of spot-free rinse water, like the bay washes offer.
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read the sticky
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What sticky?




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