have been told to use some break fuid

la bonbita · 12-22-2007, 03:42 PM

hey guys well i was told to put some break fluid on my rims but i dont know if i need to do that or will they come out nice. i have them stock rims five spocks in a 94s10 they dont shine i guess they are not crome, they look gray

radarblue95 · 12-22-2007, 03:43 PM

NO NO NO brake fluid will eat the clear off of them

***sdime98*** · 12-22-2007, 04:13 PM

wow....who told you that?

OneLowSdime · 12-22-2007, 04:14 PM

what about steel wool on chrome rims can u do that or no?

radarblue95 · 12-22-2007, 04:19 PM

no wax or chrome polish only!!!!

OneLowSdime · 12-22-2007, 06:03 PM

very good to know

99SonomaHeavenS · 12-22-2007, 06:10 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by radarblue95

no wax or chrome polish only!!!!

0000 steel wool wont hurt it, used it today, just dont bare hard..... if your too abbrasive with chrome polish it will mess it up

chevy10xtreme · 12-28-2007, 11:10 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by la bonbita

hey guys well i was told to put some break fluid on my rims but i dont know if i need to do that or will they come out nice. i have them stock rims five spocks in a 94s10 they dont shine i guess they are not crome, they look gray

I never heard to use brake fluid, that is plain craziness there whoever told you that. Your wheels are probably aluminum is my bet a light gray silver look to them. Best thing to use if some chrome polish, maybe even a rubbing compound or hand glaze it probably won't matter, but brake fluid will eat your clear.

1s152nv · 12-29-2007, 01:16 PM

I've always used 000 steel wool on chrome rims with a good foaming glass cleaner. Takes hard deposits and light rust right off. Just don't scrub too hard.

99BLAZR · 12-29-2007, 01:21 PM

dont use brake fluid. as said, it WILL ruin your wheels.

SERIALKILLER · 12-30-2007, 02:07 AM

i think you need to be told some proper grammer and spelling techniques.

swamp_rat · 12-30-2007, 02:50 AM

there's always someone that tips in their nonsence that deals with nothing of the subject.

wont restate the obviously stated. id use stuff thats recomended for the use and thats all, no reason to be cheap and make problems worse.

la bonbita · 12-30-2007, 01:49 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by SERIALKILLER

i think you need to be told some proper grammer and spelling techniques.

well i think "U" "knee" too look for a "ESkool" "too" be a "teecher" or someting. because "diz" aint no "ESkool"

; "diz" is a website not a "ESpelling" Bee

la bonbita · 12-30-2007, 01:56 PM

know they told me that thats what it dose. eat the clear off an then the gray. then you use a 400sand paper an then crome stars to show up. polish the crome an spray it whit some clear. an tara. you have some crome rims. ill do it on an old rime i have in my back yard just to tray it befor i go for my rimes . ill see if i can get some crome out of it. my ppl the mexikanos use alot of s#!t an come up whit a nice "discovreis"

92 s10 project · 12-30-2007, 02:32 PM

damn thats some bad typing....

Using brake fluid on your rims will eat the clear, and any other paint that is on there.

Now if it is a steel wheel, well you will see the steel, and you wont get it to polish or 'look chrome' easily.

If they are aluminum rims, then you will be seeing the bare aluminum. That aluminum can be polished to a mirror shine, which will resemble chrome, it wont be chrome. Spraying some clear over your polished rim will make it look more dull, or have more of a flat finish.

Chrome wont show up either, they are referring to polishing a wheel, and it will take a hell of a lot more than a piece of 400 grit sandpaper to 'look chrome'. Its not like all wheels are chromed then painted

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Chrome is not the same as polished aluminum either, chrome is a metal coating, not a color.

bill 4.3l 5spd · 01-07-2008, 12:27 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by la bonbita

well i think "U" "knee" too look for a "ESkool" "too" be a "teecher" or someting. because "diz" aint no "ESkool" ; "diz" is a website not a "ESpelling" Bee

this isnt Eskool but if you are only communicating by typing you need to make sense.

cause i cant really tell what you said here \/

Quote: Originally Posted by la bonbita

know they told me that thats what it dose. eat the clear off an then the gray. then you use a 400sand paper an then crome stars to show up. polish the crome an spray it whit some clear. an tara. you have some crome rims. ill do it on an old rime i have in my back yard just to tray it befor i go for my rimes . ill see if i can get some crome out of it. my ppl the mexikanos use alot of s#!t an come up whit a nice "discovreis"

and btw i dont capitalize all the time, but most of my words are spelled right.

Mitch · 01-07-2008, 04:09 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by la bonbita

know they told me that thats what it dose. eat the clear off an then the gray. then you use a 400sand paper an then crome stars to show up. polish the crome an spray it whit some clear. an tara. you have some crome rims. ill do it on an old rime i have in my back yard just to tray it befor i go for my rimes . ill see if i can get some crome out of it. my ppl the mexikanos use alot of s#!t an come up whit a nice "discovreis"

stay in school...

bill 4.3l 5spd · 01-07-2008, 08:33 AM

wouldnt the rim have to have been chromed to see chrome ??

la bonbita · 01-07-2008, 02:32 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by bill 4.3l 5spd

this isnt Eskool but if you are only communicating by typing you need to make sense.

cause i cant really tell what you said here \/

and btw i dont capitalize all the time, but most of my words are spelled right.

well like i said.. its not a spelling bee. if u all dont understand somting just let me know ill see an spell it the best i can or explain it, but never interup wild thers a conversation taking place an tray to be funny. an up ther i was just traing to take the funny ppl off this thread sens they ar traing to be funny.

***sdime98*** · 01-07-2008, 02:36 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by la bonbita

well like i said.. its not a spelling bee. if u all dont understand somting just let me know ill see an spell it the best i can or explain it, but never interup wild thers a conversation taking place an tray to be funny. an up ther i was just traing to take the funny ppl off this thread sens they ar traing to be funny.

are you trying to be funny?

i mean you can spell conversation, and explain, but can't spell try?

4.3Xtreme · 01-07-2008, 02:36 PM

Don't use brake fluid, jsut use blinker fluid!

la bonbita · 01-07-2008, 02:40 PM

well back to the thead. i was looking at my rims an they have like a chrome lip on them an it has some $#it that looks like the clear was coming off or somting it looks nasty i was just wondering wat it was or how to take it off

la bonbita · 01-07-2008, 02:47 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by sdime98

are you trying to be funny?

i mean you can spell conversation, and explain, but can't spell try?

no im not. but yeah that kind of f@#ked up an its because im not a good of a speller an i did went back an cheked conversation mis try. an yes im in school. but i have a 34% in my inglish class. i wonder way

SgtM · 01-11-2008, 01:03 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by la bonbita

N I can't. But yeah that's kind of f@#ked up. And its because im not a good of a speller. (HUH?!) I did go back and checked conversation mis try (not sure what's being said here). I'm in school, but i have a 34% in my English class. I wonder why

Fixed.

***sdime98*** · 01-11-2008, 03:29 PM

i feel dumber after tryin to say that? i dunno what to make of it.

Mattie L. · 01-11-2008, 03:47 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by la bonbita

well back to the thead. i was looking at my rims an they have like a chrome lip on them an it has some $#it that looks like the clear was coming off or somting it looks nasty i was just wondering wat it was or how to take it off

why dont you post picks of the wheel up...that would help

JML · 01-19-2008, 02:43 PM

Don't use brake fluid. Also you can use 0000 steel wool on chrome rims. I even use it to clean my windows inside and out, makes them smooth and gets any overspray off of them. I even used it to polish of the surface rust on my shifter.

MotorCycleFreak6 · 02-16-2008, 03:21 PM

NOOOOOOOOO brake fluid will eat away and you will never see the end of it use chrome polish with the mothers powerball on a drill it works the best the key to it is just dont sit in one spot for too long .....

12-22-2007, 03:42 PM	#1
la bonbita Registered User Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 173 Location: User is: OffLine	have been told to use some break fuid hey guys well i was told to put some break fluid on my rims but i dont know if i need to do that or will they come out nice. i have them stock rims five spocks in a 94s10 they dont shine i guess they are not crome, they look gray
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12-22-2007, 03:43 PM	#2
radarblue95 Registered User Age: 25 Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 3,649 Location: Jaffrey NH User is: OffLine	Re: have been told to use some break fuid NO NO NO brake fluid will eat the clear off of them
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12-22-2007, 04:13 PM	#3
*sdime98* slowly, but surely. Age: 24 Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 49,347 Location: Laurel Hill, NC User is: OffLine	Re: have been told to use some break fuid wow....who told you that?
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12-22-2007, 04:14 PM	#4
OneLowSdime I SHIT BRICKS Age: 21 Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 5,093 Location: Oshkosh WI 54901 User is: OffLine	Re: have been told to use some break fuid what about steel wool on chrome rims can u do that or no?
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12-22-2007, 04:19 PM	#5
radarblue95 Registered User Age: 25 Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 3,649 Location: Jaffrey NH User is: OffLine	Re: have been told to use some break fuid no wax or chrome polish only!!!!
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12-22-2007, 06:03 PM	#6
OneLowSdime I SHIT BRICKS Age: 21 Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 5,093 Location: Oshkosh WI 54901 User is: OffLine	Re: have been told to use some break fuid very good to know
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12-22-2007, 06:10 PM	#7
99SonomaHeavenS Registered User Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 3,022 Location: User is: OffLine	Re: have been told to use some break fuid Quote: Originally Posted by radarblue95 no wax or chrome polish only!!!! 0000 steel wool wont hurt it, used it today, just dont bare hard..... if your too abbrasive with chrome polish it will mess it up
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12-28-2007, 11:10 PM	#8
chevy10xtreme Registered User Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 16 Location: User is: OffLine	Re: have been told to use some break fuid Quote: Originally Posted by la bonbita hey guys well i was told to put some break fluid on my rims but i dont know if i need to do that or will they come out nice. i have them stock rims five spocks in a 94s10 they dont shine i guess they are not crome, they look gray I never heard to use brake fluid, that is plain craziness there whoever told you that. Your wheels are probably aluminum is my bet a light gray silver look to them. Best thing to use if some chrome polish, maybe even a rubbing compound or hand glaze it probably won't matter, but brake fluid will eat your clear.
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12-29-2007, 01:16 PM	#9
1s152nv Registered User Age: 31 Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 361 Location: User is: OffLine	Re: have been told to use some break fuid I've always used 000 steel wool on chrome rims with a good foaming glass cleaner. Takes hard deposits and light rust right off. Just don't scrub too hard.
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12-29-2007, 01:21 PM	#10
99BLAZR --Christopher-- Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 589 Location: West Virginia User is: OffLine	Re: have been told to use some break fuid dont use brake fluid. as said, it WILL ruin your wheels.
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12-30-2007, 02:07 AM	#11
SERIALKILLER Not Really Age: 27 Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 42 Location: User is: OffLine	Re: have been told to use some break fuid i think you need to be told some proper grammer and spelling techniques.
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12-30-2007, 02:50 AM	#12
swamp_rat i pitty the fool! Age: 19 Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 905 Location: louisiana User is: OffLine	Re: have been told to use some break fuid there's always someone that tips in their nonsence that deals with nothing of the subject. wont restate the obviously stated. id use stuff thats recomended for the use and thats all, no reason to be cheap and make problems worse.
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12-30-2007, 01:49 PM	#13
la bonbita Registered User Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 173 Location: User is: OffLine	Re: have been told to use some break fuid Quote: Originally Posted by SERIALKILLER i think you need to be told some proper grammer and spelling techniques. well i think "U" "knee" too look for a "ESkool" "too" be a "teecher" or someting. because "diz" aint no "ESkool" ; "diz" is a website not a "ESpelling" Bee
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12-30-2007, 01:56 PM	#14
la bonbita Registered User Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 173 Location: User is: OffLine	Re: have been told to use some break fuid know they told me that thats what it dose. eat the clear off an then the gray. then you use a 400sand paper an then crome stars to show up. polish the crome an spray it whit some clear. an tara. you have some crome rims. ill do it on an old rime i have in my back yard just to tray it befor i go for my rimes . ill see if i can get some crome out of it. my ppl the mexikanos use alot of s#!t an come up whit a nice "discovreis"
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12-30-2007, 02:32 PM	#15
92 s10 project R/C Guru Age: 22 Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 605 Location: St Louis, MO User is: OffLine	Re: have been told to use some break fuid damn thats some bad typing.... Using brake fluid on your rims will eat the clear, and any other paint that is on there. Now if it is a steel wheel, well you will see the steel, and you wont get it to polish or 'look chrome' easily. If they are aluminum rims, then you will be seeing the bare aluminum. That aluminum can be polished to a mirror shine, which will resemble chrome, it wont be chrome. Spraying some clear over your polished rim will make it look more dull, or have more of a flat finish. Chrome wont show up either, they are referring to polishing a wheel, and it will take a hell of a lot more than a piece of 400 grit sandpaper to 'look chrome'. Its not like all wheels are chromed then painted . Chrome is not the same as polished aluminum either, chrome is a metal coating, not a color.
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01-07-2008, 12:27 AM	#16
bill 4.3l 5spd carries a gun at work Age: 28 Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 1,749 Location: Bergen NY User is: OffLine	Re: have been told to use some break fuid Quote: Originally Posted by la bonbita well i think "U" "knee" too look for a "ESkool" "too" be a "teecher" or someting. because "diz" aint no "ESkool" ; "diz" is a website not a "ESpelling" Bee this isnt Eskool but if you are only communicating by typing you need to make sense. cause i cant really tell what you said here \/ Quote: Originally Posted by la bonbita know they told me that thats what it dose. eat the clear off an then the gray. then you use a 400sand paper an then crome stars to show up. polish the crome an spray it whit some clear. an tara. you have some crome rims. ill do it on an old rime i have in my back yard just to tray it befor i go for my rimes . ill see if i can get some crome out of it. my ppl the mexikanos use alot of s#!t an come up whit a nice "discovreis" and btw i dont capitalize all the time, but most of my words are spelled right.
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01-07-2008, 04:09 AM	#17
Mitch Rollin' HARD of SOFT 8's Age: 20 Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 810 Location: Hollister NOR☆CAL User is: OffLine	Re: have been told to use some break fuid Quote: Originally Posted by la bonbita know they told me that thats what it dose. eat the clear off an then the gray. then you use a 400sand paper an then crome stars to show up. polish the crome an spray it whit some clear. an tara. you have some crome rims. ill do it on an old rime i have in my back yard just to tray it befor i go for my rimes . ill see if i can get some crome out of it. my ppl the mexikanos use alot of s#!t an come up whit a nice "discovreis" stay in school...
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01-07-2008, 08:33 AM	#18
bill 4.3l 5spd carries a gun at work Age: 28 Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 1,749 Location: Bergen NY User is: OffLine	Re: have been told to use some break fuid wouldnt the rim have to have been chromed to see chrome ??
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01-07-2008, 02:32 PM	#19
la bonbita Registered User Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 173 Location: User is: OffLine	Re: have been told to use some break fuid Quote: Originally Posted by bill 4.3l 5spd this isnt Eskool but if you are only communicating by typing you need to make sense. cause i cant really tell what you said here \/ and btw i dont capitalize all the time, but most of my words are spelled right. well like i said.. its not a spelling bee. if u all dont understand somting just let me know ill see an spell it the best i can or explain it, but never interup wild thers a conversation taking place an tray to be funny. an up ther i was just traing to take the funny ppl off this thread sens they ar traing to be funny.
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01-07-2008, 02:36 PM	#20
*sdime98* slowly, but surely. Age: 24 Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 49,347 Location: Laurel Hill, NC User is: OffLine	Re: have been told to use some break fuid Quote: Originally Posted by la bonbita well like i said.. its not a spelling bee. if u all dont understand somting just let me know ill see an spell it the best i can or explain it, but never interup wild thers a conversation taking place an tray to be funny. an up ther i was just traing to take the funny ppl off this thread sens they ar traing to be funny. are you trying to be funny? i mean you can spell conversation, and explain, but can't spell try?
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01-07-2008, 02:36 PM	#21
4.3Xtreme I'm a huge ass Age: 25 Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 10,798 Location: SE Ohio/ Nashville User is: OffLine	Re: have been told to use some break fuid Don't use brake fluid, jsut use blinker fluid!
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01-07-2008, 02:40 PM	#22
la bonbita Registered User Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 173 Location: User is: OffLine	Re: have been told to use some break fuid well back to the thead. i was looking at my rims an they have like a chrome lip on them an it has some $#it that looks like the clear was coming off or somting it looks nasty i was just wondering wat it was or how to take it off
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01-07-2008, 02:47 PM	#23
la bonbita Registered User Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 173 Location: User is: OffLine	Re: have been told to use some break fuid Quote: Originally Posted by sdime98 are you trying to be funny? i mean you can spell conversation, and explain, but can't spell try? no im not. but yeah that kind of f@#ked up an its because im not a good of a speller an i did went back an cheked conversation mis try. an yes im in school. but i have a 34% in my inglish class. i wonder way
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01-11-2008, 01:03 PM	#24
SgtM Educating da masses Age: 34 Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 2,581 Location: Niles, OH User is: OffLine	Re: have been told to use some break fuid Quote: Originally Posted by la bonbita N I can't. But yeah that's kind of f@#ked up. And its because im not a good of a speller. (HUH?!) I did go back and checked conversation mis try (not sure what's being said here). I'm in school, but i have a 34% in my English class. I wonder why Fixed.
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01-11-2008, 03:29 PM	#25
*sdime98* slowly, but surely. Age: 24 Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 49,347 Location: Laurel Hill, NC User is: OffLine	Re: have been told to use some break fuid i feel dumber after tryin to say that? i dunno what to make of it.
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01-11-2008, 03:47 PM	#26
Mattie L. Registered User Age: 19 Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 767 Location: Parsonsburg MD User is: OffLine	Re: have been told to use some break fuid Quote: Originally Posted by la bonbita well back to the thead. i was looking at my rims an they have like a chrome lip on them an it has some $#it that looks like the clear was coming off or somting it looks nasty i was just wondering wat it was or how to take it off why dont you post picks of the wheel up...that would help
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01-19-2008, 02:43 PM	#27
JML Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 124 Location: Columbia, TN User is: OffLine	Re: have been told to use some break fuid Don't use brake fluid. Also you can use 0000 steel wool on chrome rims. I even use it to clean my windows inside and out, makes them smooth and gets any overspray off of them. I even used it to polish of the surface rust on my shifter.
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02-16-2008, 03:21 PM	#28
MotorCycleFreak6 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 11 Location: cp ny User is: OffLine	Re: have been told to use some break fuid NOOOOOOOOO brake fluid will eat away and you will never see the end of it use chrome polish with the mothers powerball on a drill it works the best the key to it is just dont sit in one spot for too long .....
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