CL,

In desperation, I made the mistake of going to a gas station car wash today and it was THEE most VIOLENT experience my car has ever suffered.

This is the first time any car wash has touched the car. I used to use a touchless car wash but it was too acidic for the rims and I've been washing by hand since September. Well, it was cold and I was lazy so I went to a car wash.

I thought it was going to break the windshield!! The washers knocked both side mirrors closed and all I could think of were SCRATCHES in the paint.

When I got out and looked at the car BOTH rims on the left (driver's) side have hundreds of hairline scratches on the outer lip of the rim! I could've kicked myself because I KNEW better than to send the car into one of those Death Chambers --but did it anyway.

I called Wheel Techniques in San Jose to get an estimate on repolshing the rims but they won't get back to me until Monday afternoon.

Any ideas? Anything I can buy over the counter? Can I get a polishing bit for my drill or Dremel? Anything? I'm afraid the wheel shop is going to charge $100 a wheel to repolish.

Thanks in advance.

//Darius

 

Here's a good kit if you want to DIY Darius;

http://www.eastwoodco.com/shopping/p...&keyword=13105

You can try by hand with one of these polishes, whichever suits the damage best;

http://www.heavymetalpolish.com/Products/Polishes/

Make sure you're certain the wheels ARE NOT clearcoated before you go that route though. ( I'm assuming you already know that) Good luck.

 

Mothers Polish, and a product called Zoop seal. Zoop Seal is like a forcefield arond your wheels. even the wheel si had on my contour, i scuffed a curb on them sumb****es and they didnt scratch. ebverything runs right off of them, brake dust blows off on the highway, ntohing can stick to them, therefore nothing can scratch them.

 

Thanks guys, I'm going to have to bookmark those sites. The rims are NOT clear coated so I'll give it a try and keep you posted

 

good, they arent cleared, so Zoop seal will work even better.

 

At first I looked at the price of ZoopSeal and thought, 150.00??? But it is well worth the time I spend cleaning and to keep them from oxidizing and scratching...priceless. Thanks again.

 

it is expensive, but it only has to be applied once a year at most, worth every penny to keep your wheels shiny. after you have applied it, nothing will stick to these rims, ti will be like glass.

 

Thanks again, I'll apply the Zoop immediately after they return from the repolishing!

 

dont pay $150.00 if you can avoid it, look around online, i have purchased it for as little as $79.99...dont remeber where though.

 

They have a starter kit on ebaymotors.com for $99.99. I just performed a search using "zoops seal", and it came right up!

 

also a post to zoop seal, i had gunmetal wheel sand a polished lip on my contour, and i clid up against acurb (curb rash) they were 17X7.5, i got out and looked, and they wre fine, not a scratch on them...testament to Zoop seal, since i had applied it just 2 days before.

thsi stuff wil lmake it so much easier to clean your wheel stoo, just take an air compressor and blow it off.

 

hey can you use zoop seal on chrome?...i see you guys said it will work on gunmetal..

CEO

 

yep!

 

im gettin some zoop for my new chrome 20's!!!