How to protect these?
 

So im having a set of centerline hellcats professionally polished for my k10. They're going on my Daily Driver. In the winters when it snows and the salt/sand is on the roads how will i protect these rims? Right now all i do is polish them with mothers aluminum polish every sunday. Please let me know thanks!:metal::metal:

Re: How to protect these?
 

best way I know of havin them protected during the winter weather is to keep them in a closet and ride on steelies and put them on ibn late spring after a few good rainstorms have cleared the road of wintertime salt

Re: How to protect these?
 

I agree with the thought of putting them in the closet. Aluminum is susceptible to the salts and chemicals of the winter process. Aluminum is also very porous and there is lettle that you can do to protect them completely. My son has s set of aluminum Eagle wheels on his wife's impala and we clean them each and every time we change oil.

There are products that does help, but it is not impervious to weather. I use a metal protectant from Wizards products that works to seal the aluminum and keeps dirt and corrosive materials ou of the pores. It is called Power Seal, and so far, it is the best that I have found.

After buying my last truck, I went to my local tire/wheel dealer type guy and bought a set of metal rim take-offs with tires for a fair price and now I put them on for winter. It also gives me a good set of aggressive tread tires for the snow.

Re: How to protect these?
 

I have no idea if this is a real thing or not, I've just read about it on boards. People recommend clear powder coat to seal in the shine. Maybe just do a google search and see what comes up.

Re: How to protect these?
 

Clear powder coat is real, but its not 100% clear. At least in every application I've seen, it ends up with a little bit of a "saran wrap" look on stuff. I've seen something like it on playground equipment.

In certain cases you can use a clearcoat to protect them, which is what Chevy has done in the past like on the Xtreme wheels. You need to use a clear coat designed for bare metal which resists yellowing or going milky. Even then, the large majority of clear coated wheels I've seen started to peel after any nicks/curbing/scratches gave the clear an edge to start lifting from.

Re: How to protect these?
 

Clear coat is pretty much the only thing you can do to protect the bare metal. I think that there are types of wheel wax out there, but I don't know how well it works.