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Old Apr 9, 2021 | 10:53 AM
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Curious what some of the Detailing Pros on here use to polish up wheels that have some mild water spots and stains from the years. I used to use a product Wizards but can't find that anymore and also a product called Extreme. Both were like a cloth material inside a container that you'd use to clean metal material with. Looking to polish up my CCW Classics and would love to find out what people are having success using.

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Old Apr 9, 2021 | 06:32 PM
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Curious to know as well.
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Old Apr 10, 2021 | 11:10 PM
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I use White Diamond metal polish on my FM5s. Easy to use and great results. Can be found at your local parts store too.
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Old Apr 11, 2021 | 02:35 PM
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Mother's Ball and Mother's Polish. I'm going to try White Dimond next just for the kicks of it, but I've been polishing parts for years and Mother's always worked well for me.
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Old Apr 12, 2021 | 08:36 AM
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Awesome love the FM5's always look good on f-bodies. I will give White Diamond a try, any tips on using it, or is it just as easy to use like a lot of others. I've used the mothers ball before as it is handy getting into tighter spots. Sometimes someone has a new or a product might have never heard of that does wonders. I should probably do like a ceramic coating on the rims but I'm sure getting them prepped and then coated would cost a small fortune.
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Old Apr 12, 2021 | 12:00 PM
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ive used the mothers ball and aluminim polish, ive also used wenol. both had great results
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I hated my one set of polished CCWs. Got them powder coated. hoops brushed and was much happier, and so much easier to keep them clean.


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Old Apr 12, 2021 | 09:54 PM
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Definitely looks good, you do see a fair amount powder coated. They do look good on F-Bodies for sure.
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People used to use Never Dull on uncoated wheels.
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