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I got a killer deal on some Mustang Boss 302 wheels from a friend, so I jumped on them. After closer inspection, I discovered they has a lot of scratches on them, ranging from spider web style fine scratches to what turned out to be scratches that go through the clear coat.
Here are some before shots:
As for the process, I started out by removing a wheel from the car, a true pain in the *** as I lowered the car some months ago, and I can't get a jack under it. I made a ramp to allow me to jack up one corner of the car at a time. I washed the wheel with Meguiar's Wash and Wax, and then I used the Meguiar's clay bar kit on the first wheel. I didn't use it on the second wheel because I found the clay wasn't showing any decontamination at all. I then used Ultimate Compound on another company's cone shaped drill attachment. After the compound, I applied Ultimate Polish on a fresh cone drill attachment by the un-named company. I found that the deeper scratches weren't coming out, but the wheel did present a whole hell of a lot shinier. I then finished up with a hand application of Ultimate Wax before putting the wheel back on the car. To clean up the tire, I just applied a tire shine from another company with an applicator, making sure to work it in and keep it off the wheel.
All in all, I'm pretty happy. At first I wasn't though; thinking that I had purchased $100 worth of product and I wasn't getting any favorable results. After stepping back though, I was quite please with the outcome and the overall purchase of the wheels and tires. Here are some after pictures:
All of the work didn't get out all of the scratches, but it did diminish the look of the bad ones that didn't come out. Overall the wheels I did look so much better. It took me 3 1/2 hours to do just the driver side wheels. I'm saving the passenger side wheels for another day!
Here are some before shots:
As for the process, I started out by removing a wheel from the car, a true pain in the *** as I lowered the car some months ago, and I can't get a jack under it. I made a ramp to allow me to jack up one corner of the car at a time. I washed the wheel with Meguiar's Wash and Wax, and then I used the Meguiar's clay bar kit on the first wheel. I didn't use it on the second wheel because I found the clay wasn't showing any decontamination at all. I then used Ultimate Compound on another company's cone shaped drill attachment. After the compound, I applied Ultimate Polish on a fresh cone drill attachment by the un-named company. I found that the deeper scratches weren't coming out, but the wheel did present a whole hell of a lot shinier. I then finished up with a hand application of Ultimate Wax before putting the wheel back on the car. To clean up the tire, I just applied a tire shine from another company with an applicator, making sure to work it in and keep it off the wheel.
All in all, I'm pretty happy. At first I wasn't though; thinking that I had purchased $100 worth of product and I wasn't getting any favorable results. After stepping back though, I was quite please with the outcome and the overall purchase of the wheels and tires. Here are some after pictures:
All of the work didn't get out all of the scratches, but it did diminish the look of the bad ones that didn't come out. Overall the wheels I did look so much better. It took me 3 1/2 hours to do just the driver side wheels. I'm saving the passenger side wheels for another day!
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