Thread: Polishing aluminum wheels?

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With uncoated, polished aluminum wheels, you have to keep them clean. Salt and road slime will mess them up. Also, you can't splash white-wall cleaner on them. Tossed that in for the guys running wide whites. The old standard "Westley's Bleche-White" will spot them up big time.

In process of restoring a pair of 16x10 American Racing mags. Depending on how bad yours are, it may take a little more than some polish. If they don't come up in a small area with some rubbing with mothers you are looking at some elbow grease or a pro job. I started out with 150 grit Wetordry to get the pits and pimples followed by 180 220,320,360,400,600,800,1000, a light hit with tripoli on a flannel loose buff then some mothers also on a loose buff. Takes about 4 hours a wheel. Have fun