CCW's owners - maintenance question
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CCW's owners - maintenance question
I love the looks of CCW wheels. My concern is how hard they may be to maintain. I drive about 3k a yr. fair weather mi.
How many time a year might I have to polish them.
I don't want to go the plating route.
How many time a year might I have to polish them.
I don't want to go the plating route.
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St. Jude Donor '03-'04
I do mine once a year, I also do a complete maintenance on my wheel wells, and rotors at that time. I do it on the first nice weekend in the spring.. but for me everyday is a weekend day LOL...
I only focus on doing one corner a day.. its labor intensive.. the last thing I do is put a coat of Zaino on the wheel.
wheels are ten years old rotor are ten years old and have 80,000 miles on them.
I only focus on doing one corner a day.. its labor intensive.. the last thing I do is put a coat of Zaino on the wheel.
wheels are ten years old rotor are ten years old and have 80,000 miles on them.
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Mine are FULL chrome 505a....only drive it handful of times in summer...bit more recently..only waxed n sealed them ONCE and last spring polished...so TWICE in 3 years!
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St. Jude Donor '10
I am the super **** type and to keep the polished finish perfect the way I like it was a lot of work. I had the wheels off the car every 5 weeks. (And I put 3k/yr in only sunny weather)
I lost interest in about 10 months and got them coated.
These just require a constant dusting. No crazy polish treatment anymore.
Good luck
I lost interest in about 10 months and got them coated.
These just require a constant dusting. No crazy polish treatment anymore.
Good luck
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I am a nerd I polish once a month.
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From: Wylie TX --> Less is More, except under the hood !
If you don't drive them in the rain they are easy to keep nice.
I polish mine every 6 months. I polish the lips and spokes every 3.
Just cause I'm ****.
Be sure to get some ADAM's Metal polish.
See my web site for polishing tips.
www.ToqueZ06.com
I polish mine every 6 months. I polish the lips and spokes every 3.
Just cause I'm ****.
Be sure to get some ADAM's Metal polish.
See my web site for polishing tips.
www.ToqueZ06.com