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Coupe Devil
10-08-2006, 02:39 PM
I started with this

http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l289/BradleyRJ/DirtyWheel.jpg

After they were washed they looked like this
http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l289/BradleyRJ/Cleanwheelnopolish.jpg

But thats still not shiny enough

So I used the Mothers polish this morning on the wheels. Ive used it before with great success and im still very pleased with the results.

NOTE: If you have an wheel with any type of intrcate patter to it DO NOT USE A MOTHERS POWERBALL. I used the mini and wasted my money. Even being VERY careful with it the sponge like material it is made of will not stand hitting any type of edge. So now I have a Mothers Powerball mini that is missing half the little polishing pads.

I do think that the power ball would work very well on flat surfaces, Drag lites, Stock wheels etc etc would look great after this treatment.

Here are pics of the same 2 wheels pictured above. You can see the obvious differences. I spent maybe a total of 45 minutes per wheel.

http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l289/BradleyRJ/Freshpolishedwheels.jpg

This pic you can see is not in direct sunlight, or any sunlight for that matter. In the shade of the truck and they still shine.
http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l289/BradleyRJ/OOHHHHHSHINY.jpg

In the coming weeks I'll be going over the rest of the truck with the Meguiars 3 stage polishing process.
http://www.meguiarsonline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2965

Makes all the difference in the world on how a car looks.
AnthonyG
10-08-2006, 02:40 PM
Ive always wondered if that thing really works.
Coupe Devil
10-08-2006, 02:51 PM
Ive always wondered if that thing really works.

On a wheel with flat spokes.. or flat faced wheels like Weld Draglites or such. It would work VERY well. But the sharper edges on my wheels chewed it up. Im still an advocate for its use.. just not on intricate wheels.
hasbeen
10-08-2006, 07:41 PM
you should spend some time cleaning the tires too!

wheels look alot better
jonyb
10-08-2006, 08:21 PM
That's a pretty good looking truck there...
Coupe Devil
10-08-2006, 08:22 PM
you should spend some time cleaning the tires too!

wheels look alot better

The tires are clean.
Coupe Devil
10-08-2006, 08:23 PM
That's a pretty good looking truck there...

Thank you sir. I think it is still pretty nice for 197700 miles.
jonyb
10-08-2006, 08:27 PM
The mileage doesn't show from the pics.
8liter
10-09-2006, 06:43 AM
Is this what you did instead of hooking up the EGR pipe?
Coupe Devil
10-09-2006, 09:40 AM
Is this what you did instead of hooking up the EGR pipe?

EGR pipe is lost somewhere in storage. Gotta find it this week.