What to use to polish these rims?

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Jun 18, 2012

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What to use to polish these rims?

I have some 17" Enkei rims that I love on my car. The metal lip around the edges have some oxidation and some hazing on them and its getting worse. I know I'm gonna have to eventually get them refinished professionally but was wondering what I could use in the meantime to make them shiny again. I just moved down to FL and the 1st pic is what they looked like before I left and the 2nd and 3rd pics are what they look like now.

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Re: What to use to polish these rims?

Aluminum polish and elbow grease.

Jun 18, 2012

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Re: What to use to polish these rims?

well the issue is they are coated rims, and im not sure what type of metal is used. if you polish down to the metal for a shine, you would have to do the whole rim for it to look right, and then you need to maintain it or they could start to rust. mothers billet polish works very well but be prepared to spend all day or more for one rim. may need to sand them first too so you get the coating off.