Just wanted to see if anyone knew any remedys on how to polish up the chrome around the doors and on the bumpers. Mine is starting to get a little worn and blan and i want my baby to shine again!

 

the "chrome" around the windows is really aluminum. It can be polished with mothers aluminum polish. The bumpers should be polished with mothers chrome polish. You can get either at your local auto parts store.

They will have directions on how to use them I would also get some micro fiber cloths. They should be polished every time you wash the car.

Side Tip: Use the mothers aluminum polish and a piece of steel wool on your tail pipes, they will Bling like you never thought they could. DO NOT USE STEEL WOOL ANY ANY OTHER PART OF THE CAR EXCEPT THE TAIL PIPES!!!

 

Perfect! and you answered my next question on the tailpipes! thanks for saving me some time!

 

, thats tight, my tips were pretty ugly with all the road grime and other crap ont he road, and glass, u can remove scratches with it apparently

 

I tried mothers alum polish on the door trim and the only way to bring it back would be with a small buffer of some kind, if its oxidized at all. Elbow grease simply wont make it shine again. Maybe a dremel with that small white buffing tip would work with the mothers alum polish.

 

Used to use Autoglym glass polish on the quads...kept them immaculate for years!

 

For chrome pieces, you could also try a little bit of diet cola and aluminum foil. Sounds crazy I know, but these guys claim it works wonders: http://www.instructables.com/id/Chro...busters-Style/

Don't know how well it works (or if it works at all) on aluminum pieces, so try it on your window trip at your own peril!

 

"In some of the pictures the flash makes it look more scratchy than it really is." LOL, that comment made me laugh.

 

the diet cola does have an acidic value so don't let it sit on the paint.

Autosol (Mothers, Blue Magic, etc.) and some fine steel wool does wonders on chrome tips, but I would skip the steel wool on the trim brightwork. Sometimes it's chrome covered plastic, so you have to be careful. I don't think they used chromed plastic on the X but I'm not 100% sure.

If you use a dremel, hopefully you have a variable speed model. Start with the slowest speed and the lightest cut buffing wheel you have - foam would be great if you had it. Start with too high an RPM and you could burn through the finish. If you have a cloth buff, you could take some jewler's rogue to it. It can be a pain to get the buff loaded up though.