Clean those wheels, PLEASE! You're in Kentucky.

When I bought the '79 308 GTS, it looked pretty good for 31 years old, but the wheels needed help. These are after market wheels. I had cleaned aluminum wheels before, by hand, and it was a lot of work. I wanted to clean these, but this time I was going to use a drill with sanding, buffing and polishing disks and pads. These are 2 piece wheels, with the center piece clear coated. The clear coat was remove with a paint stripping liquid. I started with 100 grit disks to remove the machine grooves and corrosion, switched to 220, 400 and finally 600. Next I used a 600-800 grit 3 in. hook and loop scuff brite buffing pad. This removes most of the scratches left by the 600 grit sanding disk. Next I used a 1200 grit scuff brite pad with Blue Magic Liquid Metal Polish. The more times you use the pad/polish combination the shinier it gets. Next I used the polish with a buffing wheel (Harbour Freight). Followed this with Tripoly and White buffing compounds. I polished the center of the wheel to a chrome finish and the outside to just a shine. I did not want the whole wheel to look like chrome. Painted the bolt heads black, changed the background from gold to flat black. One wheel down, three more to go.
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