Just wondered if any have had the stock rims polished and how those came out. Is it best to clear coat them after and who's making the good clearcoat product for rims. Thanks.
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Polishing the stock rims
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Re: Polishing the stock rims
I used turtle wax on them. Truthfully speaking, it was a waste of time.Greybrick wrote:Just wondered if any have had the stock rims polished and how those came out. Is it best to clear coat them after and who's making the good clearcoat product for rims. Thanks.
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MonkeyMike
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Re: Polishing the stock rims
I believe mr brick may have been referring to metal polishing (i.e. sanding with progressively finer grits, and polishing the metal with a rubbing / polishing compound), not just waxing with a paste wax.Npath wrote:I used turtle wax on them. Truthfully speaking, it was a waste of time.Greybrick wrote:Just wondered if any have had the stock rims polished and how those came out. Is it best to clear coat them after and who's making the good clearcoat product for rims. Thanks.
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as a general rule, if you take the time to polish metal, you pretty much have it protected (i.e. clearcoated), unless you want to re-polish when the surface gets corroded or oxidized.
and no, i have not polished my wheels. nor do i have a recommendation for a clearcoat.
~mike
Thanks Mike, yep I was thinking of stripping the paint off of the stock aluminum rims and maybe clear coating them.
POR looks to have a great catalyst rim type clearcoat.;
http://www.por15.com/#
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POR looks to have a great catalyst rim type clearcoat.;
http://www.por15.com/#
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Were you trying to quote this: http://www.por15.com/prodinfo.asp?grp=GPC&dept=6Greybrick wrote:POR looks to have a great catalyst rim type clearcoat.;
If so I wouldn't hesitate to use anything from POR based on my current experience with their other products.
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