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  1. 04-26-2010, 10:32 AM #1
    qwk01ta
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    Are my TT2's trash now?

    I made a jackass move and sprayed my TT2 with Meguires chrome wheel cleaner not realizing the TT2 are not chrome. Now I have stains in the rims from the spray. Is there anything I can do to get these back to normal? It seems as if the spray soaked in to the aluminum.
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  2. 04-26-2010, 10:51 AM #2
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    Quote Originally Posted by qwk01ta View Post
    I made a jackass move and sprayed my TT2 with Meguires chrome wheel cleaner not realizing the TT2 are not chrome. Now I have stains in the rims from the spray. Is there anything I can do to get these back to normal? It seems as if the spray soaked in to the aluminum.
    i would think some polishing would take care of it...are you sure you cant "pull" up those stains with good cleaners ?
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  3. 04-26-2010, 11:14 AM #3
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    i did try some polishing and it does seem to help a bit...but not 100%. what kind of cleaner are you talkin....just some sort of aluminum cleaner?
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  4. 04-26-2010, 12:04 PM #4
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    You might need aluminum polish. Eagle One makes aluminum/mag wheel polish as there are other companies out there making the same product.
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  5. 04-26-2010, 12:10 PM #5
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    there trash now sell them to me. haha na man you can get em back, use some aluminum cleaner, i recomend mothers mag&alumium polish.....its just guna take time
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  6. 04-26-2010, 09:00 PM #6
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    yeah went over them with some never dull and rubbing compound and that worked them back to about 70%. Think i'm gonna pick up some aluminum cleaner tomorrow and give it another shot. At least I will never make this mistake again.
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  7. 04-26-2010, 09:11 PM #7
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  8. 04-27-2010, 06:11 PM #8
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    i have one of those...but even better..... as my hand is cramping up i looked over to my right and seen my porter cable buffer staring at me. that with some mothers mag and aluminum polish did the trick.
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    Quote Originally Posted by qwk01ta View Post
    i have one of those...but even better..... as my hand is cramping up i looked over to my right and seen my porter cable buffer staring at me. that with some mothers mag and aluminum polish did the trick.
    nice, glad you got the shine back out of em
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  10. 04-28-2010, 11:27 PM #10
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    Quote Originally Posted by qwk01ta View Post
    that with some mothers mag and aluminum polish did the trick.
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    Get a powerball mini and the best aluminum polish you can find, if it doesn't work there are rim shops that can fix them depending on where you are.
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