juan01

Hey guys, some portions of the lips on my wheels have lost the "smooth feeling, shiny look" to them... Not around the whole wheel, but some portions. What can I use to restore them from being like that? I'm not sure how it happened, but I am thinking maybe a combination of armor all getting on from the tires/dirt/sunlight? Anyone have any ideas?

Guitarman

Do you know if it's metal or clearcoated metal? You can find out by rubbing it with some paint polish on a white rag. If the rag turns black, it's plain metal, if the rags doesn't show black, it's clearcoated.

If metal- you could try a metal polish like NevR Dull, Wenol, or Mothers metal polish. Any of those should work fine.

If clearcoated- try some Kit Scratch-Out or Meguiar's Scratch X or 3M Fine Cut Rubbing Compound. You can even finish with a very fine abrasive such as (any) swirl remover polish, for ultimate clarity. Best of luck.

juan01

I do not have any paint polish lyiing anywhere, but I am assuming that the lip is clearcoated... I will try the Meguiar Scratch X, I was about to buy some at Kmart last night, but I figured I should wait and ask someone on the forums first before dropping 10. Thanks dude! I'll be back to let you know how it goes.... or if I need anymore help!

juan01

I just got some Meguiar's Scratch X and the dullness didn't budge. I guess my lip is metal?? Would any of you know?

My wheels are Racing Hart C4's... If anyone would know?

joshoowa

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its metal, i have a friend that has those wheels.

juan01

Thank you sir, let's hope I can find some Nevr dull!

juan01

Okay here's the update...

I found some Mother's metal polish, "safe for all metals" and the thing didn't budge either.... If anything, the dullness got worse.

What else can my problem on the wheels be? I will try to get pics up tomorrow, it's dark right now.

D2-AUTOSPORT

Sounds like you have non clearcoated Hi-Polished lips, trust me, do a search on Wenol Metal Polish, I bought mine from a Yahoo store vendor. It cost something like 25bucks before shipping. (i was anxious to protect my new wheels, think I paid something like 51, you may pay the same out there where you are).

There are also a couple things you have to do to protect/clean the polished:

1. Get a natural chamois (the one made from hide, not a synthetic like a Absorber)
2. Get some sponge applicator pads (yellow ones by meguiairs are my weapon)
3. Get some FLANNEL towels, this is VERY IMPORTANT. At Walmart they sell a big ole roll of them, they
are yellow with red stitching. I tried lots of rags on my wheels, terry cloth, microfiber, etc and these work
the best.

The Wenol is a 3step process but your lips are that big so it should take you about 15-20 minutes per wheel for all 3steps (DONT even ASK how long it takes to do an entire wheel! )

If the wenol doesnt take the dull out (it REALLY works) then just go to a motorcycle shop and ask for a professional polisher to fix them (with the machine)

Good luck

juan01

Man, I hope this one will work... Can you double check if this is it?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...sPageName=WDVW

D2-AUTOSPORT

Hey Juan, thats not the one that I have, I bought this kit, I dont know if that will work for ya.



Here is the link: WENOL

D2-AUTOSPORT

Here's a pic of my lips, I did the 3step on them yesterday. The lips (especially the rear) take a good amount of crap from the roads and the front wheel. They are like dirt baskets, so I keep on top of them, I never let them get "dull" maybe less than 100% bling, but never dull! LOL