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Nov 25, 2009 | 06:04 PM

Keith_Shapiro

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spots on rims

i have a set of z06 rims, they were on the car when i bought it and they have had spots on them, now i want to get rid of the spots any ideas? here are some pics of them, ive used mothers aluminum polish and a ton of other products but to no avail. any ieas help

Nov 25, 2009 | 07:22 PM

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did you clean the rims for these pics? or are they dirty + spots. if you cleaned them, then damm, thats pretty bad

Nov 25, 2009 | 07:47 PM

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they were cleaned. your telling me its bad, i see it everyday and it hurts....

Nov 25, 2009 | 08:24 PM

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Those don't look too hot Keith. You could try hitting those areas with 2000 grit and go again with the polish.

Nov 25, 2009 | 08:39 PM

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Maybe give Blingmaster a try. Otherwise, wetsand...

Nov 26, 2009 | 08:58 AM

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+1 vote for Blingmaster. I picked up a bottle last week since they are local to me, and I haven't gotten to use it on my TT2's...I used it on other random things and it worked great. Great guys to deal with too.

http://www.detailsupplyonline.com/ or search the forums for before/after pics.

Nov 26, 2009 | 12:18 PM

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you could try
http://www.meguiars.com/estore/produ...ectionID=17101

http://www.eagleone.com/pages/produc...=1006&cat=5006

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Nov 26, 2009 | 01:13 PM

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use some alum wheel polish on them...they look like polished and not chrome,,,,they need constant attention to keep them from doing that. looks like you got salt on em or they werent dry and sat for a long time,,,,if the polish wont get rid of them then wet sand and then polish again,,,, go from say 800 to 1000 to 1500 to 2000 or somthing like that.

Nov 26, 2009 | 10:46 PM

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Those have no clear coat correct? If they are bare aluminum do what everyone is suggesting try polishing them up with some blingmaster or another aluminum polish if you have some already. If that doesn't work do some light wet sanding followed by polish. They will come out great. My TT2's were pretty bad and I've kept them looking pretty close to that since doing the same process with mine. The biggest thing is whenever it rains I always wash them off before the water/dirt drys.