Any suggestions or recommendations as to what kind/brand I should get? The aftermarket aluminum wheels on my Yukon are pretty faded, not rusted or anything, just really dull and faded. I'd like to bring some of the shine back.

 

This is the stuff that I used to use on my Eagle Alloys I had on my old Camaro. It made them shine pretty well. http://www.autozone.com/R,NONAPP1497...ductDetail.htm

 

i use wheel wax by ummmmmmm......... american racing. on my torq thusts lol

 

I only use blue magic!!!

 

I use Mothers with the Motherslarge and mini ball

 

are the wheels coated first of all,
if not then listen close
take some 2000 gritt wet sand paper and some water and sand the wheel real good ,"get rid of any imperfections with the wet paper ONLY SAND WHERE YOU WILL BE ABLE TO GET WITH A BUFFING PAD TO CLEAN IT BACK UP".

BY THE TIME YOU HAVE SANDED THIS WHEEL IT WILL LOOK RUINED, well it is not ruined.

buy a wool pad and borrow a variable speed buffer off a friend "a buffer not a polisher".

buy some fine compound from a paint supply store preferably 3m product

and start buffing the wheels back to new, polish all that you can with a buffer,

when the pad is black clean with a screwdriver "BE VERY CAREFUL BECAUSE A BUFFER TURNS ONE WAY AND IT WILL SEND THE SCREWDRIVER WITH A LOT OF FORCE AND CAN CAUSE BODILY HARM ".

AND START POLISHING AGAIN UNTILL YOU ARE SATISFIED THAT ALL THE SCRATCHES ARE GONE

THEN TAKE MOTHERS ALUMINUM POLISH AND FINISH THE POLISHING CLEAN UP.

WASH WITH SOAP AND WATER WHEN DONE AND CLEAN COMPOUND OFF THE TIRE WITH WESLEYS BLEACH WHITE ,

THE WHEEL IS DONE AND IT WILL LOOK BETTER THAN NEW,

I HAVE DONE THIS TO SEVERAL ALUMINUM WHEELS AND IF YOU FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS I HAVE GIVEN YOU YOU WILL BE GLAD THAT YOU DID IT

 

like 1stgenclone said, it's very important to know if your rims are coated or not before you try to clean them

 

I have no idea if they're coated or not. I bought it the day after Christmas and it already had the aftermarket wheels on it. Is there any way I can tell if they're coated or not?

 

My wheels are peeling and ****, is that the coating that you guys are talking about?

 

i think he may mean powder coating as opposed to chroming.