What are the stock aluminum wheels on a 01 Lariat F350? Polished or not. Mine look heavily oxidized. They were badly scratched and nicked by the previous owner.
I tried some chemical cleaning clothes in a small area of the wheel but it turned that spot black. The resultant smear does not want to come off.
Can they be buffed with a power tool?
Reg
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2001 F-350 7.3L crew Lariat 4X4 dually 8' bed, 6637 filter, straight pipe, chipped by Dp tuner, on board air and train horns (see em under Articles).
I just tried Meguiar's NXT Metal Polish - great stuff!
I've been using Mother's and Blue Magic for a long while and was always satisfied with them, but recently got some Meguiar's NXT to try. They all take some elbow grease, but the Meguiar's beats the others for a crisp shine, hands down. Steve
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2001 F-350 7.3L crew Lariat 4X4 dually 8' bed, 6637 filter, straight pipe, chipped by Dp tuner, on board air and train horns (see em under Articles).
I agree. Some sort of buffer application would be welcome. I used some Never Dull metal polishing wadding. It does clean the wheel but because of the level of oxidation I used many square inches and 10 minutes to shine a spot about half the size of my palm. At that rate I will need a entire can to do one wheel and probably >hour/corner.
The front wheels because they extend outwards are so nicked that I am thinking of just replacing them.
It's like the previous owner used the wheels for target practice with sharp objects.
Reg
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2001 F-350 7.3L crew Lariat 4X4 dually 8' bed, 6637 filter, straight pipe, chipped by Dp tuner, on board air and train horns (see em under Articles).
Last edited by afinepoint; 05-06-2005 at 04:29 PM.
Every month or so I get in the mood to clean my truck and make it shiny and stuff and I have a 90 Bronco II that gets a lot of brake dust, oxidation and other things on it. I used some Mothers Aluminum and Mag polish the first time I did this. Took me about 30-45 minutes a wheel but I took them off to get inside the holes and everything. They looked almost like new just had a few knicks in them. Now that the oxidation is repaired I just use the spray on wash off stuff and they look great.
i use sand paper depending on how deep the scratches/curb rash is and work ur way 2 a very fine grit then use an aluminum polish lots of work but makes them as smooth as glass look on my cardomain me and my dad did the tpi on our camaro that way
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I got around to working on one of the wheels. Using a brass wire brush, a three step polishing compound and finishing off with Never Dull-a metal polish I managed to get a bright shine however . . . The wheel(s) is (are) so badly scratched and nicked that the shine now brings out those flaws. They stand out like scratches on a mirror. The dull wheel on the other side actually looks better.
I could buff out the flaws but like someone else mentioned doing this by hand will result in a rippled surface. I have resigned that new wheels are the answer.
Thanks for the help.
Reg
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2001 F-350 7.3L crew Lariat 4X4 dually 8' bed, 6637 filter, straight pipe, chipped by Dp tuner, on board air and train horns (see em under Articles).
Last edited by afinepoint; 06-09-2005 at 09:31 PM.
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