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Old Mar 2, 2026 | 08:58 PM
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Default Best product for Torq Thrusts?

Really want to bring some life back to these TTs, curious if anyone has a favorite product to make them pop and maybe protect or seal them?
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Old Mar 8, 2026 | 09:16 AM
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I bought my wheels in 2022 and they are lasting real well with regular spray wax. No deterioration at all but my car is garage kept and I know that helps immensely.
These are the products I have been using.







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I think Mothers Mag polish or Never Dull would bring them back to life.
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The bare polished finish on TTIIs will need much more aggressive products to bring back the shine vs. what you would want to use on a chrome finished wheel like the TTMs.

Any metal polish of your choice will work for the TTIIs that the OP has. For chrome finishes, like NC01TA's TTMs, you don't want to use anything as aggressive as a metal polish. The stuff he has posted above (anything that is safe for paint), and/or specific chrome polish, is just fine.
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I will add this, even "all wheel safe" wheel cleaners can cause issues on clearcoated wheels. My wheels are over 20 years old and wheel cleaner that was left on too long made a couple wheels cloudy looking in spots.
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Originally Posted by wannafbody
I will add this, even "all wheel safe" wheel cleaners can cause issues on clearcoated wheels. My wheels are over 20 years old and wheel cleaner that was left on too long made a couple wheels cloudy looking in spots.
Yeah you definitely have to be careful with clear coated wheels. Again, anything that is safe for paint will be safe for these, so if you stick with regular car wash or dish soap, it won't hurt anything. But the aggressive wheel cleaners should really be used with care (and only if extremely dirty) and rinsed off quickly.

TTIIs are bare metal though, so you'll want a metal polish for those. Anything less aggressive won't really polish them up.
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