As i have put in previous posts i am getting 18" Z06 wheels. They are high polish aluminum. When they are clean they look like chrome. What is the best polish to buy for making them BLING! A friend told me about this stuff found at truck stops that truckers use, i think it is like eagle 1's cotton stuff but pink in color?? I have used turtle wax and blue magic nd they worked fine. That eagle one stuff that is like cotton SUCKS!! Let me know what you gys use? Thanks

 

A lot of OEM and aftermarket "polished" aluminum wheels are clear coated. There isn't much of anything you can do to change the appearance... just keep the clearcoat well polished like any other painted surface. I prefer Zaino for my AFS ZR1 replicas.

If you have a non-clear coat polished aluminum finish, like my Weld Pro-Stars, the Mothers Billet Metal Polish is the best I have found. Bright, mirror like finsh, but still doesn't look like chrome. And requires a periodic touchup.

 

Hey as i said i have the AFS z06 replicas are those clear coated? How much does that zanos stuff run? Will i hurt the clear if i use some store bought stuff? Thanks

 

i personally use Mothers, seems to work the best. but blue magic isnt too bad. I like the look of Polished aluminum MUCH better then chrome. Chrome is just easy to take care of, wipe em off and yer done

 

From my experience Wenol works the best to bring out the shine in aluminum. I thought the Eagle stuff didn't work out as good. I use them on my exhaust tips and boy do they bling!

 

Where do you buy wenol?

 

You should be able to find it at you local auto store. I believe I got mine at like Pep Boys or Auto Zone.

 

there is also another polish called autosol that is pretty much like wenol so either one works really well. should find it at any car parts store

 

I recently just polished my aluminum wheels on my pontiac 6000 s/e. They were old, oxidized and what not. First I removed the clear coat with Tal-Strip II, and then the fun began. 5 stages of sanding, starting with 50 grit, and going to 1000 grit. There are little machine "groves" that must be sanded flat. I then proceded to buff the aluminum with Mothers mag and aluminum polish. They look like mirrors now. After that, I put a good coat of Meguairs wax on them. They look 10 times better. It took about 4-5 hours per wheel. Byby weekend.

 

I use Eagle One. It doesn't get the aluminum shining like chrome, but it knocks that dirt right off!

 

I used mothers billet polish, it's okay , but i dont really reccomend it for use on polished wheels because it is not really that effective unless you polish it many many times. Wicked products makes a good polish that works great. There is another polsih i've used from environmental products or something and that works great also

 

Polish...time...sweat...

that is about it. I did mine this weekend...much better. did a side-by-side from the ones I did and the ones I didn't...much better.

 

step 1 remove wheels
step 2 send out to get chromed

 

step 3 get them powder coated like i did 45 bucks a wheel

 

step 1 sand the chrome off to get to the alum. for those who like the look of polished wheels better then chrome