eagle alloys...help

94redSS · 04-08-2007, 11:29 AM

i got a steal on some wheels.... i love them but there pittted an it looks like surface rust....but im pretty sure its not i dont think alloy rust's.....but what the hell should i use to clean these up??

94redSS · 04-08-2007, 09:56 PM

no 1 has an answer???

96blazer · 04-09-2007, 03:14 AM

Pics?

lowriderbowtie · 04-11-2007, 09:07 PM

if you wanna go crazy on them, wetsand them with 1000 grit and then to a 2000grit and they polish the wheels with a powerball and mothers billet polish

TintaAzul29 · 04-15-2007, 01:05 AM

so to wetsand do you only have to just spray some water on the rim and sand lightly or do you need a specific liquid to do it and not screw everything up. I am having this same problem

defekt · 04-15-2007, 02:35 PM

some polish will help remove that surface rust. i know nevrdull does but it takes alot of elbow grease. i use just a tad bit of brake cleaner to remove the thick stuff then immediately wash them again then polish.

i wouldnt recommend wet sanding if you dont know what you are doing. its alot of work.

lowriderbowtie · 04-15-2007, 03:52 PM

wetsanding..basicly, you want to soak some wetsand paper in watter for a while then soak the wheels with water (have a hose close by) and always make sure your paper is wet and the surface your polishing.

I polished a set of IROC's for a friend like this and got them looking as good as a high dollar billet wheel when i was finished

TintaAzul29 · 04-16-2007, 01:14 AM

thank you

94redSS · 04-16-2007, 10:26 PM

i have a buddy that washes big rigs he says they use a sort of acid on the wheels an said he would do it for my wheels...any 1 ever do this b4??

94redSS · 04-21-2007, 01:06 PM

i got them acid washed.... it took all of the shit off an all i had to do was polish them ill put some picks up later

A CLEANMACHINE · 04-21-2007, 08:38 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by 94redSS

i got them acid washed.... it took all of the shit off an all i had to do was polish them ill put some picks up later

i do mine the same way you can't let the acid dry up,you must rinse with in 60 sec/ then you can polish w/ any thing that's good like buschs.hoosiers,mothers,and flitz alum-polish.

04-08-2007, 11:29 AM	#1
94redSS now XTREME Age: 20 Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 1,868 Location: Lancaster,PA User is: OffLine	eagle alloys...help i got a steal on some wheels.... i love them but there pittted an it looks like surface rust....but im pretty sure its not i dont think alloy rust's.....but what the hell should i use to clean these up??
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04-08-2007, 09:56 PM	#2
94redSS now XTREME Age: 20 Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 1,868 Location: Lancaster,PA User is: OffLine	Re: eagle alloys...help no 1 has an answer???
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04-09-2007, 03:14 AM	#3
96blazer """"""""""""""""""""""""" Join Date: Jul 2001 Posts: 28,374 Location: ? User is: OffLine	Re: eagle alloys...help Pics?
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04-11-2007, 09:07 PM	#4
lowriderbowtie 2LO4BC Age: 23 Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 2,856 Location: Kamloops, BC CANADA! User is: OffLine	Re: eagle alloys...help if you wanna go crazy on them, wetsand them with 1000 grit and then to a 2000grit and they polish the wheels with a powerball and mothers billet polish
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TintaAzul29 Fish Age: 24 Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 107 Location: New Jersey User is: OffLine	Re: eagle alloys...help so to wetsand do you only have to just spray some water on the rim and sand lightly or do you need a specific liquid to do it and not screw everything up. I am having this same problem
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04-15-2007, 02:35 PM	#6
defekt you deserve it. Age: 24 Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 1,009 Location: kansas User is: OffLine	Re: eagle alloys...help some polish will help remove that surface rust. i know nevrdull does but it takes alot of elbow grease. i use just a tad bit of brake cleaner to remove the thick stuff then immediately wash them again then polish. i wouldnt recommend wet sanding if you dont know what you are doing. its alot of work.
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04-15-2007, 03:52 PM	#7
lowriderbowtie 2LO4BC Age: 23 Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 2,856 Location: Kamloops, BC CANADA! User is: OffLine	Re: eagle alloys...help wetsanding..basicly, you want to soak some wetsand paper in watter for a while then soak the wheels with water (have a hose close by) and always make sure your paper is wet and the surface your polishing. I polished a set of IROC's for a friend like this and got them looking as good as a high dollar billet wheel when i was finished
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04-16-2007, 01:14 AM	#8
TintaAzul29 Fish Age: 24 Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 107 Location: New Jersey User is: OffLine	Re: eagle alloys...help thank you
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04-16-2007, 10:26 PM	#9
94redSS now XTREME Age: 20 Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 1,868 Location: Lancaster,PA User is: OffLine	Re: eagle alloys...help i have a buddy that washes big rigs he says they use a sort of acid on the wheels an said he would do it for my wheels...any 1 ever do this b4??
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04-21-2007, 01:06 PM	#10
94redSS now XTREME Age: 20 Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 1,868 Location: Lancaster,PA User is: OffLine	Re: eagle alloys...help i got them acid washed.... it took all of the shit off an all i had to do was polish them ill put some picks up later
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04-21-2007, 08:38 PM	#11
A CLEANMACHINE Registered User Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 391 Location: ORLAND PARK ILLINOIS User is: OffLine	Re: eagle alloys...help Quote: Originally Posted by 94redSS i got them acid washed.... it took all of the shit off an all i had to do was polish them ill put some picks up later i do mine the same way you can't let the acid dry up,you must rinse with in 60 sec/ then you can polish w/ any thing that's good like buschs.hoosiers,mothers,and flitz alum-polish.
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