Ccw wheels rant!
Team Owner
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From: small town in S.E Pa. PA
St. Jude Donor '03-'04
My Rotors are older than the CCW wheels. I have never polished the rotors, the pads do that. Car is 11 years old, Rotors are nine years old, Wheels are eight years old. This photo was not taken when this stuff was New. They have many many thousands of miles on them in that photo, about 60,000 miles and about 6 years of summers and winters
Last edited by Evil-Twin; Feb 2, 2011 at 06:21 PM.
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Burning Brakes
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Talked to CCW yesterday. They sent me some literature recommending an acid treatment on the wheels. I am going to remove the tires, treat and polish the wheels and off to clear powder coating they go. I'll post results in 2-3 weeks.
Melting Slicks
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I can't believe ( unless I missed it) that no one mentioned REJEX to coat their CCW's. I clean/polish them in the Spring and give them 2-3 coats of REJEX and they look great for the following year. The difference between the maintenance required on a "raw" vs a REJEX coated wheel is night and day. Try it, you'll like it
I was hoping someone would say this because I have a ton of this stuff!
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St. Jude Donor '08-'09
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your def not worthy of that type of wheel
Melting Slicks
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Adam's metal polish just now came. I have been driving in the rain all day. If its nice tomorrow I will be putting this stuff to the test. Must be the newest polish they have. It doesn't say #1 or 2 on the bottle.
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Looking forward to how it goes.
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Can you take a pic of the bottle you got ?
I asked my wife for some new stuff for xmas. She got me the small bottle by mistake and it says Metal Polish #1 on it....
Maybe its a good thing she got me the small bottle. Maybe I should email them and ask if I got the old formula.
I wanted to try the new forumla this spring. I have been using the old formula on my CCW's for 3+ years now and love the stuff !
Toque
Melting Slicks
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Really.... there web site still shows a bottle with #1 on it.
Can you take a pic of the bottle you got ?
I asked my wife for some new stuff for xmas. She got me the small bottle by mistake and it says Metal Polish #1 on it....
Maybe its a good thing she got me the small bottle. Maybe I should email them and ask if I got the old formula.
I wanted to try the new forumla this spring. I have been using the old formula on my CCW's for 3+ years now and love the stuff !
Toque
Can you take a pic of the bottle you got ?
I asked my wife for some new stuff for xmas. She got me the small bottle by mistake and it says Metal Polish #1 on it....
Maybe its a good thing she got me the small bottle. Maybe I should email them and ask if I got the old formula.
I wanted to try the new forumla this spring. I have been using the old formula on my CCW's for 3+ years now and love the stuff !
Toque
This stuff does pretty good. Better than mothers and meguires like I was using. It still doesn't remove the water spots on the inside of the spokes. Not sure how I am going to get those out.
Overall I like using this stuff. Its better and easier to use that pastes.