little black dots on chrome wheels???
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little black dots on chrome wheels??? hey fellas its been raining alot lately and i havent had a chance to clean my wheels...when i found time to yesterday the chrome was covered in brake dust and filth...washed them and found alot of little black speks that are real hard to scrub off??? what are these and is there an easy way to remove them other than using arm strength???
It sounds like its just some surface pitting. If you dont have any chrome polish, go pick some up ASAP. Little elbow grease and time is all it'll take to get that out. If you have a powerball, it might not be AS hard to get off...but I'd try the hand method first being it sounds light and sporadic.
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Originally Posted by High Pressure
you can try chrome polish?
+1. Get some Mothers chrome polish and you should see at least a big improvement if it doesn't solve the problem completely.
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could just be hardended spots of asphalt...i have had this on my rims...scrubbed the heck out of them and it wouldnt come off till i just picked it off with my fingernail..i dont know if thats what your taking about though
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I get this all the time now on my OEM rims.It's mostly heavy build up of brake material, (yrs I cheaped out last time I replaced the pads) It wasnt really a problem for the wheel cleaner I used to use, (Greased Lightining Orange Blast) but the cleaner is no longer made. Go figure: A comany makes a product that actually works, then discontinues it..sheesh!
Untill I change the pads out again, I just scrub them with SOS pads (lightly!), then polish.
Untill I change the pads out again, I just scrub them with SOS pads (lightly!), then polish.
someone told me that flour works good for polishing chrome wheels, said it was better than any polish out there....
i say screw putting flower on my rims, fry me some flitters
i say screw putting flower on my rims, fry me some flitters
If it were brake dust just about any degreaser would work getting it off. Even heavy build up, if you let it sit on there for a couple of seconds and use a wheel brush it'll just wash right off.
This sounds more like light pitting IMO. Figuring pin/nail head sized marks, that'll easilly come off with polish and elbow grease. Figure larger spots or an entire area (say on a Z06 wheel, the lower valley by the hub or in between spokes) a Powerball will be a lifesaver. Either way, chrome polish = cheap insurance.
This sounds more like light pitting IMO. Figuring pin/nail head sized marks, that'll easilly come off with polish and elbow grease. Figure larger spots or an entire area (say on a Z06 wheel, the lower valley by the hub or in between spokes) a Powerball will be a lifesaver. Either way, chrome polish = cheap insurance.
are you sure they are chrome and not polished? what wheels do you have? i had similar problems with my polished rims, and i just wetsanded them with some 1500 and 2000 grit, and mothers polished them.
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Originally Posted by CAMAROZ28AQUINO
could just be hardended spots of asphalt...i have had this on my rims...scrubbed the heck out of them and it wouldnt come off till i just picked it off with my fingernail..i dont know if thats what your taking about though