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Old Dec 15, 2008 | 05:48 PM
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After drooling over these rims for over a year now, I finally purchased these used CCW 505As from forum member redls1gto. These were on his DD and were definitely in need of some TLC. I'm happy to report they cleaned up exceptionally well. I couldn't be happier. This is the first set of polished aluminum rims I've ever owned. I won't even get into how many days/hours/beer/cigars I spent bringing these back to their shiny glory because I enjoy every second of it. I lowered it on the stock bolts. I'm assuming it may settle a little more. Thanks to redls1gto for these awesome rims, was worth every penny.


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Old Dec 15, 2008 | 05:53 PM
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Sweet! They make a HUGE difference!

I am going to have some tires mounted on my new-to-me CCW 505a's right now! I can't wait!
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Sweet! I am going to have some tires mounted on my new-to-me CCW 505a'[s right now! I can't wait!
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Old Dec 15, 2008 | 05:57 PM
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Looks really good!
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WOW, looks great!!
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Congrats, you did an excellent job of polishing them up!
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What size are they and are you running run-flats? Oh and i'm buying new 505a's next summer...i can't wait!!
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Looks very nice.

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What size are they and are you running run-flats? Oh and i'm buying new 505a's next summer...i can't wait!!
They are 18/19 non runflats. I did purchase new TPS from Gene Culley and had them installed, were a breeze training. I kept the runflats on the thin spokes for resale some day. Good Luck on the purchase

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What did you use to bring them back to life.......
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The wheels and your car look great. I'm not sure I would have had the patience to do all of that polishing. I've got chrome 505a's on my car.
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What did you use to bring them back to life.......

Mothers Mag and Aluminum Polish and a Mini Power Ball did wonders.
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Very nice! I would also like to know what product you used to clean them up.Especially the back sides.
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They are 18/19 non runflats. I did purchase new TPS from Gene Culley and had them installed, were a breeze training. I kept the runflats on the thin spokes for resale some day. Good Luck on the purchase

My vette is a daily driver so i need to run the run-flats
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Mothers Mag and Aluminum Polish and a Mini Power Ball did wonders.
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Very nice! I would also like to know what product you used to clean them up.Especially the back sides.
The Mini Power Ball on my variable speed dewalt worked wonders on the inner barrels. Total job was about two hours each for the fronts and maybe three each for the backs, but I did take a forum members advice and broke it down into three days so I didn't get sloppy.

One Cohiba and two Kuba Kubas about a dozen Michelob Ultras and some nice tunes helped pass the time as well.
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