I had some severely corroded aluminum wheels on on of my project trucks. I didn't have any good spare wheels laying around so I decided to recondition them. I'm not much into the sanding wheels method so I did it without sandpaper!!! It's still a lot of work but I did mine in about 8 hours... Here's my solution....

First strip the wheels of the clearcoat.


Next clean out all the grooves and recesses with a stripper wheel.


I painted the grooves with silver to provide a stock appearance but any color could be used. I also did not mask the wheels off and cleaned the over spray with thinner instead while it was still fresh.




Next I used an oscillating sander with fine grit paper to remove the corrosion.



Next I used my stripper wheel to provide a uniform finish on the whole wheel.



For the first polish I used a "well used" scotch bright type wheel and Blue Magic metal polish.



Next I used a modified angle grinder and the same Blue Magic polish.


The shine is coming back


Th finish the job I used the angle grinder and some Mothers polish.










Before



After

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holy shit what a difference now buff the truck lol

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2021 F150 5.0 Screw

Past:18 F150 2.7, 16 F150 5.0, 14 F150 5.0, 07 F150 5.4, 03 Ranger 4.0

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lol yeah I've been thinking about it...

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