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I got up this morning and felt like taking on a challenge so I set out to "restore" the shine to my BMW E46 rims. The rims werein a sad state and needed some tlc

befores






Afters









Items used

Sonax extreme rim cleaner
Raceglaze wheel brush
A few other smaller brushes
Megiars NXT All Metal Polish
lots of elbow grease
Time - approximately 3 hours

Thanks for looking.....will brave the rest of the car when I've recovered!

Well done. Looks new again.

Lovely clean rims you have there ... Looking brand new !!! Awesome!!!

Nicely done PrevanP

Very clean and shiny.

Errr what was the metal polish for?

nicely done. did you remove the wheels?

3 hours?

Nice turn around!

Thanks guys!

(29-08-2010 09:22 PM)calypso Wrote: [ -> ]Errr what was the metal polish for?

The lip of the rims were high polished when I had them refurbed some time ago. Due to poor maintenance, the brake dust got "baked" into the lip and it lost most of the shine. I used the metal polish to clean the high polished area and as you can see it seem to do the trick.

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(29-08-2010 09:30 PM)Torres1 Wrote: [ -> ]nicely done. did you remove the wheels?

I thought about taking the wheels off but must admit that I was too lazy to do so. Maybe next time I will and I would also like to try Rimwax as well.

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(30-08-2010 08:53 AM)onyx Wrote: [ -> ]3 hours?

Nice turn around!

Yep about 3 hours or so.....

Nicely done again. Rimwax is the real deal, my favourite product at the moment.

Ahh I see now. Was just looking at the painted face was confused.

Very nicely done. 3 hours to achieve those results is good going. I second the suggestion that removing the wheels and spending a little more time would give you even greater satisfaction.

Applying Rimwax or another sealant would also be advisable as it will make maintaining the clean wheels a lot easier.