I just finished polishing the lip on my gf's 2 piece bmw wheels and i was wondering if i should try to clear coat them now. I bought the dupli-color high performance wheel clear but am hesitant to do it. I spent hours stripping off the old cracked and scrachted clear, sanding out the scratches and polished them. I am worried it will come out like crap or i will get runs. What do you think will be better? I want to put the clear on so i dont have to polish them weekly lol or has anyone used that zoop seal stuff?

 

best bet is to use wax, and just keep up with buffing them clean every couple of months, i as the same question last week and people said that the clear just wont hold....

my went from this


to this

 

i cleared mine and it came out great.

mine
https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=2188033

 

i'd like to know too!
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do i just put aircraft stripper or whatever? than polish it? i got red gt3's

 

looks good btw

 

You could try to clear them. I'd just give them a good scrubbin' every couple months.

 

no, just use a good sealant on them.

 

http://www.zoops.com/zoopseal.asp

 

the clear wont stick to a polished surface. it will flake.

 

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Yup, forget the clear, i cleared my polished lip and it started coming off after a couple months. Just doesnt have anything to bond/stick to. I just used some Meguirs aluminum polish everytime i washed the car and never got any oxidation or anything

 

My buddy and I repair rims on the side. We usually use a 3 coat clear process when we finish up. When it hardens it makes it easy to clean.

just my .02