Marc Gelefsky

The lips on my Sport designs are polished with no clear coat, the body shop that installed my Aerokit did an awesome job BUT they stained the hell out of the lips with some chemical. I really don't want to bother bringing the car back to them and would rather deal with it myself.

I used some Mothers mag wheel polish and it takes some of it off but with a huge amount of work! Is there a better product out there? I guess I could even sand them if I had to.

Thanks!

Marine Blue

Mothers has two products, one is significantly better than the other. I will try to look in the garage tonight and give you the name of the other one I've used with good results.

gmblack3

Blue magic metal polish is on the stronger side and available at most autoparts stores.

Marine Blue

Sorry this took so long, the other Mothers Product is "Incredible Billet Metal Polish". A friend used it on stainless after trying the other version you tried and said it's night and day. It's also a lot more expensive.

Either way, polishing aluminum is a PITA.

333pg333

Also what is in the solution that car washes use on wheels? I've heard it contains Alkaline and makes polished rims go sort of cloudy. Is that the general consensus?

TOGWT

A high pH wash solution will have a detremental effect on wheel surfaces, as will a very low pH cleaner (a tunnel wash favorite is hydrofluoric acid

See also article - Wheel Cleaners - http://detailingwiki.com/index.php5?...Wheel_Cleaners