Polished slotted mags?
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From: South Central Boise
Polished slotted mags?
Hey ya'll. I was wondering how to clean up a set of aluminum slotted mag wheels. They are "Western Wheel" brand. What do you reccomend to cleen all the black stuff off them and what product gives them a good shine? Thanks.
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Spray them with degreaser and water and scrub with a cloth, wash mit, or sponge. If they are not clear coated, which they probably arent if they are 20+ years old, you can use some Mothers polish on them.
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i just posted something about this the other day but i forget under which fourum it was so i'll just post again. on my first ranger (an '88) the factory alumn rims were shedding the clearcot in spots and looked bad. i took them to a place which does polidhing and chrome plateing to see if they could do anthing at all with them. (and it was winter and i had a second set of steel whells with snow tires on them, so i wasnt running them anyhow) well, they pushed out the rivits, stripped off the clearcoat. polished them and put the rivits back in. they looked like they had been chromed when i got them back, i was really impressed. i think it was about $75 a wheel. well worth the money. unfortionatly this company no longer exists, but there must be others around.
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From: St. Peter
Hey, guess what i'm doing to those exact same rims. Yes thats right, I just paid over 100 dollars for a sandblaster and accessories, and now i'm going to strip and polish. I tired it a little bit, and put some polish, and it looks great. I cant wait to get them all done. I only paid 60 bucks for the set of 4 rims. My next question is what can I clear coat them with myself? I picked up some clear coat stuff for rims, hopefully it works, is there somthing better out there though?
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I've also got a set of old slot mags; they do look good once they're shiny. Very fine sandpaper helps take it down past the pits, then Mother's puts a nice shine on it. But if it's got serious nicks from stones, you may need to put it on a lathe and take a light cut to really clean it up (saw them do that on a teevy show restoration). Some kind of hand-held power buffer would be a big help with the polishing; doing it by hand is tedious.
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