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Old Oct 30, 2007
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Powerball bling bling

I used the mini powerball and some mother mag polish on my very dull wheels.

Before

After

My dog Buckshot loves to be in front of the camera
 
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Old Oct 30, 2007
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that would be a good add for those tires and rims
 
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Old Oct 30, 2007
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nice
 
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Old Oct 30, 2007
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Look much better, how do u keep that dog on the leash with all that excitement?
 
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Old Oct 30, 2007
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Look much better, how do u keep that dog on the leash with all that excitement?
he can hardly contain his excitement.
 
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Old Oct 30, 2007
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Looks good, i polished my Classic IIs by hand with their Polish and they look good, i need to get the powerball and try that too.
 
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Old Oct 30, 2007
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I had to wet sand them to remove the white glaze that was on them...stripped the shine off too. The powerball and the mothers did a great job putting the shine back on.
 
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Old Nov 19, 2007
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if you really want to get those to shine even better, try using a good truck polish. the best i have used on my kenworth is from wildwood florida chrome shop. it's called wildwood polish. it's purple and can get those rims to come out almost like chrome.
 
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Old Nov 19, 2007
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very nice, that last picture is just asking for a caption
 
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Old Nov 19, 2007
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dang son.....those wheels were all nice and shiney when i shipped them to ya!
 
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Old Nov 19, 2007
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wow those came out great
 
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Old Nov 19, 2007
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I thought you won the lottery with that title.
 
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Old Nov 19, 2007
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Originally Posted by lifted97ranger
dang son.....those wheels were all nice and shiney when i shipped them to ya!
I know i made the stupid mistake and sprayed some wheel cleaner on them..you know spray it on,wait 1 minute and hose off stuff. Put a nice white glaze on them and had to wet sand them to get it off. Took the shine with it.
 
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Old Nov 19, 2007
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Originally Posted by swamper06
I thought you won the lottery with that title.
I wish..you would never hear from me again if that was so.
 
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Old Nov 19, 2007
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I really need to do mine asap, what kind of polish did you use??

Im going to buy the power ball and some polish this weekend and clean my rims up..

Rocky
 
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Old Nov 19, 2007
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Originally Posted by RockysFord
I really need to do mine asap, what kind of polish did you use??

Im going to buy the power ball and some polish this weekend and clean my rims up..

Rocky
Mothers mag and aluminum polish
 
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Old Nov 19, 2007
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id rather use 100 grit sandpaper to clean my wheel then a mothers powerball
 
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Old Nov 19, 2007
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wow that worked great...now come try and clean mine...lol
 
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Old Nov 21, 2007
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Why?

I was just wondering why you feel this way? I have never used one but they seem like good thing.

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id rather use 100 grit sandpaper to clean my wheel then a mothers powerball
 
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Old Nov 26, 2007
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I love my Mother's powerball. I have the large one, and need to invest in the small one. They have always given my good results, especially on diamond plate.
 
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Old Nov 26, 2007
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My rim was "Dulled" from being over heated by the drum brakes in the rear. is there anything i can do to fix that? will this stuff fix it?
 
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Old Nov 27, 2007
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Originally Posted by Hellion
My rim was "Dulled" from being over heated by the drum brakes in the rear. is there anything i can do to fix that? will this stuff fix it?
Should polish out, if not, you'll have to wetsand with very, very fine sandpaper then polish them out.
 
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