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Old 09-23-06, 11:54 PM
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Repolishing Polished Lip

The polished lip on my rims seem to have some sort of build up on it and I can't for the life of me rub it out. So far I've used regular soap and water then 409 with some major elbow grease. It's not really bad build up but it does look something like water spots that form on cars. How can I go about doing this on my own. I'd like to try on my own before I resort to taking to a professional "re-polisher".
Old 09-24-06, 04:41 AM
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You got pics of it? My wheels were really messed up before, since there's a clearcoat usually on polished lips. So I had to sand it all off, and repolish it again after that.
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auto gleam

hi there mate, i am a new member my name is zab n am from the u.k edinburgh 'scotland' 22yr old
i have got the advan racing rimz n they are need of sum tlc aswell wot i used was auto gleam metal polish it took me 3-4days off hard polishing and i basicly got a mirror finish again.

i was supricd it work really good as my wheels wer in a bad state, only down side was that my had as shakin for the next two weeks coz off the hard polishing

will try and post sum pic of finish.
wots ur e-mail add n mail u few pic if i cant post pic up ?
zab
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I just saw some nice pics of rims on a vert the guy had used steel wool to clean off all of the old clear coat that had peeled away on the lips... check out on 2nd gen page
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Get some Mothers alluminum polish, and prepare to have a tired arm




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