Ive been looking for almost an hour now and cant seems to find any links/forums on people polishing their aluminum lips on their crosslace rims. Hopefully one of the mods can help me out here. I remember looking at one awhile back that was pic heavy. Any imput would be great!

 

There is a couple in the Technical Articles on the main home page.... Would one of those be the one that your looking for? Both articles are on Camaro rims I think, but they have the aluminum lips as well.....

 

This guy's website has great write ups on proper polishing.
http://gmtips.com/3rd-degree/dox/tips/tips.htm

Here is part on wheels. He does polishing by having wheels spin while car is on jack stands. I would take wheels off to do them.
http://gmtips.com/3rd-degree/dox/tip...els/wheels.htm

I looked into buying buffing parts a few months back to do my wheels. I came across this kit from Eastwood that has everything. I might have to buy one now since it is $10 cheaper than a few months ago.
http://www.eastwood.com/ew-wheel-smo...ffing-kit.html

Post some pics when you are finished!

 

Thanks! thats the thread i was looking for where he put the rims on the car. I have already removed all 4 tires along with weights and I just repainted the centers back to their factory Gold color. They were gold from the factory, then someone painted them grey and the 1 used one I got from a junkyard was flat black. Its nice to see them all matching! Will hopefully be doing the polishing this weekend. Do you need to wax the aluminum after polishing it like that so it wont fade and corrode??

 

People do weird things to cars huh? Glad you got caps original color. Aluminum is naturally resistant to rust. This is mentioned on that website:

"Pure Carnabu Wax - I caught myself in error on many posts stating to use pure carnabu wax to protect your newly buffed aluminum. There IS such a thing and it is the equivalent of a brick and you can't use it for car purposes. The maximum amount of carnabu wax contained in commercial products is 30%. The remainder of the contents are things that help control and apply the wax like the propellant in a can of spray. So when I refer to Pure Carnabu I mean to say "nothing but wax" further meaning no cleaners or abrasives.

In conclusion I will leave you with something to ponder. Highly polished aluminum actually resists all these things your clear coat previously protected ...... naturally. With a highly polished surface you now have eliminated most pores, cast marks, etc. and the surface is smooth as glass. Adding just a thin coat of carnabu will give you all the barrier you need against the elements. Further, whatever pores do remain will be filled with a clear or white substance instead of the black oxidation that aluminum polishes create."

I saw a post on here that some motorcycle wax contains a lot of pure carnuba wax. Thought post mentioned that its sold in most auto part stores. Also you can enter coupon code "craze" on eastwoods website to get free shipping. Will save me $11 shipping fee.

 

This is true I did my rims a few years back and though the car is not winter driven the shine has never dulled out.