Polished rims..how do they cope with our weather?

tegwin · Post by **tegwin** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 12:05 pm

Im going to be restoring my rims in the next few weeks...Powder coated centres... and polished rims...

Planning to use the Autosol polish..

However...

How well do polished rims stand up to the british roads?...salt, muck etc?...

Im just wondering how often I will have to re-polish the rims to keep them looking good... I dont want them to be any higher maintinance than the standard ones....Because im a lazy sod!!

Failing that...its tempting to get them powder coated, or laquered

Si_GTi · Post by **Si_GTi** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 5:55 pm

A once-over with Autosol once a month or so should keep them looking good, and just the usual shampoo-and-water treatment each week to keep them clean in between! I wouldn't want to run polished wheels during winter months myself though, the salt will positively eat them

tegwin · Post by **tegwin** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 8:11 pm

That was pretty much my thought..... so what other options are there to polishing the rim?.... I dont want to have the rim and center the same colour!

tomo87 · Post by **tomo87** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 8:28 pm

cheap winters, i always run G60 steels or Ronal turbos over the winter

Trottagti · Post by **Trottagti** » Sat Nov 01, 2008 2:04 pm

clear coat/laquar the polished edge like iv done, saves the autosolin every uva day!

Must be really clean and all corrosion blasted out before u polish up and clear coat them!

tegwin · Post by **tegwin** » Sat Nov 01, 2008 4:26 pm

What clearcoat/laqcuer did you use trotagti?

Tim_GTi · Post by **Tim_GTi** » Mon Nov 03, 2008 8:15 pm

tomo87 wrote:cheap winters, i always run G60 steels or Ronal turbos over the winter

X2. I'd personally save the restoration til the summer, or get cheap replacements to run for now

Trottagti · Post by **Trottagti** » Tue Nov 04, 2008 6:07 pm

tegwin wrote:What clearcoat/laqcuer did you use trotagti?

Glasurit products m8, there the best on the market and will set u back like 500 quid if u was to do it, i work ina body shop for bentley and rolls so i used that lol!

just use any bodyshop to clear coat them m8!