954RR

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Ok some people are saying the 2000 WS6 wheels are polished from the factory? Whatever the outside of the rim is coated with be it chrome or just polished aluminum is flaking off. So I took my car to this polishing/plating shop to have them look at my rims and they said they were chrome plated from the factory and it is flaking off in a few spots on all of the rims. They said they will have to dip the old stuff off of them and re chrome them or polish them out.....
My question is, 1) are they lying to me? and 2) if they are not lying which route do I take? re-chroming?

LS69TA

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I believe they are polished aluminum with a clear coat on them, but I could be mistaken. The clear was coming off my '01 WS6's and looked like ***.

954RR

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from what I have heard though the 2001-02 wheels are different from the 98-00 wheels. You may have a clear coat but I am not sure mine does
I am just not sure what to do, they look like total crap!

Xsta Z 28

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Pics would help, but I do not recall Pontiacs having a chrome option from the factory.

burlst/a

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mines a 00 ram air and yes they are chromed.01-02 are polished.

'Trust'

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All ws6 wheels 96 and up were polished aluminum with a clear coat

redbeast

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96-00 chrome 5 spoke / thinner spokes.
01-02 polished 5 spoke/ thicker spokes.

The Sad

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I am pretty sure my 99s are polished with clear coat.

joeformula

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They're polished with a clear coat. Those guys up at the chrome platers are lying. What you should do is have the clear coat stripped off and just run them like that. They're gonna look really shiny for awhile, but they're gonna oxidize real quick. Or you could get them reclear coated.

'Trust'

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Where did you get that?

jargan04

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He is correct. 96-96 Was Silver with polkished lip. The 98-01 thin, and late 01-02 wide spoke are both polished with a clear coat. Take the clear coat off and polish them every so often.

black00TA

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this is a true statement, all else is false.

they are all polished, not chrome..

954RR

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thanks guys for all the replies.... I think I am going to strip the clear off of them, and get them looking good and then sell them because I bought some TT2! Having them put on today

burlst/a

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well mine is a ram air 2000 and def chrome.wife curb rash proved it to me.