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how to clean oxidation off of polished wheels?



Just like your paint, the polished torque stars have a clear coat.

If you let the oxidation get to the bottom of the clear coat there will be no bringing the shine back without stripping the clear coat.... The only way to find out is to keep applying a paint cleaner that cuts the paint down just as you would the body of the car. I would try Macguiars paint cleaner, or a clay bar to cut them. Lots of work, but for those of you that have let your wheels get to this point, think of all those times you could have waxed them and didn't.
 
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hey now...i just baught the car...this is all from the old man that owned it...i take care of my cars with an OCD eye....i mean i even wax the torque stars that are not polished on my bird...
 


a good wading polish will somewhat help in this situation, I always use WIZARDS, it cleaned the oxidation off alot of my aluminum parts on the show cars.
 
riceburner said:
hey now...i just baught the car...this is all from the old man that owned it...i take care of my cars with an OCD eye....i mean i even wax the torque stars that are not polished on my bird...
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Sorry, I edited my post....:th_thumbsup-wink:
 
im in the same boat but prolly to the point of no return, when i got my car in november the guy who had it before me didnt take much care of the exterior, the clear coat to the rims he has on there peal off with each wash i give it, brake dust and road grime burnt into the rim....aside from prolly a media blasting, is there any other way to make them look decent? if not is it cheaper for me to just get another set of rims then to get the ones i have reparied?
 


sand em down...wet sand the shyt out of them....buff them with a buffer and rubbing compound...then polish with a polishing wheel and mothers chrome polish....and get some shyt rims for winter :) polished rims arent fond of salt....thats where the oxidation comes from
 
the hi-polished 5 spokes are not chrome plated right? so that means i could take a dremmel to them and sand the crap out of them and then reclear them?
 


riceburner said:
when i clean them tommorrow i will get some pics and see if you guys think they are still salvagable..
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Hey I just picked up a set of T-stars that need some TLC...slight rough surface and need to be cleaned up. I'm looking at using some "mothers" and "meguires" to try to bring them back. I'm curious to see if anybody that's posted has any before and after pictures of their wheels and what they did. If it comes to it I'll just have to strip off the clear coat, but If I can I'm trying to avoid doing anything too abrasive if I can.
 
Can you post a picture of the wheel, that will help.

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