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Old 02-13-2008, 06:15 PM
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New Rims and Salt!!

I bouught a brand new set of **** cepek DC-1 polished aluminum rims. And i live in St. Louis, were people dont know how to drive in the snow, so MO DOT throws out tons and tons of salt, im worried about my rims. Should i powerwash them at the local car wash, because they seem pretty soft, and i dont want to mess them up, but i know i need to get that salt off.

If anyone could shed some light on my siutuation that would be great. Has anyone found a good brand of polish to get em looking like new again?
 
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Old 02-13-2008, 07:17 PM
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Your best bet is to wash them at least once a week with soap and water. I'd also put a coat of wax on them and polish them regularly.
 
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Old 02-13-2008, 07:17 PM
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power washing them should be fine just don't use a stream For the polish get flitz it or maybe the mothers powerball and go to work See what other people say about the polish though I'm not an expert on that
 
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do you think i should polish them and then wax, after i wash with soap and water?
 
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do you think i should polish them and then wax, after i wash with soap and water?
 
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Old 02-13-2008, 07:48 PM
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do you think i should polish them and then wax, after i wash with soap and water?
yes
 
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Old 02-13-2008, 07:50 PM
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Originally Posted by 01Screw17
I bouught a brand new set of **** cepek DC-1 polished aluminum rims. And i live in St. Louis, were people dont know how to drive in the snow, so MO DOT throws out tons and tons of salt, im worried about my rims. Should i powerwash them at the local car wash, because they seem pretty soft, and i dont want to mess them up, but i know i need to get that salt off.

If anyone could shed some light on my siutuation that would be great. Has anyone found a good brand of polish to get em looking like new again?
I wanna see some pics! lol
 
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Old 02-14-2008, 11:53 AM
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yeah i know i need to post some, but im not sure how to do it.
 
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Your best bet would be to through the stockers back on if its possible.
 
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Old 02-14-2008, 04:10 PM
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Hey 01SCrew17 I would love to see some pics of those rims you have, those will be the rims I buy when I get my 38s except I want chrome ones

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yeah i know i need to post some, but im not sure how to do it.
You will need to make a gallery first, then upload pics to your gallery, after you do that right click on the pic and go to properties and copy the (address)or URL and Post like this [img]your Pics URL[/img] and it should work!

 



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