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Old 01-25-2006, 05:49 PM
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New rims for just $4.00?!

Well I gave my baby a car wash yesterday and decided to try out those microfiber towels when I was washing and scrubbing her. WOW! Those things are incredible at cleaning. I spent 2 hours with those little towels on all 4 of my rims. Holy crap! I didn't know the stock rims could look so good and clean! I never knew how much dirt and brake dust was on those things. Some pics:


Before Dirty



After Clean!



And my baby all clean!




I know these pics are kinda crappy. Thats all thanks to my crappy camera. 1.X Megapixel. Bah. But basicly the point of this post was that I spent $4.00 on some microfiber towels and feel like I've bought a new set of rims. Truly satisfying when you just put forth a little effort.

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Dang dude, looks great I am gonna have to give that product a try.
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Great job on the rims! The car looks beautiful
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Dang, in the pics they don't look too dirty to begin with. I'll take some pics sometime if you wanna see those kinds of wheels dirty lol
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mmm microfiber towels....best there is. I usually get some and use them for the paint a few times, then they get downgraded to rim towels.....and then eventually mess rags lol
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try a mothers powerball and some polish, you will spend 5 minutes per rim and be done!

Nice car!
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I know this is probably a stupid? But can I get the same results on 85 Iroc rims with this product, or should I attempt to polish them?
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Dang, in the pics they don't look too dirty to begin with. I'll take some pics sometime if you wanna see those kinds of wheels dirty lol
Well the pics don't do it justice because in person they were pretty damn dirty, and they look even cleaner in person too. But I'm happy!
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that looks great, i need some of those for my plenum!
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Good looking wheels! I always use microfiber towels for cleaning, they do an awesome job. They work very well on the plastic interior pieces because they do not leave any fuzz.
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