Rim cleaning advice

[Impact]

Hi,

I have a set of American Racing Outlaw #1 (cast aluminum, Im guessing) rims and the salt/mud has dicoloured
them and light corrosion.
Does anybody have any advice on what to use to clean them?

[sylvrinvader]

some detail shops like maybe mr.detail has a special acid that will work i know its out there ive used it myself

[Impact]

some detail shops like maybe mr.detail has a special acid that will work i know its out there ive used it myself

Hopefully its not too expensive because I am looking to sell them along with the tires that are on them.

[LifesGrand]

Provided that there is no clear coat on the rims... If there is, your going to have to remove the clear coat, polish & re-coat to protect.

I've never used the mothers polish, but most will swear by it.. I have used the never dull polish & I could not believe the results...
Requires elbow grease and then some... I'm also asuming these rims are not pitted..

http://www.mothers.com/02_products/05100-05101.html

or

http://www.nevrdull.com/What.htm

(the best pic & procedure I could find with pitted rims from my old Supra days..)
http://www3.sympatico.ca/dean.anderson4/mods.html#rims

[Impact]

Provided that there is no clear coat on the rims... If there is, your going to have to remove the clear coat, polish & re-coat to protect.

I've never used the mothers polish, but most will swear by it.. I have used the never dull polish & I could not believe the results...
Requires elbow grease and then some... I'm also asuming these rims are not pitted..

http://www.mothers.com/02_products/05100-05101.html

or

http://www.nevrdull.com/What.htm

Thanks
I have used the mothers cream with with their buffer on my eagle alloys, I was really impressed especailly since i got to use their
buffer on a drill. Done the elbow grease thing before, way to much work!
The rims are maybe 5% pitted.
Where I had the rims stored, my friend had some kind of oil sitting on the and it dripped on them. Surprisingly when
I wiped the oil off that area of the rim looked like new!

(the best pic & procedure I could find with pitted rims from my old Supra days..)
http://www3.sympatico.ca/dean.anderson4/mods.html#rims

[P-Dubb]

buy new rims    .. all clean 

[slowclimb]

There is scratch pads you can get from Canadian Tire or where ever that are green and red. Rectangle shape they look almost like a sponge but are flat and stiff.  Take that and put the polish compound on it and rub it in a circle pattern around the rim. Don't change direction with it stay in a circle pattern as it will scratch the surface. I polished wheels a lot and it works well. The wet sand paper is great for removing deeper scratches and marks. It will do the same as the pads but use it wet i used a cleaning solution with it and its great. After use a rag with polishing compound again and go in a circle again. Keep using the rag that turns black that black on the rag is polishing and removing material that after you've gone around for a bit will shine. Most keep changing the rag but don't keep using the black compound area on the rag. If you get sand on it change it but if its just compound keep rubbing. You will have to reseal the rim to maintain the shine after you wipe with a clean rag. Have fun with it it works well.

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[Impact]

Thanks for the tips.
ps I already have another set of rims, eagle alloys that are going to go on.

[P-Dubb]

well i was a detailer at my old job (when i wasnt slacking off  ), we used acid ironically on a jeeps rims, bam burnt em, they used to use rubbing compound on alot of stuff to get rid of surface rust