MY CAR NOW HAS CLEAN RIMS

[PrevanP]

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!

[kripstoe]

Well done. Looks new again.

[Jughead]

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

[Carn]

Nicely done PrevanP

[springbok]

Very clean and shiny.

[calypso]

Errr what was the metal polish for?

[Torres1]

nicely done. did you remove the wheels?

[onyx]

3 hours?

Nice turn around!

[PrevanP]

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.....

[Torres1]

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

[calypso]

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

[Woodie]

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.