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Author Message   Jreichner Posted on Monday, May 10, 2004 - 11:58 am:        Hey...I was wondering if anyone has a good way to clean and polish their PM wheels. Just looking for some new ideas.   Lake_bueller Posted on Monday, May 10, 2004 - 01:49 pm:        I've been searching for the same answer since 1998 The easiest way for me is to put the bike on wheel stands. This allows easier access to the rims. I start with a good cleaning followed by a through drying. Then it's a heavy dose of Mother's Mag Polish. I'm thinking about having mine clear powdercoated next winter. That should save a ton of cleaning time.   Jreichner Posted on Monday, May 10, 2004 - 08:36 pm:        What do you use to clean the wheels? Which product?   Lake_bueller Posted on Tuesday, May 11, 2004 - 09:44 am:        I use Clorox Cleanup to get the real grime off the rims. Then a car wash detergent with a soft sponge. Dry the rims with compressed air. That seems to be the best method for overall bike drying. I polish with Mothers Mag Polish. I've tried a few others but that works the best.   M2fortom Posted on Tuesday, May 11, 2004 - 11:42 am:        I agree with Lake, Mothers seems to work the best. I have used one of the 3M buffing compounds before and it works well too.   Hootowl Posted on Tuesday, May 11, 2004 - 02:01 pm:        Buell specifically recommends Mothers polish for the PM wheels.   Leftcoastal Posted on Friday, May 14, 2004 - 12:07 am:        I had a few spots on my PM's that looked like permanent water spots. I used Mother's and put a little buffing wheel on my Dremel tool and the spots cleaned right up. I was at one of the Harley events a couple years ago and I asked one of the guys at Performance Machine what to do about my dull wheels. He said "bring 'em in, we'll shine them up for ya!" I got the feeling that might be 'cost prohibitive' so I got out the Mother's. Only took a couple of hours (well, maybe more like a couple days) and they shine like new. AL   Lornce Posted on Saturday, May 15, 2004 - 03:25 pm:        Picked up an 8oz. bottle of something called "Blue Magic" Liquid Metal Polish yesterday and for $3.99Cdn ($3US) it does a great job on PM's, cast aluminum and chromed steel. Produces a finely polished finish with much less effort than the Autosol paste I've been using for the past few years. The smell's reminiscent of Brasso (both contain ammonia).   Madgaz Posted on Tuesday, May 18, 2004 - 03:18 am:        If your wheels are relatively clean, as the results from Mothers can give. Try Purple polish for a product that needs the least effort to keep that mirror finish. Here in Australia a lot of trucks have huge polished alloy parts that are easy to maintain with this product. Get it here http://www.californiacustom.com/ Like i was saying, get your alloy clean, and keep it clean with purple polish. MadGaz

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