HOw do you polish wheels??? and what supplies do you need??
I have pre 88 IROC wheels and i want to polish them..any help would be appreciated.

 

DP

 

Supplies needed.
Sandpaper 80,180,220,320,400,600,1500
3M Aluminum Restorer
Mothers Aluminum Polish
a lot of paper towels or rags
an electric sander is SO MUCH easier and faster than a block
Aircraft Stripper

Steps:
put the aircraft stripper on the wheels, it's very strong so don't get on painted surfaces or the wheel.
Wipe it off

Sand beginning with 80 up to 1500. 400 grit is the last grit that will remove scratches so take your time. Once done with 400, buff out with the 3m, should be dull with no scratches. Move on to 600 and 1500. After 1500 buff out again with 3M. Now wetsand with the 1500 and use either WD-40 or Liquid Wrench to ensure it's well lubricated. Wipe off the wheels so they're dry and put the polish on them.

Plan on 3 hrs per wheel avg.

OH, and use windex (ammonia free) to keep them clean, don't use polishes or most waxes or it will dull and scratch the shine. I hear carnuba wax will help protect. Windex works really well.

 

If you need any other advice, try a search. I'm sure you'll be able to find anything you wanna know about them in one of the 417,000 posts about polishing wheels.

 

Yeah, I agree with that, but the one thing I found when I did a search was that everyone had a different method, so I emailed a guy that actually had a pic and followed his method.

 

Thanks Mark, i was pretty confused when i did the search so that's why i posted it and hoped you would reply since your wheels look so damn good