i just stripped my rims to the bare metal. the clear coat and all the paint is off. they look really nice and shiney. what should i put on them to protect them, or should i put anything on them at all. this car is practically a daily driver (4 out of 7 days a week). wax? re-clearcoat it? what do you think?

 

First PM kandied91Z. Then look into polish protection products like zoops.

 

for a daily driver you should definately look into a clear coat of sorts. either powder coat or something along the lines of zoop. never tried their product as it was to expensive just to try. you'll definately need something but remeber that you'll loose 15% of a metals shine with a protectant.

in the mean time use a good aluminum polish and the layer on the carnuba wax. i use stage 3 meguiars 100% carnuba. any 100% should do though.

 

I polished my rims this winter and I havent had a problem just leaving them bare metal. Just put a little wax on them now and again and they should be fine... I dont really even polish them that much but there always clean, they might get a little spotty from water spots and the such but its eaisily fixed with polish. So I'd vote keep em bare if you like the shine, but if youd rather shoot some clear on em go ahead, zoop seal can be rather expensive.

 

its taken me 4 weeks of playing for about 20 min a day
but i finaly got two of mine completly stripped and polished and inner lip's repained anf they look great....

i put them on yesterday and already have 4 people wanting me to hook them up

read the info in this link and the key my friend is all in the EMERY!!


http://www.gmtips.com/3rd-degree/dox.../info/info.htm

 

i remember those articles....good stuff.

 

I still can't belive how good they came out