looking for a tried, tested and true way to maintain and protect polished billet aluminum?

i have a few things that work really well but for rather short periods...don't have the 4+ hours a rim it takes these days in order to drive the car a bit.

 

I put ZoopSeal on my brand new Boyd's and that stuff is awesome. Takes all the work out of owning polished billet aluminum. I've had the wheels only for 2 months or so, but they still shine like chrome and look brand new.

Check out their site - ZoopSeal

 

i've seen alot about it but it's rather expensive just to try. all other conventional coats cut down shine by 15% or more which also bothers me. that and if it is anything like typical clear coats of earlier times i'd worry that it may yellow or peel over time causing a mess. at $900 a rim i can't afford to pick up new ones if the coating ruins the finish...

how do you go about putting it on evenly and smooth? did you notice a loss in shine? what are some general things you did when you applied it and do you have a picture?

 

I've heard of a number of people using Zoop and nobody has complained about it yellowing or peeling. What Zoop actually does is form a chemical seal which keeps the dirt, grime, water spots, etc. from bonding to the wheels. It's a pretty simple process. you just clean the wheels with the cleaner that's provided in the kit and rinse with distilled water. Allow the wheels to dry thoroughly and apply the seal. It applies in a very thin coat and gives the wheel a kind of rainbow-like haze. Then you quickly wipe it off and apply a polish (also included), wipe that off and you are done. It's took me about 3 hours total to do all 4 of my wheels.

As far as shine goes. They are actually shine better than before I treated them. I think that was mostly due to giving them a good cleaning and the polish. But they look awesome and I have ZERO complaints. I can certainly say it did take away anything from the appearance of the wheels.

I don't have any pics I can post, but I do have some I can email you if your are interested.

 

of course i'm interested.....i only have a hotmail account so anything over 100kb might be sent back but i'd love to see any pics you'll share. i'll definately look into it, sounds like it might be worth a try.

thanks.

 

Okay, I sent you a pic. I tried to scale it down, so the quality may not be too good, but hopefully it will show up for you.

Later!

 

it did and it looked good. what wheels are those and how long has the zoop seal been on it? you've definately peaked my interest.

 

here's a solution, get chrome wheels, they look just as good as a polished wheel and you don't have to waste 4 hours of your life polishing them

 

i've had chrome wheels, while they look good they don't have the same custom look as a good billet set of wheels. also the chrome wheels are often cast since you can't chrome billet and they are very very heavy. now a set of chrome forged wheels like the centerline wheel would be nice but then you'll need a +58 offset.

anyway new wheels is not an option.

 

All the money you put into your car and you think 129.00 is expensive to be able to drive it. I think somebody's been smoking some wacky tabacky

 

that's a friendly response.....tasteful, i like it!

 

Well us wisconsin guys have to keep you michigan guys in check every once in a while.