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06-21-2018, 06:59 PM
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Polished OE center caps
Do any of you polish your OE metal center caps?
Here is an original, partly polished and one mostly done |
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06-21-2018, 07:00 PM
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Re: Polished OE center caps
and 1 99% done
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06-21-2018, 08:21 PM
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Location: Lake Charles, LA
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Re: Polished OE center caps
those look very nice. I need to polish mine. What technique did you use?
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06-21-2018, 08:53 PM
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Re: Polished OE center caps
White rouge on a buffing wheel, white diamond polishing compound on the fluffy side.
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06-21-2018, 09:06 PM
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Cruzin
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Re: Polished OE center caps
Yes, used an SOS pad, water and metal polish.
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Last edited by Hubscrub; 06-24-2018 at 09:47 AM. Reason: added pic |
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06-22-2018, 09:08 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2017
Location: Texas
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Re: Polished OE center caps
Looks good nice job
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06-24-2018, 07:02 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Joppa, Maryland
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Re: Polished OE center caps
I wanted to remove that satin gray paint on mine. So, I used Easy Off oven cleaner (yellow top)
Let it soak for a few hours & then rinsed off with water, came out great. I just used wax to polish. Maybe I was lucky & didn't need a buffing wheel.
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06-24-2018, 11:30 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2017
Location: Louisville, KY
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Re: Polished OE center caps
Yep, I polished mine. I used a buffing wheel and some red rouge and some mother's aluminum polish.
Here's what the wheels and caps looked like before... vs. installed on the truck now. Note that my caps are the older style, which doesn't have the circular offset allowance for the lugnuts. |
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06-24-2018, 06:43 PM
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Re: Polished OE center caps
nice job!!
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