AdsoYo

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I bought these polished aluminum TT2's back around 2008, probably have 65,000 miles on them at this point. I use Meguiar's aluminum wheel cleaner and scrub with a wheel brush with every wash but haven't polished them in years. I tried using Mother's polish and Powerball but it looks like it did absolutely nothing. Would a professional be able to restore these? What kind of shop do I search for?

wannafbody

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Maybe try White Diamond metal polish. WalMart carries it. I think it's popular with truckers. Worth a shot.

RevGTO

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Once they get milky and spotted like that there's no polish that can do it. Post #9 in this thread tells you how to do it. It's some serious work!

https://ls1tech.com/forums/wheels-ti...e-somehow.html

wssix99

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This feels like a job for child (teenager) labor. (I'm getting sore just thinking about it.)

I'm sure a professional rim restoration shop would be happy to do this work for you!

AdsoYo

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yeah this is labor I'm not at all interested in doing. We don't have any "rim restoration shops" in my area that I'm aware of but there are a few wheel/tire shops.

Kjduvall

have you thought about having them powdercoated, there is alot of nice color options out there.

wssix99

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First thing that came up in a Google search was this place: https://www.nwwheelandtire.com/services/

If you look for places that do rim straightening, they will have the other services like this. I'm sure there are more.

AdsoYo

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I've been to that shop before and they did a good job. They were the first place I thought about for this so I'll certainly be calling them.

Ls7colorado

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Places that polish big rigs should be able to fix you up.

LS1 TJ

Maybe you don't want to do the labor but I wonder if you could try polishing the wheels by pretending it's new paint.
I help at a body shop a couple days a week. On the resto's with base coat clear coat paint we start with 1000 grit wet. This gets the orange peel out. Then 1500 grit wet. This gets the 1000 sand scratches out. The sanding is done by hand. Then 3000 wet. After that a polish and buff with power tools.
Wouldn't be too tough with the wheel off the car.
Just a thought.

AdsoYo

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Went to NW Wheel and Tire and they said they'd have to strip the wheels down and re-coat them then polish them. I'd be better off buying a new set for the cost.

Does CCW still sell their 505a wheels?

wssix99

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We're going to have to add a "Bummer" button next to the "Like" button...

LS1 TJ

Strip and recoat to bare aluminum? Doesn't make sense.

BFK86

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buy some different shaped wool buffing wheels that you can chuck up in a drill from harbor freight and some either compound or aluminum polish and try concentrating on one spot for a minute and see if it takes some one that oxidation out..if not 1000 grit sand paper and step up to 1500 then try polishing again with the drill and aluminum polish...guarantee they will look near brand new again.

AdsoYo

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They said the oxidation was in the coating, not the aluminum after trying to restore a small spot on the wheel.

Sounds better than $260/ wheel for a new set. I'll give it a shot, thanks!