Zelfiris

Part 1 Here: https://www.clublexus.com/forums/aut...of-photos.html

The wheels were completed in April and I forgot to continue the writeup. This is the second set of wheels I restored and am quite happy with the finish

2 weeks later in warm weather.. Enjoy!

Day 3

Setting up the work space




More products to be used to ensure surgically clean surface


The barrels were not tackle in part 1 since I washed them indoors


Setting up the wash


Oxidation still remain on the disk




First up - Sonax Wheel Cleaner


Nice even spray - waited 3-5 minutes for reaction


Results: Nothing happened. It stayed green. Kind of disappointed.

Next up: CarPro Trix


Liquid reacting and turning purple. Much better results




Now that the barrels were done, back to work on the oxidation


Tried to fit my Rupes Mini polisher on it


Did not fit.

Tried Mothers' Powercone with a power drill


Did not fit. FML

Only option left... polish by hand. Elbow grease all the way!


Polished the centre cap too


Time Spend Day 3 to Day 8: 15 hours
Basically I would come home and spend 3 hours each day in the garage polishing by hand with P21 metal polish. Very labour intensive

Results:






A remainder of the condition before when I was not able to wipe off the brake dust by hand


Note: I did not take any photos but after the wheels were done I sealed with each one with Optimum Opti-coat. The surface were prep'ed with IPA wipedown then CarPro Eraser wipedown and left to dry for 2 weeks.

A photo with them installed:


Total Restoration Hours: 28.5

Next will be a writeup on my IS250 paint correction... coming soon!


Thanks for viewing!

IneednSC

Wow amazing turn over i need to go ahead and try these can you give a product list on what you used each step

lysis250

iTrader: (18)

Looking forward to the write up on paint correction mine is in similar condition to yours.

Zelfiris

Hey, if you get a chance to read part 1 and part 2 I have listed most of the products I used. What I did not mentioned was P21 Polishing Soap + Meguiar's Yellow foam pad for the last step. Let me know if you find something else I did not include

Will do!