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> Polished My Wheels, came out good
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post Feb 8 2015, 09:40 PM
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My poor Fuchs were exposed to the spray of our sprinklers last year (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) . This is what they looked like.

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I had tried to do this by hand but I couldn't rub fast enough or hard enough so I resorted to this:

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Only took about 25 mins per wheel.

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I painted the lug nuts to match the bead blasted ares on the wheel.

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post Feb 8 2015, 09:51 PM
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Thinking about repolshing mine. What compound did you use?
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post Feb 8 2015, 09:52 PM
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Wow, they came out great! Amazing how that sprinkler water can ruin stuff so fast.
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post Feb 8 2015, 10:30 PM
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Kent,
Are you going to start hanging out with the Concours weenies now???
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Looking Good! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)
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post Feb 9 2015, 09:49 AM
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QUOTE(dudzy's914 @ Feb 8 2015, 07:51 PM) *

Thinking about repolshing mine. What compound did you use?

3M polishing compound. Any automotive paint store has it

QUOTE(Cuda911 @ Feb 8 2015, 07:52 PM) *

Wow, they came out great! Amazing how that sprinkler water can ruin stuff so fast.

Word! I didn't give it a 2nd thought until I touched them and realized it wasn't mineral build up but "pitting" which had begun to take hold! Yikes! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/shocked[1].gif)

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Kent,
Are you going to start hanging out with the Concours weenies now???

(IMG:style_emoticons/default/av-943.gif) Good one.

QUOTE(JawjaPorsche @ Feb 9 2015, 03:21 AM) *

TY
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