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Old Jun 17, 2005 | 08:50 PM
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Yay ! You made ur rims look like new.Now how bout telling us what you used and how you did it?
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Old Jun 17, 2005 | 09:20 PM
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Yeah. I'm with mungrin. If you want to gloat, you gotta share . . . .PLEASE. -- they look great.
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Old Jun 18, 2005 | 05:39 AM
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haha, I used some metal cleaner/polisher (Bar Keeper's Friend....thats the brand name) in a powder form, that I found lying around the house. You can find it in the supermarket next to the Ajax. Just make the cleaner into a thick paste in an empty dish or something by adding a lot of powder and a few drops of water. Apply the paste to the rims, let it soak for about 40-50 s. Take a brillow pad, or a sponge, and scrub each surface. Hose down and your done!
(Repeat if desired, some stains are tougher)

From what I gather, the powerful cleaning agent in this cleaner has no negative affects on these kind of rims. I wouldn't trust using it on chrome, even thought it says its safe on chrome surfaces.
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Old Jun 20, 2005 | 10:37 AM
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Well one day im going to get some real rims unlike these teenages........
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