kevinyo

^ thanks alot for your info bro, but I think I should send them to a wheel repair shop cuz I've tried other Metal Polish Products and none seems work even Mother's Billet Polish that George at DetailedImage told me to give it a shot.

Seer

meguiars wheel brightener, its the strongest cleaner on the market.

kevinyo

I believe If I use that all the polish will come off of my Wheels LOL.

ppc

Polish is not a "coating" it is a condition. What looks to have happend to me is the car wash used some sort of acid wash. It is bad that it was used but also looked as it was left on the surface to long, penetrating the surface. It either damaged the protective layer, tarnished the metal underneath or both. Check with the manufacture to see, if or what, the protective coating used is and what they recomend. The wheel might need to be stripped and recoated.

If the wheel has a coating, any polishing first effects the surface only and has to cut through the coating before you would see any change. This means big buffing wheel not hand polishing.

Good luck, keep us up to date with the resolution

kevinyo

^ the dealer told me bring the wheels to a wheel repair shop and let them see. They prolly need to be stripped and repolished.

MaxToTheG37

iTrader: (3)

Looks like what "knock off" rims do when you use harsh cleaners...

Seer

the metal flashed, looks like the cleaners were not dilluted properly.

Seer

if you dillute it properly, it won't have any adverse affects, just neutralize the pH afterwards by spraying it down with car soap.

kevinyo

So from what I found out is there are no shops in US able to hard anodize rims. That sucks!

PSYH

Man that sucks! My friend recently got the exact same thing on his volks... so no other way to fix it other than to refinish it?????

kevinyo

I guess so bro. Was it bad ??? multi pieces rims ??? might was well take the pieces apart and they'll refinish the outter barrel.

PSYH

He has the sf winnings... it looks half as bad as yours, but still hurts even though they're not my rims.

kevinyo

The outter Barrels of my 2 rear wheels are history, ain't no wheels shops in US able to do hard anodize 'em. Man I have to order 2 new Lips for 850+shipping. I'm f*@Ked !!!

PSYH

Aw ****, sorry to hear man. I was talking to my friend today and he's in the process of getting quotes to get this wheel refinished (he curbed the wheel AND has that white crap on it) at different wheel repair shops. Initial quote is $150-200 to refinish the lip, but I dunno the details.

I'm kinda newb: why do you need to "hard anodize" them???

kevinyo

well cuz the Manufacturer does hard anodize coating on them. If I need to get them refinished then I have to get the fronts done too to make fronts and rears match.