Well After 6.5 hours of Polishing My Wheels....

[bigred vette]

The wheels on this car were disgusting to say the least... the fronts looked awesome because i always kept up with them but i was never able to reach all the way in the back, so they never got cleaned.

 

Soo me and my dad bought a bunch of stuff to jack the car up right and get the wheels off.

 

these pictures might not be in order because there are so many but im going to try and group them in "before" "during" and "after".. I know how much every one likes pics so i try and take as much as possible.

 

ON TO THE PICS!!!

BEFORE:

 

Spraying it down with APC and scrubbing it with a sponge, the APC suds pretty good i think.

 

DURING:

 

 

After hosing off the APC:

 

 

During and After Polishing:

 

 

 

look how high the vette sits after jacking it up:mad:

its ok though, it settles back down:banana:

 

also got the undercarridge while the wheels were off.

 

[Cyclone]

Looks good, maybe I am just lazy, but wouldn't it be easier to have the backs of the rims painted or powder coated to prevent that?

[Devin04]

Looks great I like how many pics you took. What did you use to polish them? I need to do that to mine some time.

[Adam]

Right on Brian, great talking to you this weekend, and thanks for posting the great photos!:thumbsup:

[bigred vette]

Looks good, maybe I am just lazy, but wouldn't it be easier to have the backs of the rims painted or powder coated to prevent that?

it would be easier to keep clean probably, but it just looks so good polished.

[bigred vette]

Looks great I like how many pics you took. What did you use to polish them? I need to do that to mine some time.

no problem, i love seeing pics, and i also like showing them! i used Busch aluminum polish because these wheels were so shot and busches has a little more cutting power then Adams wheel polish, i can PM you a link if you would like. Plus i would be using up to much of the good expensive stuff.

Edited March 23, 2009 by bigred vette

[bigred vette]

Right on Brian, great talking to you this weekend, and thanks for posting the great photos!:thumbsup:

great talking to you to Adam! I always like talking to the man.

[GXPimpin]

Looks great man! My car did the same thing when i took of the rear wheels last weekend for about 30 min i thought i had bent some suspension parts or somthin with the jack.... until i pushed down on the rear end a few times and it settled a little. ? the pics before polish that black stuff was that some type of grim that wouldn't scrub off?

[bigred vette]

Looks great man! My car did the same thing when i took of the rear wheels last weekend for about 30 min i thought i had bent some suspension parts or somthin with the jack.... until i pushed down on the rear end a few times and it settled a little. ? the pics before polish that black stuff was that some type of grim that wouldn't scrub off?

yep, who knows what that was, after 2 years of sitting on there it could be anything!

[Team Adam's]

What a stud! Looks great!!

[GXPimpin]

yep, who knows what that was, after 2 years of sitting on there it could be anything!

 

So howd you get it off? I think that's what Ive got on my front rims. My guess is some type of brake dust road grime ****tail, given that my rears had nearly none and the fact my car model is notorious for dusting on the front.

[bigred vette]

What a stud! Looks great!!

Thanks a lot jason!!

[bigred vette]

So howd you get it off? I think that's what Ive got on my front rims. My guess is some type of brake dust road grime ****tail, given that my rears had nearly none and the fact my car model is notorious for dusting on the front.

the black stuff that was on there after the APC came right off with the mothers powerball and busches aluminum polish. the black spots AFTER polishing was just extra polish that i needed to wipe off.

[NTHEWIND]

Nice job, love those CCW wheels. Enjoyed the write up.

 

 

Later,

[jjwvette]

They look awesome Brian:glasses:

[bigred vette]

thanks guys!:rockon:

[Loud Pedal]

it would be easier to keep clean probably, but it just looks so good polished.

 

:iagree: Great job Brian and nice write up, you got those sweet CCW's shinnin'

[bigred vette]

:iagree: Great job Brian and nice write up, you got those sweet CCW's shinnin'

Thanks Kevin, it wasnt easy but it was worth it!

[6spdg37s]

that looks great man..i need to do my viper wheels when i get a chance

[bigred vette]

that looks great man..i need to do my viper wheels when i get a chance

thanks! wish i was closer so i could offer some help.

[6spdg37s]

thanks! wish i was closer so i could offer some help.

its okay lol thank u though.. my problem is i probably will not be taking the viper wheels off because they are a pain from what i heard from my friend that used to be a dodge tech .. the rear are 19" 345's with 6 lugs lol go figure

[bigred vette]

its okay lol thank u though.. my problem is i probably will not be taking the viper wheels off because they are a pain from what i heard from my friend that used to be a dodge tech .. the rear are 19" 345's with 6 lugs lol go figure

yea those might be pretty hard, especially if its going to be on the ground and not a lift...our rears are 305's and 19" but they really werent that bad.

[livingwater]

Awesome job. The pic's look unbelieveable

[11chevz71]

The Apc cleaner rip that crud on the back of that wheel a new one

[bigred vette]

thanks guys!

[Bluezey]

Nice job Brian:thumbsup: Polished aluminium wheels are hard to beat when shined to a mirror like finish:drool:

 

 

Gotta love the APC, that stuff works good to get off the brake dust and road grime, I just got some used CCW wheels, and the barrels were pretty nasty and the APC cleaned them up pretty good.

 

There was someone on another forum that put some sort of clear epoxy o something on the inside of his wheels that I though about, I'll see if I can get a link, and I'm going with ceramic brakes pad too!!

 

 

Shine On

Bluezey:pc: