Polishing wheels on Ford Chassis
Any recommendations on polishing aluminum wheels on Ford 53 chassis. Do not know mfg. Freightliner uses Alcoa but do not know what Ford uses.
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2bzy2c wrote:
Are you sure they are not beauty rims? Not sure Ford put aluminum rims on their F53 chassis.
On Edit: Yes I guess they did/do put aluminum rims. One item I found that works for polishing this type of rim is a product called Semichrome (SP?) Link Mothers makes a mag polish that works well too. Both of these items require a ton of hand work, or a power polisher.
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Further searching shows that you can get aluminum rims, but they are aftermarket rims. Hard to find and very expensive. The F-53 came stock with steel wheels and beauty rims as FIREUP shows below. The beauty rims are chrome plated steel.
Well Sir,
I really hope you're not incinuating that the wheels you see in the pictures I posted are "Steel beauty" wheels? Because if you are, you need to learn about how Stainless Steel Wheel liners appear vs highly polished Aluminum Alloy wheels made by Accuride. I can tell wheel liners from a long way away as compared to alloys.
Those wheels are Accuride 22.5 Alloy wheels that are "Uncoated".
And, if the OP ever get's back on here, we'll know for sure if he actually does have alloys or steel. I'm not familiar with the heavier chassied F-53 but, I have seen them and, yes, they do have alloy wheels.
Scott
