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Cleaned the back side first: 1). Used the paint strip wheel dry to remove a lot of the crud (bad stuff) wore the paint mask to protect from asbestos dust from brakes. Next used paint wheel wet with " SmithBrite ultimate metal polish" to clean more crud off, this left the back side almost clean. Final step was to use Mothers Mag and Aluminum polish on foam cone polish wheel for final clean on back of wheel. Just cleaned a little with Mothers...... The stick-on wheel weight goo was removed with lacquer thinner.
2). Front, first cleaned with "SmithBright...... and foam cone polisher on drill to remove the easy surface crud. Not trying get clean this step, just light cleaning. Next cleaned with SmithBrite... and scotch barite pad. This was a more indepth cleaning, more time doing this. This left areas that were pitted and having more severe corrosion. Then used 800 and 1500 wet/dry sand paper to remove corrosion and pits. This step took more time, repeated several times until clean but dull. Final step was to polish with Mother....... on foam cone polish wheel. Did a lot of polishing in this step. Polish, clean with cloth and polished again, several times until had a uniform brightness. About 4 hours to clean both wheels.

The wheels are very nice, but not like new. Wanted to keep original characteristics of the wheels, including machining and casting surfaces. Plan to try a little more cleaning in the future. Will update if I find additional clean approaches.