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Old Jul 23, 2012 | 08:05 PM
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Not at this point, they cleaned up nice and I will see what happens next.
A buddy of mine had a 1990 RRC, and the wheels were kind of a green/grey color. For some reason I thought the lugs were too... but I could be remembering incorrectly. Perhaps painting them the sparkle silver color of the wheels would look ok, and keep them from rusting or tarnishing?
 

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Old Jul 23, 2012 | 08:40 PM
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Phil, in the picture of the five lug nuts was it the top two that you did not use the polish on? Did you like the polish? Was it worth it?
 
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Old Jul 23, 2012 | 08:47 PM
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The top pic is of the RRC lug nuts after being polished.
The bottom pic is of the old lug nuts.
I do not remeber which ones I did not use the polish on as I just dropped them all into a bucket of clean water after I wire wheeled them.
The parts that are not totally clean in the pic are the worst ones, they were deep pits.
Was the polish worth it? For what I paid yes, totally.
Did the polish work as claimed? Yes.
Would I use it on lug nuts again? No. Not unless they were heavily tarnished like mine were and I soaked them before hitting them with the wire wheel like I did this time.
I originally tried to clean them with a sponge and the polish after soaking in baking soda/vinegar mix for 30 min.
To much work because of the small surface area to work on at a time.
Do I think it would work wonders on a rim? You bet your *** I do!
Am I pleased with the overall performance of the metal polish? Yes.
Would I buy it again? Yes.
 

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Old Jul 23, 2012 | 10:23 PM
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Cool well i'm glad it worked for you buddy!
 
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Old Jul 24, 2012 | 10:47 AM
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Would you go to the trouble of polishing your nuts again or was one time all you could stand?

Did you use antiseize when you put them back on?
 
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Old Jul 24, 2012 | 10:17 PM
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Would I polish them again? If they get all buggered and rusty sure, otherwise no.
 
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Old Jul 24, 2012 | 10:17 PM
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Originally Posted by lr2001silver
Cool well i'm glad it worked for you buddy!
Thanks again, I really appreciate it.
That metal polish works great.
 
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