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Old May 25, 2006 | 10:38 AM
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I polish mine about 1 to 2 times a month with Mothers aluminum polish.My TT2's are 3 years old.I also use Meguiar's Hot Rims all wheel cleaner to keep the wheels clean between polishing.
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Old May 25, 2006 | 01:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Allergik2dyin
How much time would be cut down by using the mothers powerball. I am still between chrome/polished myself.
i can knock out all 4 of my 18's within like 20 min but i go into "tweeker" mode once i start cleaning the car
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Old May 25, 2006 | 05:16 PM
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I wanted a set of TT2's last year and was all set to get them then once I started hitting the car show circuit and seeing all the people with them polishing them non-stop I changed my mind. They're beautiful when shined up, but I'm more of a "get-it-clean, keep-it-clean" type of person and chrome works better with that approach. I did talk to a guy at a show this spring that had some and said a Mother's powerball helps, but to do a real good job, still gotta do it by hand and spend 30+mins per wheel as previously mentioned. That's 2 hrs after the rest of your car is clean.....
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Old May 26, 2006 | 07:42 PM
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oops.

Last edited by BLACKNREDSS; May 26, 2006 at 10:37 PM.
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Old May 26, 2006 | 09:53 PM
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Originally Posted by JasonWW
Wrong pic.
Plus the sizes are different. Smoothies are only made in 8" and 10" wide.
and to add to it, they don't come in chrome either....unless they just started doing it, but as far as I know, only polished
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Old Aug 13, 2006 | 09:12 PM
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What kind of weight difference is their between chrome and polished wheels, usually big?
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