OZ Wheels - cleaning polished rim
OZ Wheels - cleaning polished rim
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Hoover.

Original Poster:

5,993 posts

271 months

Monday 17th April 2006
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Got a set of refurbed OZ Split rims.......

how do you keep the rim shiny........ mine have started to matt within 2 weeks (one trip in the wet)

is it case of constant polishing.... or is there a protective something to smear/spray over the top to allow occasional polishing

Some useful tips on products etc also welcomed

Cheers

Hoover.

redcar

737 posts

275 months

Monday 17th April 2006
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Mine aree refurbed and polished, now its just a case of keeping them clean and polished. I wipe mine down after every outing and polish after every wash.

beacon

1,144 posts

250 months

Monday 17th April 2006
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What do you keep them waxed with ,I am hearing any polymer based wax and even been told that you can coat once clean with WD40 ,thats from the refurb man himself.

stainless_steve

6,052 posts

287 months

Monday 17th April 2006
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beacon said:
What do you keep them waxed with ,I am hearing any polymer based wax and even been told that you can coat once clean with WD40 ,thats from the refurb man himself.


I agree,feature in Sprint about it on page 32 April edition

Hoover.

Original Poster:

5,993 posts

271 months

Monday 17th April 2006
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stainless_steve said:
beacon said:
What do you keep them waxed with ,I am hearing any polymer based wax and even been told that you can coat once clean with WD40 ,thats from the refurb man himself.


I agree,feature in Sprint about it on page 32 April edition


I've been stepping over it on my doormat for nearly a month....... off to open it

Edited after reading Sprint
Dam dam dam ..... looks like I've got some polishing to do to save my refurbed wheels then......

>> Edited by Hoover. on Monday 17th April 18:46

combine

3,114 posts

258 months

Monday 17th April 2006
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That article in sprint said at the begining if your wheels are 'badly' corroded they might as well be thrown away ! No way as you can't buy another set of original wheels as we all know !

rev-erend

21,619 posts

313 months

Monday 17th April 2006
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It's nothing but plain hard word.. the electric tooth brush comes in hardy when you leave the hard to get at area around the bolts for too long.

Not sure if the G/F will notice I used her red head instead of my blue one

Hoover.

Original Poster:

5,993 posts

271 months

Monday 17th April 2006
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rev-erend said:
It's nothing but plain hard word.. the electric tooth brush comes in hardy when you leave the hard to get at area around the bolts for too long.

Not sure if the G/F will notice I used her red head instead of my blue one


well thats me screwed I threw the X's out ... I'll use mine and go back to manual

Hoover.

Original Poster:

5,993 posts

271 months

Sunday 23rd April 2006
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well attempted cleaning/polishing them yesterday.....

they look ok but on close inspection you can see the rim is pitted.... I guess more extreme polishing is required

I wish I had known then I would have put a protective barrier on them before use

beacon

1,144 posts

250 months

Sunday 23rd April 2006
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Could someone send me a copy of this article about Alloy and Splitrim wheel cleaning if they have a spare moment and all the technology .I'd be much obliged.

Al