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Hi,

I have some veilside rims that the dish needs a bit of a polish, just slight tarnishing, not anything major.

I have tried brasso and autosol, but neither have the effect I was hoping for, ie - mirror finish :(

Has anyone polished their rims? If so, what sort of results and what do you recommend.

If worse comes to worse, I will get them done professionally, but I prefer to do things myself if I can.

Thanks for any help

Steve

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Ive just spent 4 hours polishing my rims and im not even 1/2 done yet! Im using AutoSol and its working well. Im getting the mirror finish but needs a lot of elbow greese.

My rims have got those stud things around the outside.. real bitch to get in there.

Steve Grand Master

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Are you using the paste or liquid? They also have a cotton wadding type to dont they?

I have been using the liquid, even tried jacking up the rear and putting the car in second gear to save a bit of elbow grease - but it just doesnt seem to be doing what it should.

I also have the studs, fun arent they :)

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be careful. this is how my woes begun. A friend convinced me to use his fantastic wheel cleaner to remove some brake dust. He told me to just leave it on while I washed the rest of the car - big mistake. It was corrosive as hell, and now the dished part that was nicely mirrored has a milky appearance, well not milky, but not mirrored as it was. bit hard to describe.

Sorry I digress, just saying be very careful if you intend using corrosive wheel cleaners on your rims :)

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dude seriously...use the autosol paste in a tube.. or the tub version

the liquid i think is for maintaining shine

this stuff is for making shine

also 3M do a commercial polishing thingo which is like $40 a tub

but good old autosol is the way to go

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Yep, andrew racing V, drill sounds like the go.

I tried autosol paste, but bloody hell, how many cramps do you need before you give it up as a bad idea :D I jacked up the rear wheels and ran the car in second, even then it didnt really work well.

Think I will be getting me a buffer wheel - cheers

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