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Old Feb 27, 2007 | 06:13 PM
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Unhappy Help! Polished rims had by winter

Hey guys, pretty much self explanatory. Didn't take my new polished wheels off for the winter and they got DIRTY. Didn't know polished wheels got so dirty and hard to clean.

I've been using Nevr-Dull to get the grime that's stuck in the tight spots and all over, but some of it just won't come off, even with tons of elbow grease. I have some pics to give you an idea of what's left. Any ideas of where to go from here are appreciated. Just wondering if I'm getting all I'm going to get off with Nevr-dull and should move on to some polish, or if more needs to be done with something else etc.?

pics of driver front (needs more nevr-dull)





pics of passenger front (clean as can get with nevr-dull)



pics of passenger rear (clean, but better than front because of less brake dust)




Pic of the whole truck just for fun

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Old Feb 27, 2007 | 06:32 PM
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You should get all of the grime off before you polish. Try some eagle 1 all wheel cleaner.
Old Feb 27, 2007 | 06:43 PM
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Yea, I figured that, but it's hard to tell what is grime and what just needs to be polished in some places. Plus some of this grime seems impossible to get off without grinding the darn things.
Old Feb 27, 2007 | 09:23 PM
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Mothers Power Ball cleaner buddy of mine had good results all you need after that is a drill for the polishing ball
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