jan ken po

Post will probably get moved, but i figure more of us have them and other model..anyways, was the best way to get rid of scratches and prevent them in future. Love my lip but they seem to attact all kind of debris.

BlackLiquorish8

You need to get a good rim cleaner (ones that prevents brake dust) and you need wheel wax. I would just pick this stuff up at the local autoparts store but check out tirerack.com i think they sell that wax stuff. If you do decide to wax your rims with regular car wax make sure you use synthetic. The synthetic wax can withstand higher temperatures while the regular carnuaba will just burn off. I've known many ppl who have switched to other brake pads b/c the stock ones just puts out too much dust.

nlpamg

I've been looking for it at my local Pep Boys, but I haven't found it yet... I think I'm just going to buy it from Tirerack.

jan ken po

Glad yall read betwen the lines...yes, I meant to have the word "scratches" in there.

FrankW

another solution would be chrome lip.

MiKeSSw203

I would never chrome the lips. Sure it would shine and be easier to clean, but if your lazy like me and let the brake dust cake up, they will start pitting. Also If you curb one and the chrome chips off it will just start peeling and would have to get the whole lip rechromed. If its a polished lip all you need to do is send it out to get buffed out. I use some wheel polish I got at the LA Auto show. Its a wax and sealer. They were demostrating it on bottoms of soda cans and they were coming out in a mirror shine and water would glide right off. I will have to look at the bottle to get the name of it, I only use it twice a year.
If I am doing a quick job I use Eagle one Never Dull to get all the brake stains off and follow up with Meguiars after. If you use Never Dull use gloves because when you are rubbing it into the lips alot off the dirt will end up under your finger nails and won't come out for a while. My girl always get notices when I just spent time cleaning the wheels.

jan ken po

So how much cost are we talking about to repolish a lip?

FrankW

$75 around my area.

try those Mother's Mag&Aluminum polish or BlueMagic wheel polish, both of them works pretty well.

FrankW

rubber glove is suggested if you don't want to get dirt under the finger nails, but we're man....i doubt anyone would care to wear gloves. lol

if the chrome starts to peal, etc. just bring it to a shop that can polish them out.

jan ken po

Cool thanks, yeah I just bought thing of that Mother's. But thought I'd ask the "experts" b4 I do something stupid by accident.

FrankW

nah, you won't damage the wheels if that's what you are wondering. Just follow the instruction on the Mother's polish. pretty simple, you'll just have a sore arm by the time you are done with all 4 wheels

Newtigger

Also prepare at least 30-45 minutes for 4 wheels if you want to get good result.

jan ken po

When you say prepare...u mean let the polish cure on the wheels for that long...prepare for each wheel to take that long start to finish?

FrankW

he means prepare to sit there for quite a while just cleaning the wheels. lol

BadAssC230k

this is even more of a reason why i just want powder coated wheels

psk145

does that stuff really work? I've seen it before at various shows, and was always skeptical. I also didnt have rims that needed polishing, so I didnt care.

I use the meguairs nxt metal polish, and it seems to work OK. It claims to protect the metal, but I dont really think it does. I might try mothers, everyone seems to think its a good product.

Also debating on one of those kits that attach to a drill, but I dont want to mess up the center