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Old Jul 16, 2006 | 07:36 PM
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I am in the process of painting my calipers and inside of my rotors and had to take off all the wheels so i thought hey good time to polish them. I almost regret getting polished wheels now after just one run at it, took me forever to polish 2 of them and they look about 90% and i still have 2 to go. Probably end up selling them and going chrome, screw having to do this twice a month.
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Old Jul 16, 2006 | 07:47 PM
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that sucks
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Old Jul 16, 2006 | 07:49 PM
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i don't understand why you guys have so much trouble keeping polished wheels shiney.

i polish mine once every month or two and simply wipe them down with stoner's invisible glass window cleaner/microfiber - looks as good as new and shiney as hell.
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Old Jul 16, 2006 | 07:54 PM
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Originally Posted by 11secondhorse
I am in the process of painting my calipers and inside of my rotors and had to take off all the wheels so i thought hey good time to polish them. I almost regret getting polished wheels now after just one run at it, took me forever to polish 2 of them and they look about 90% and i still have 2 to go. Probably end up selling them and going chrome, screw having to do this twice a month.
your not too far away...wanna trade ? lol
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Old Jul 16, 2006 | 08:12 PM
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PM me if you are serious on selling?

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Old Jul 16, 2006 | 08:27 PM
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what size? whats the diameter? 17X11? or?
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Old Jul 16, 2006 | 08:46 PM
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Buy some Zoopseal I did when I had the TTII's it was a life saver.
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Old Jul 16, 2006 | 10:21 PM
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I dont know if ill actually sell or trade them but i dont know its possible sometime. I just wanted to bitch about em. Ive only had em on the car a little over a week LOL. They are 9.5 and 11s btw.
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Originally Posted by Silver02TA
i don't understand why you guys have so much trouble keeping polished wheels shiney.

i polish mine once every month or two and simply wipe them down with stoner's invisible glass window cleaner/microfiber - looks as good as new and shiney as hell.

I'm thinking the same thing
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Old Jul 17, 2006 | 09:50 AM
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What were you using? I use the stuff from Adamspolishes.com and it works bad ***. It's a chemical-cut polish, so it doesn't take much to get 'er done.
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Old Jul 17, 2006 | 09:56 AM
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Okay, I have to completely agree. I have polished z06 wheels and I absolutely despise them, it doesn't help that I live on the beach. They constantly carry the oxidized look. NEVER again will I buy polished wheels. I wish someone would come steal them and I could get money from insurance
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Old Jul 17, 2006 | 10:26 AM
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Yeah even after spending alot of time on them mine still look a bit hazy. I used noxon7 on one and simicrome on the other and the simi looked a little better. I have one of the small powerballs and i used it on the "spokes" of the wheel and it helped some but they still dont look new. They saw rain a couple times this week and basically caked what little brake dust was on them on and its hard as hell to get it off. Thinking I should have gotten the 17x9.5/18x10.5 C6 Z06 in chrome, but tires are so GD expensive for em.
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Old Jul 17, 2006 | 06:05 PM
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I wish someone would come steal them and I could get money from insurance

YOU GOT IT!!!! I got four cement blocks in my backyard right now
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Old Jul 17, 2006 | 06:37 PM
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Try some Mother's Billet polish or Wenol. I bet it would make a world of difference
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