Chrome wheels
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Burning Brakes
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Chrome wheels
Yesterday I saw a Dude in a black Suburbam with chrome wheels. The brilliance was awesome! What do you use to bring out the brilliance? I have been using Mother's cleaner followed by a polish. I could not stop the Suburban to ask what he uses on his wheels. 
Racer
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From: Burlington, Ontario
Meguiars Chrome Wheel Cleaner works for me. I use it on the vette's chrome rims and my 2003 Lincoln Navigator's 22 inch chrome rims... and trust me their huge and megs gets the job done very well. I've had soo many people complement me on how clean I keep the rims.
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Zaino. I usually spray the wheels with Z6 or Z8 after a wash.
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I use Sprayway foaming glass cleaner (available at most auto glass shops) on my chrome wheels.....
Also, dont mistake high polished wheels for chrome....My C5s (99 Coupe and Convertible) had high polished wheels....many C6s also come with high polished wheels....Chrome is an option...High polished looks good until you see a set of chrome wheels next to it...I had the factory high polished wheels on both my C5s chromed at WestCoastCorvettes and they look AWESOME
...When I bought my C6Z I opted for the chrome wheels...I also have chrome wheels on my 05 SSR...All of them are black, and NOTHING looks better on black than CHROME!!!!
Also, dont mistake high polished wheels for chrome....My C5s (99 Coupe and Convertible) had high polished wheels....many C6s also come with high polished wheels....Chrome is an option...High polished looks good until you see a set of chrome wheels next to it...I had the factory high polished wheels on both my C5s chromed at WestCoastCorvettes and they look AWESOME
...When I bought my C6Z I opted for the chrome wheels...I also have chrome wheels on my 05 SSR...All of them are black, and NOTHING looks better on black than CHROME!!!!