ChatterBank3 mins ago
Alloy wheels, painted v polished
I'm looking at purchasing aftermarket alloy wheels for my everyday car, and with so many makes, styles, and finishes to choose from finding it quite a chore, albeit in a pleasant way. My question is, are polished wheels a lot more high maintenance that painted ones? What I'm getting at here is really, if one leaves polished wheels dirty do they rapidly become dull and/or pitted, or do they really need washing everyday on a regularly used car? Typically I'd expect to clean my wheels about once a week.
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Its the dust from the Pads on the front that gets to the wheels Manta, providing you keep then thoroughly clean ( on the inside of the wheels) you will have no problem. (Valeting 30yrs part time)
17:16 Sun 13th May 2012
Polished or painted with a weekly maintenance will be fine, use a decent priced and named wheel cleaner, polished look better in my opinion, Lots of Wheels on the market "made in China" be careful where you purchase from, if they are a super bargain think again also don't forget to inform Insurance Company that you have upgraded if this is the case.