HOW TO POLISH ALUMINUM WHEELS | Super Crusty Old Car & 4x4 Truck Ones

How to polish your super corroded old aluminum wheels. At least how I found to make it work.

[@isaiahgallaher5511]

Guys who typically say “ if you want show room quality then this is not the video” usually have the best videos😂

[@CaptMaxADV]

😆🤣🙌🏻

[@productionapostle1298]

He didn't even clean them 1st .. even a half ass acid treatment before. At least hose them off ..😅

[@williamkemm673]

I have wheels exactly like these and maybe not so bad I'm going to give it a try, you're a true diligence paid off in a major way didn't it young man!!!!!!!

[@CaptMaxADV]

Awesome! Another fella said he easily punched out the rivets from the back side, was able to polish all behind there the rivets would sit, and then he probably polished each rivet too! 😬 Good luck! 🍀

[@josh33025]

You can start with napa aluminum brightener first to get most of the grime and oxidation off.

[@petemiller519]

I love those old "Toy"s. Wish they never stopped manufacturing them. Truck will look great when those tires are on. Cheers from Canada.

[@CaptMaxADV]

🇨🇦 🫡

[@acdcfan5672]

Looks great. If not mistaken, the rivots were always shinier than the face on the Outlaws/Centerline rims.

[@ToddMcF2002]

Impressive results. I have some wheels to do so I started searching for an approach. I think one easy streamlining here would be to wet or dry sand by hand with 400, 600, 800, 1000, 1500 and then basically do exactly what you did here. Some of those grits are probably replaceable with Scotch Brite grey & red. Another idea is to use rubbing compound and then polishing compound before the Mother's Mag Cleaner - although I wonder what the effective "grit" is for the mag polish. It might be smack in the middle between a compound and a polish? Anyway awesome video thanks for posting this!

[@AintScaredGarage]

If you haven't tried it before, White Diamond polish is amazing, I found it to be way better then the Mothers or anything I have ever used

[@jamessnell105]

Use Shineseal (used to be Zoopseal) to protect and seal the polished aluminum.

[@AngelGarcia-jq4kf]

Looks exactly like mine when I first got em! That is soooo clean bro! I need to try this! It’s will make the truck look sooo clean!!!

[@abelortiz2013]

Dude ur vid, just reminded me why I got rid of my centerline rims.

[@jasonbain4171]

2:10 Could be worse. 🙏. Blessing to have something that needs to be polished. Great video. Use my finger all the time, always with me and easy clean up.

[@georgemullin7772]

Great job young man vary good job still close to perfect for what started with you did great. Thank for the video

[@cllistings5914]

Very nice job!

[@TheRoadhammer379]

Just an FYI, those scouring balls he used for initial cleaning are now available on Amazon in several kits. 4, 2 and 1 inch balls, and they are in multiple coarseness. The 1 inch are game changers on wheels like in the video

[@CaptMaxADV]

Sounds awesome! Thanks!

[@Jsf445]

At the cleanup phase they are probably as good as they were from the factory. Nice work. I am tackling the exact wheels, in about the same condition. Thanks for the video.

[@cameronluensmann6380]

I wish I could post pictures but I just did a set as well but a 16x12

[@patronsbarbershop88]

Nice Job!

[@joeyd7865]

Great job man 👍🏽

[@toycelica185]

👍🏻good job

[@sedric6153]

Them rims look amazing! Well worth the work! I've got some rims similar to them that I picked up for my 2000 f250 but the corrosion is like big areas rather than just small specs like yours

[@CaptMaxADV]

Thanks and good luck with it! Read through the comments and see what folks offered up for time saving suggestions to my approach. God speed!

[@markg.2501]

Oh brother I know your struggle. I did a set with rivets similar to yours and it was an ass kicker. I did find (half way through the job) that the Mothers Power Ball with the extended shaft really made it a lot easier. You can hold the shaft while the ball spins and apply extra pressure in tough spots like those rivets. Thanks for the video.

[@CaptMaxADV]

Nice! Very tricky! I’ll check it out. Thanks!

[@francocazares754]

Good job bro !!

[@edwardparnell6134]

Nice and clean. Dremel sales cleaning and polishing accessories to get into the tight spaces.

[@CaptMaxADV]

Thanks!

[@SupremeNeanderthal]

red scotch bright is coarser than the grey ,which is why grey is used to blend base coat.

[@fdrumbdrum8381]

Where did you get those tools?? I got the same mags i want to polish

[@Hippo0529]

Nice job man!

[@CaptMaxADV]

‘Preciate it! 👊🏻

[@henryprather7868]

Around the rivets ,I took arttis round 1 in. Brush and cut the bristles 1/2 off ,sence the handle is round too I put the handle in the drill ,and went at the rivets straight on mine cleaned all around the rivets .

[@CaptMaxADV]

Frickin GENIUS!! 💫

[@shirk70]

Good work!

[@CaptMaxADV]

Thanks! 🙌🏻

[@13yearsaprepperr.jtilbury.51]

I know this is 3 years old , I have the same wheels on my F150 , I just got a small drift and pushed the rivets out from the back , Polished the wheels and taped them back in ,,,easy as Rob NSW Australia

[@CaptMaxADV]

Lots of work! Good to know. Thanks!

[@kimberlywilliams9757]

If you would use dawn dish soap and water to wash the dirt off first it would make it a lot easier to polish the wheel and not get deep scratches from the debris on the wheel!

[@CaptMaxADV]

Makes sense. 👍🏻

[@hughjass1835]

you can push those rivets out from the back. Just did a set exactly like those, it made it 100x easier

[@CaptMaxADV]

Brilliant! Did they polish up and go back in just as easy? There sure are a LOT of em!

[@hughjass1835]

@@CaptMaxADV there are 96 on the set I did. I ran the buffing wheel over the rivets first and made them nice and shiny, then I used a brass punch and 2 whacks per rivet, wiped them off and threw them in a can. When i was done polishing the wheel I used a chunk of wood, 2 whacks they were back in nice and snug, all shined up and ready. It sounds like a lot more work but nothing sucks worse than missing a lot on that ring and still having to wipe around every one of those when you're done.

[@CaptMaxADV]

Sounds great! I bet they turned out fantastic.

[@nic8810]

Pretty damn good

[@revelationakagoldeneagle8045]

Great job 👍 Looks like the ARS wheel's I once had on my Chevy Cheyenne... A spray oven cleaner used before a polish also works, and saves a lot of time...

[@CaptMaxADV]

Thanks! I’m definitely going to try the oven cleaner next time.

[@KGMotorSports56]

As for finishing after polishing to preserve the shine apply all purpose flour and buff with a rag this will seal the surface and remove all the aluminum oxide from buffing

[@albertchavez5768]

Thank you so much bro!

[@CaptMaxADV]

Yah man!

[@quyae-2641]

i have the same rims and in a circle with the rivits it has black gunk that i have no idea how to take off without taking of the clear cloating someone help

[@drougdilla8385]

Do a mean burnout b4 you get them tyres changed👍🏼💪🏼

[@johnconnell1424]

Look pretty damn good 😎

[@CaptMaxADV]

Why thank you!!

[@scottfenton7607]

Oven cleaner does a great job on the back of the ones that are bad!

[@derrickford5492]

nice vid, i used a similar process on my aluminum wheels. after all that work i would put a quality 2k clear coat on them and you should be golden for years,,,,

[@CaptMaxADV]

Thanks! I’ll look into it.

[@jeffreyyeater1780]

No on the clear . Just polish once in a awhile.

[@jimbo2.094]

Great video. I’ve got these same wheels and they are probably 30 years old. Does this completely take off the clear coat? Not that it really matters but just wondering if stripping them may help.

[@CaptMaxADV]

I don’t think mine ever had clear coat, or at least not anything left if it. I bought this truck in about 2016, with the wheels. No idea how they originally were.

[@melvinrubio2278]

I have the same wheels on 98 and man they are weathered badly. Might have to do the same process but mine seem to have a clear coat i might have to remove first. But thanks for the video. A die grinder would have been a bit better with the polishing. Might try to hit it with some wheel acid to clean up the dirt and grime.

[@koyaanisqatsi316]

I had polished rims with clearcoat that corroded underneath. Gasket remover did the trick to remove the clearcoat.

[@aaronroberts7084]

Centre punch rivets out from rear, takes a few minutes and much less pain polishing around then. Other than that your rims came up great 👍

[@CaptMaxADV]

Thanks dude! I'd probably prefer all the rivets remaining installed in the end rather than 140 open holes across all the wheels. And the effort to take them out was probably more than I was willing to exert! But I agree, the polishing would have certainly been easier.

[@meademorgan6614]

You do realize, that on some wheels like Centerline, Weld, and some others. The rivets are actually holding the wheel halves together. Remove the rivets, and you will ruin your wheels.

[@CaptMaxADV]

😂🤣 In some cases yes, and it would be quite obvious to even the least observant of persons I would think. But in this case they are clearly only cosmetic. 👍🏻👍🏻

[@arnulfob3454]

I did that on my wheels then my kid came along and knocked over the can that had the rivets. Lost one somewhere but it works good .

[@khamp96]

It would work better if you would clean the wheels first with some degreaser and some good soap and then polish 😉

[@camtolman755]

what size are yours? i’ve got the same wheel in a 16.5 and it’s almost impossible to find a tire that fits it

[@CaptMaxADV]

Nah. Just 15” here.

[@alexleblanc3135]

i basically the same rims, my buddy said they were of a old mustang i think he said, but anyway i just sand blasted them, just wondering if it’s the same processes?

[@CaptMaxADV]

I’m not sure if they’ll polish up after sand blasting without extensive effort sanding them back smooth. Give it a shot! The only wheels I’ve had sand blasted I got powdercoated black afterwards. Have held up good for years.

[@alexleblanc3135]

@CaptMaxADV that was my plan at first if I can polish them it would be cheaper

[@justme197511]

It's so shiny, would just look at it.

[@MrAvlandrew]

just look at that!

[@princenyc9271]

i always start off with soapy brillo pads

[@justkicking6236]

Could I do this on aluminum trim?

[@XloMotion]

Yes

[@bennydiaz6646]

Crazy I was looking to do this and I have the exact same rims I wanna do this on!

[@kobyluebbers9708]

Same dude

[@itrimibest]

Dude! Same haha on a 92 4x4 yota

[@larryanderson2766]

Hmmmm. I wonder how long that “brushed” look would last with a little protective wax on them once in awhile. I’ve got a set of old school slotted mags that are going on my old square body Chevy. Definitely has that 70’s vibe. Thanks for putting thoughts in my head…

[@CaptMaxADV]

I’d be curious as well. If you do it come back and let us know! 🙌🏻

[@MAGAMAN]

Try WD-40 and 0000 steel wool. Seriously made my old windows in the house I bought look like brand new... probably better than they did new.

[@CaptMaxADV]

Wait, you did this to house window glass? Sounds awesome! Thanks!

[@williejohnson515]

Where is the after picture of the rims on and lift kit?

[@CaptMaxADV]

Over here, on my Toyota channel. kzbin.info/www/bejne/n6K9eYKAeL5qnbssi=bbFgcjCz6OGuoNu2

[@CaptMaxADV]

Or part 1: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bmKzp4qgg5WFmpYsi=ZXhzGG1SWbzJ74Qn

[@chicagorc3967]

god bless your effort but you should have use oven cleaner on em before polishing them would have saved you like 9 hours. i subbed to your channel

[@CaptMaxADV]

I bet you’re right! I might have to experiment on another similar set down the road! 🙌🏻

[@chicagorc3967]

@@CaptMaxADV god speed

[@andresvaldivia8013]

What size tires were those

[@CaptMaxADV]

33 10.5 15

[@CaptMaxADV]

The new ones are that size.

[@markfreedom8732]

Start with red scotch bright soap and water

[@358trucking]

Should be using gloves my friend. Aluminum Oxide can be absorbed thru skin. Great Video

[@CaptMaxADV]

😳 Yikes!!

[@BBD40]

I should do that to my boat trailer wheels

[@dale3645]

No way dude. Unless you never drive the car & clean all the time you have to 2K clear them.

[@matthewpolishing7294]

Those are clear coated

[@greenbergjared]

Can u post the supplies u used?

[@CaptMaxADV]

It’s all in the video. Just those green ball pads, polishing wheels, sponges, and the polish. Anything else specific you looking for?

[@kennethswanson714]

TOOTHBRUSH WORKS GOOD FOR FINAL STAGE

[@CaptMaxADV]

AWESOME

[@timeless6964]

Too Many Rules....Too Much Time......But Yours Do Look Good!!

[@johnomalley8192]

Would have cleaned rims first. So less time polishing.

[@CaptMaxADV]

What would you use?

[@Mendz137]

@@CaptMaxADV sanding with dry sandpaper 400 or 600 grit then use wet sand with 1000 or 1500 grit and finished with a wet sand 2500 grit, you can’t believe the results.

[@CaptMaxADV]

I’ll try this on a future project. Thanks for the tips!

[@muratkocer2387]

Sanding forgotten

[@JuberKnows]

31 seconds in and I'm guessing an 80's model k20

[@JuberKnows]

Was way off

[@CaptMaxADV]

😂

[@yoBradyO11]

Oh man. Wear a respirator and gloves. Aluminum is really not great for the body. It's about as bad as led. And it's a heavy metal that does not detoxify from the body easily

[@CaptMaxADV]

Yikes! 😬

[@mr.marcosotero1509]

How about using gloves!

[@mrshinybald2739]

I have the exact wheels, some idiot decided to spray them black :/

[@leewhatley7077]

Truck it’s a fucking hilux

[@CaptMaxADV]

Say what?? A Hilux is a Toyota that was never imported to the US. This we know… Here they’re called Mini Trucks, and after what… 35 years Toyota STILL DOESN’T import Hilux! 😭😭😡 ✌🏻

[@robertromero8094]

For what you paid in products and pads you could have bought new ones lol

[@rmee5165]

less tham 5 minutes in.... AT LEAST WASH THE WHEELS FIRST.

[@CaptMaxADV]

Bro. They were washed… at some point at least. I fear you underestimate the baked on crustiness of these here wheels. But thanks for the contribution. 👍🏻

[@sven6603]

L

[@jackbauer8699]

Those wheels are ruined all the scratches from the restoring stage

[@CaptMaxADV]

Sure…

[@dirkdiggler5821]

What the hell are you on about?

[@chubbyb5718]

Gotta scrub this up with sos pads first bro. Get all that crud off. Then spray with aluminum cleaner from Napa. THEN polish

[@CaptMaxADV]

Are you saying I should redo them?! 😆🤣😂

[@bbjazzmanjazzman7721]

NEVER use steel brushes on Aluminum surfaces for cleaning!!