What works best to bring a shine back to aluminum wheels? The wheels on my truck are Ultras. I tried some turtle wax spray on and rinse stuff but it did not do a very good job.

 

I bought the "Flitz" ball and compound off the TV and used it on my old slot mags. It worked really well. I polished the wheels with the tires still mounted. I put the Flitz Ball in a drill motor and spent about 1/2 hour per wheel. The initial polish was time consuming, but the touch ups I have done in the years since take just a few minutes. For $20, I have been very pleased. Here's a pic of them in '05 after polish. They are still shiny:

 

I use Simichrome Polish on all my aluminum wheels, and ect works Awsome, and its Fast. Its all I use on all my polished metals.