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Old Apr 19, 2011 | 07:56 PM
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going to sound like a silly question but-- i have the factory wheels on my 92 white coupe. Are these clear coated or not? I cannot tell and these are pretty flat in appearance with no road rash or dings. what can i use to make these shine?
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Old Apr 19, 2011 | 08:59 PM
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Originally Posted by cappe
going to sound like a silly question but-- i have the factory wheels on my 92 white coupe. Are these clear coated or not? I cannot tell and these are pretty flat in appearance with no road rash or dings. what can i use to make these shine?
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Stock 92 wheels are painted gray. You may be able to get them to shine but, IMHO, the color is terrible. I dumped mine and went with chrome.

Stock


vs not stock
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Old Apr 20, 2011 | 10:31 AM
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Chrome ZR1s on mine.
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Yes they are clear coated.
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Old Apr 20, 2011 | 11:25 AM
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Originally Posted by Z51JEFF
Yes they are clear coated.
Agree, but the clear coat often wears off, leaving a dull gray.
There is a section on refinishing in the shop manual.
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Old Apr 20, 2011 | 05:22 PM
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There should be some threads on here with people polishing their wheels, just do a search.
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I have a 93. They are clear coated, but they have some kind of finish underneath.

Duplacolor has a paint kit that is 2 part. The first part is like a clear with metallic particles in it, the 2nd part is just clear.

It requires ome clean up, but it looks much better than they did. The paint flowed very nice and was easy to spray without runs. Getting all the old finish of would not be easy.
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as ststed above they are all clearcoated. It tends to chip, crack, dull and peel over time
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