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Old 04-04-2005, 01:56 AM
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Default Polishing alloy rims

anybody know how to polish alloy rims to give them a lot of shine... mines right now shine nice at night time... but during the day are very dull... i want the wet look.. any way i can make them as "chrome like" as possible... ive seen alloys with like a mirror look.. something like that... how can i do that.....
 
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Old 04-04-2005, 10:09 AM
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you need to get the polished up or chrome dipped. Unless you have the proper equipment you will have to take these to some professionals.
 
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Old 04-04-2005, 11:29 AM
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I'm not too sure on the correct answer to your question, but I do know I've heard of people polishing their rims themselves. I've had friends do it with motorcycles(rims/frame/sub-frame). Take a rough sand paper to it. Keep getting finer on the sand paper, then end up using a buffer/ polishing cloth and some polishing compound. I'm not sure on the exact grits of the paper, just start off rough and get smoother and smoother. I know it does require you to polish the rims like once a month to keep them looking shiny. FWIW.
 
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