quickneSS

I have polished ZR1's and I used Eagle 1 MAG cleaner without having read the back of the bottle. . After using it I noticed that there were some shitty stains all over my rims. Than I looked on the back of the bottle and It said NOT FOR POLISHED RIMS !!!

Now my rims look like **** and I don't know how to get them back to the way they were.

Does anyone have any suggestions...???

Help me please!!!

quickneSS

Can someone move this thread to the wheel forum?

I did'nt notice that forum till after the post..

Thanks in advance!

FelixIlka

I would think wash them really good and pick up some Mothers Mag Polish ( comes in a little jar ) from Wal-Mart. That stuff works wonders... maybe claybar would work aswell?

DMH Fabrication

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idk if thats fixable. I'm guessing they are not clearr coated? i would try the mothers polish like he suggested but it may have gotten into the alum.

y2k_ta

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Wenol Polish (orange tube) might bring your wheels back to life. Several years ago, I thought I'd ruined a set of Weld Pro Stars by leaving them on the car during the Winter. The road salt did a number on the finish, but I was recommended Wenol Polish to correct the problem. I'd say it brought them back to 99%.

Wenol comes in two grades-blue tube and orange tube. The orange tube is a little harsher, so it's good for the hard jobs. Once it's "fixed", use the blue tube to maintain the finish.

Darth Z

Wenol is the ****!

quickneSS

Thanks guys! Do you all know where I can pick some(Wenol) up? Advance Auto,Auto Zone,etc....

Those stains are pretty bad. You can tell where the cleaner ran off the rim and left a trails behind it. Hopefully this stuff will work because if not I'm gonna have to go wheel shopping , and I would rather spend money on performance mods .

Any other suggestions would also be much appreciated!!!
Just in case the Wenol does'nt pull it off of course!

01 Red WS6

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Well if it doesn't pull it off you could just have the wheels repolished or you could try to do it yourself by wet sanding and polishing

quickneSS

Does anyone know how much it usually runs to have wheels repolished?

And if they are repolished, do they look new?

Thanks in advance

makoshark

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EagleOne Mag cleaner is acid. What you have done is started stripping your clear coat on the rims. Your gonna have to finish stripping the clear coat now and replolish the wheels. Do not sand them at all or use any kind of abrasive.

LS1 Sounds

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My polished ZR1 wheels are not clearcoated... Most of them aren't, but I guess it depends where you buy them. You don't want to use a metal polish on clear coated wheels.

As long as they aren't coated I would try Heavy Metal polish, it's supposed to be some of the best stuff available. If you are looking for something to try locally, Meguiar's new NXT Metal Polysh works MUCH better than Mother's Mag & Aluminum polish and is usually available at parts stores, Wal*Mart, Target, etc.

Darth Z

Wenol can be kinda tryicky to find, you may not find it locally, but I don' t know that for sure. Lucky for you, I do know of one vendor...Eckler' s Here' s the blue:blue Wenol

01 Red WS6

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I'm not positive how much it will run... I would think around $100 a wheel depending on where you go... I'm trying to guess on the high side.

If they are repolished then yes they will look new.

Unforgiven1

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My vote is for you to be a ginuea pig in the name of LS1tech and go buy a MOthers powerball and post up your results with it


Justin

Brandon Boomhauer

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Save your money. It blows.

I've posted about it before. It sucks. I've heard of 1 person that liked it, and that was a review writer for a magazine....


Anyways, If they were polished wheels you may end up sanding them.

makoshark... why wouldnt you sand them or use abrasive polish on them? Even if they were clear coated (highly doubtful) they would still need some form of abrasive to remove the rest. Acid completely ruins the finish on aluminum, pitting it, etc, etc,..... Sanding is much better, if needed done.

Charging TA

A friend came over to look at my car before I got the ZR1s, he was telling me how aluminum wheels are great because you can have them re-finished (which I knew and was reason I wanted the aluminum rims)... he said a friend with a Porsche sent his aluminum wheels out to be re-finished that had pretty bad damage and costed 60$ a wheel or such and came back like new.

Edit: Thanks Brandon, I was considering buying the Mother's Powerball/Flitz to see if it would help out with polishing my rims... I was also thinking of getting some polishing drill attachments to test out on the rims but havent gone out to get any...

LS1 Sounds

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I've had a Mother's Powerball for several months now and love it. However, the Mother's PowerMetal polish that they push with it sucks bad. It's even worse than their Mag & Aluminum polish! I've been using Meg's NXT metal polysh, it's good stuff.

01 Red WS6

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I would just go get a polishing wheel for your drill. Thats what I use on my wheels and they come out great.

Charging TA

Thanks! Did you get your polishing attachments local or online?

01 Red WS6

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local, I went to Home Depot and picked one up.. Just becareful because the wheel can get caught on the egde of the wheel and pull the drill if you aren't careful. I wasn't careful on one of my wheels and I had a nice little scratch fromt he chuck of the drill. Only happened once though, after that I was very careful.