Need some help on my rims

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Lemberg

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Mark
Hope this post in the correct section but I recently bought a 2008 FX35 and the rims weren't exactly in the best condition. I'm guessing they waxed everything, used tire shine on a dirty car because there are these irremovable streaks on my rims. Yes, my rims aren't clean in the pictures but I can't clean the dark lines. I used a little nail polish remover on a small section of a rim and still nothing. I want to restore my rims and maybe even to a darker color like gunmetal gray but don't want to spend too much. I was thinking about plastidipping them anthracite and adding gloss on top; I love the color on their DYC Youtube vid. Any ideas on what I should do guys? Thanks and a Happy New Year to everybody!

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Scuff them up, if you have any curb rash etc, sand down and even out and then spray paint with the wheel paint /clear coat. Painted mine last year in gun metal and it cost me $45 to do all 4 over the weekend.
 
Plastidip is surprisingly tuff, but from experience with the flat black - it will lose its luster within a few months and need to be redone. I cant speak for the newer colors with their clear coats - but honestly its coming out of a rattle can so i can imagine its the same thing. If you take your FX through car washes then that might be a no go though, some of them are a little ruff on the wheels and it is probable that it would peel away at the plastidip.
 
Plasti dip is legit stuff and u put enough coats it won't budge specially if u spray paint over I had to get my lock lugnuts torched and then hammered off cuz I lost the key and plastidipp didn't budge only bad part is if u ever want to powdercoat u gonna pay a decent amount cuz that stuff don't come off easy lol I did it to my grille now I am powdercoating the grille it was a bitch to take off and the labor is a lot so it was cheaper for me to get a $70 grille trust me lol when I plastidipped my rims and grille no one knew what plastidipp was. It is a good cheap way to make the rims look like just make shure u want them to stay like that after u spray paint plastidipp it ain't going anywhere if u got the money powder coat is the way plastidipp is easier to fix u get it scratch depends on how u drive and how much money u got I did plastidipp cuz I knew I was upgrading my rims eventually finallyhere plastidipp lasted me 3 years and the full u just spray gloss on it or clear coat shines em.
 
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Thanks for the feedback guys. Like I said I was thinking of dipping in anthracite true metallic and adding a coat of glossifier for the nice finish. I did hear the glossifier loses its shine after a while and should probably be reapplied. Just worried and possible curb rash. Might dip them when it gets warmer.
 
I have the same stains on my wheels. I've tried several different types cleaners & agents, including a couple of the cleaners in the pic above with no real success. I've even tried using Mothers wheel cleaning compound with a power ball (on a drill motor).


I have found that high pressure washing (like the ones that clean you wheels in a automatic car wash) does clean it up quite a bit.....but these results are just temporary. I plan to gain access to a power washer and try to power wash them clean and see if that lasts.
 
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