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Old 07-30-2011, 07:32 PM
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Originally Posted by MeentSS02
Pretty much...I refuse to drive my car when the roads are wet just because of that. I may end up having them either chromed or look into a clear powder coat down the road, but every time I got them wet without being able to clean them resulted in a cloudy finish that had to be polished to make look decent. Don't get me wrong...when clean, they look great, but they are NOT for everyone.
My factory WS6 high polished wheels looked amazing, like mirrors for about 8 years. Whats up with that??????

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that little ding on the lip and your having a fit!? no wonder they didnt want to fix it, as soon as you put a tire on its not even noticed.
Sorry, if I paid 2.5k for rims, they better be perfect.
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Saw what looked like a brand new Dodge Challenger at the gym tonight....it had high polished rims on it. The rims looked like ****. All cloudy and hazed over.

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@Guitar. You are correct and besides that their were 3 out of the 4 damaged. Some of the damage wouldve been visable after tires were mounted. Theirs always that one guy if you know what I mean.
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Originally Posted by LS6427
My factory WS6 high polished wheels looked amazing, like mirrors for about 8 years. Whats up with that??????

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They come with a clear from the factory.
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If polished wheels are such a maintenance nightmare, why doesn't everyone have them clearcoated?
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Old 08-03-2011, 12:38 PM
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Originally Posted by SSCamaro99_3
If polished wheels are such a maintenance nightmare, why doesn't everyone have them clearcoated?
My stock WS6 wheels are clear coated as everyones are and no matter how clean they are they still look foggy to me.. Polished wheels are not hard to maintain if you use Mothers polish and a powerball or powercone.
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Originally Posted by Guitar
Sorry, if I paid 2.5k for rims, they better be perfect.
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that little ding on the lip and your having a fit!? no wonder they didnt want to fix it, as soon as you put a tire on its not even noticed.
lol what he said^

but $2500 for 18" wheels yea I would kinda be **** too. so wheres the pics at lol are they mounted yet? looks like a reverse mount wheel just hope who ever mounted these hope they used clips on the changer and took there time bolting on not scratching around the lug holes of each wheel. lol
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Originally Posted by tumadre
lol what he said^

but $2500 for 18" wheels yea I would kinda be **** too. so wheres the pics at lol are they mounted yet? looks like a reverse mount wheel just hope who ever mounted these hope they used clips on the changer and took there time bolting on not scratching around the lug holes of each wheel. lol
Im going to EVS MOTORS in Houston.. They do alot of highend european cars so im sure they got it.. Scheduled for next week do to issues with work..
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Man that sucks that a company with such good products has a shady rep for customer service. That's really too bad.
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Originally Posted by tumadre
lol what he said^

but $2500 for 18" wheels yea I would kinda be **** too. so wheres the pics at lol are they mounted yet? looks like a reverse mount wheel just hope who ever mounted these hope they used clips on the changer and took there time bolting on not scratching around the lug holes of each wheel. lol


Will get better pics later..
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It takes me less time to polish my aluminum wheels once every few months than it does to wash/wax a car...

Chrome looks cheap to me, there's something classier and clean looking about polished aluminum wheels
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Originally Posted by thunderstruck507
It takes me less time to polish my aluminum wheels once every few months than it does to wash/wax a car...

Chrome looks cheap to me, there's something classier and clean looking about polished aluminum wheels
thats why i went with a polished lip over chrome...
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Looks nice!
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i wouldn't wanna wait that long, but it was honestly well worth it. looks killer man!
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