I washed my car and attempted cleaning the wheels (something I did not do for a while, they had become greyish).
Unfortunately, I observe that the surface now looks pitted, as if some hidden corrosion has taken place under the dirt during that period.
I recall that these wheels are originally diamond polished witout clearcoat if I am not wrong.
Any advice for the best refurb?

 

Try a little metal polish, if the rag goes black then no clearcoat. If it does not, then the clear will need to be stripped and re-polished unfortunately.

 

You can get them refurbished. Generally a local wheel shop can blast them and powder coat. Last quote I got was $75 per wheel.

 

Thx for the tips.
I'll try a metal polish (I believe there is no clear coat).
I would really prefer keeping them with the original polish look (no powder coating or painting).
Assuming I succeed in "derusting" the pits, I am wondering if the pitted surface wil not then be better clear coated to avoid rerusting. I'll see...

 

Check with a local wheel shop, you might be surprised what can be done.

 

David was that quote with tire on or off?

 

A local wheel repair/refinish facility here in Oklahoma City. Tires would be removed, and after wheel is complete, remounted and balanced. But my point was to check with a local wheel repair facility, they may be able to help.

http://www.wheelworksok.com/

 

Thanks David, I understood your point. I've been given a couple of quotes in the past on the low end and it turned out their intent was to refinish it with the tire on. Nonsense of course. I was more curious to read if you or others were having the same experience. Thanks for replying.

 

Paydase, they look pretty bad my friend
You might try using Sonax FULL EFFECT wheel cleaner for the absolute best results to see EXACTLY what you're left with?
IF they don't come up a lot better, with perhaps still a little left to do, you're going to have to make the choice moving forward.


I had these wheels and loved them, mine were painted silver going through a thorough process, see here....



Even in 20" guise the were taken off the car, dipped and stripped, painted and lacquered and put back on the car for around £300 iirc, all good.


Jim

 

Thx for the advice, Jim.
Fortunately they seem to be recoverable albeit some energetic rubing will be required.
I tried using some aluminum de-oxidiser and the result looks promising.
I showed it in another thread here where there was a discussion on lattice alloys polishing:
https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/x...-142779/page2/