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

 

get some mothers wheel polish. it works great on my wheel made them look almost new.

 

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

 

Mequiar's for me, but Mother's always did a good job also...

 

Thanks.

Reg

 

anyone try that ball thingie made of foam rubber that attaches to a drill so you can spin the polish on?

My wheels may need a lot of elbow grease if by hand.

thx-Andy

 

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

 

Rent yourself one of these: http://www.mytoolstore.com/milwauke/5223.html

And buy yourself some of these: Ebay.com #3763802371

And some of this: The green rouge

http://www.caswellplating.com/buffs/compound3.html


For about a hundred bucks or less and a couple hours work your wheels will look like new.

 

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.

 

start with 00 steel wool and work your way to 0000 steel wool then use your buffing wheel with jewelers rouge they will shine like chrome

 

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

 

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