Is my rim Polished or Painted Aluminum? - Camaro5 Chevy Camaro Forum / Camaro ZL1, SS and V6 Forums

Xenix · 01-08-2015, 04:03 AM

Hi there. New to this forum and first time owning my own car, don't know much about cars yet. (Still learning)

I have searched around the forums and on Google and I couldn't find the exact answer I needed.

My question is, what type of rim do I have, Polished or Painted Aluminum? So I know which techniques to use to take care of the wheels.

I have a 2014 1LT RS.

Hopefully someone can tell just by looking at the photo.

Here's the photo:

1KillerSS · 01-08-2015, 04:39 AM

Polished my friend, and welcome to C5!

Synner · 01-08-2015, 05:51 AM

Both are "painted" so the steps would be the same.

1KillerSS · 01-08-2015, 05:53 AM

With a clear coat?

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Sir Nuke · 01-08-2015, 06:09 AM

Xenix, you have the POLISHED wheels....and they are clear coated, thus you need to take care of them just like any other part of the car that is PAINTED.

1KillerSS · 01-08-2015, 06:24 AM

Never knew that, I have no clear on my rims. Was that for certain years?

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Xenix · 01-08-2015, 03:31 PM

I see, thank you all for the reply. I appreciate the help from everyone

Fish-man · 01-08-2015, 06:37 PM

There are no polished GM wheels that I know about that don't have a clear coat as well.

fastjohnny · 01-10-2015, 10:05 PM

They are all clear coated, I actually stripped the clear coat off mine, you wouldn't believe how much more shine they have with the clear coat off of them, but you have more work taking care of them, and now I am thinking about having them painted black.

fastjohnny · 01-11-2015, 05:49 PM

One way to tell if you have clear coat or not, is take some aluminum polish put it on a rag and try to polish your wheels, if the rag doesn't turn black you have clear on the wheels, if it turns black you have bare aluminum.

1KillerSS · 01-11-2015, 08:33 PM

My rag turns black, I never knew that others had clear on them. I am not proud to admit that I have some road rash on my rims, but there is no clear on them.

bumble m bee · 02-02-2015, 06:33 PM

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Originally Posted by fastjohnny

They are all clear coated, I actually stripped the clear coat off mine, you wouldn't believe how much more shine they have with the clear coat off of them, but you have more work taking care of them, and now I am thinking about having them painted black.

can you explains when you said *more work taking care of them*
what is the bad side , because i send my wheels to be rebuild 2 week ago and today they asked me do you want clear coat or not ,they did send me pic or Wheel clear coat and one not , they look like chrome awesome but what is you re process to cleaning them please

bumble m bee · 02-06-2015, 04:04 PM

here my Wheel ,finaly no clear coat ,so what do you do to protect them and what do you use to clean then after

Speedfreak391 · 02-23-2015, 10:21 AM

They Look really nice polished!

01-08-2015, 04:03 AM	#1
Xenix Drives: 2017 2LT RS, Black, NPP Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: Arizona Posts: 16	Is my rim Polished or Painted Aluminum? Hi there. New to this forum and first time owning my own car, don't know much about cars yet. (Still learning) I have searched around the forums and on Google and I couldn't find the exact answer I needed. My question is, what type of rim do I have, Polished or Painted Aluminum? So I know which techniques to use to take care of the wheels. I have a 2014 1LT RS. Hopefully someone can tell just by looking at the photo. Here's the photo:

01-08-2015, 04:39 AM	#2
1KillerSS Too much is never enough! Drives: AGP TT SS [COTW] 4/20/15 Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: Toledo,OH Posts: 4,149 View My Garage	Polished my friend, and welcome to C5! __________________ AGP TT kit, 54/57 Forged rotating assembly, Custom grind cam... Dual nozzle meth, ID850's, Livernois dual fuel pumps, ECS BAP, 25% UDP, 3 inch Magnaflow catback with X pipe, Mantic 9000 clutch, DSS 1000hp axles, DSS aluminum driveshaft, ZL1 rear end, solid subframe bushings, HE differential offset bushings, BMR Trailing arm, BMR toe rods, Lingenfelter LNC-2000,SJM Line Lock. 747 whp 714wtq *Build thread* http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showth...55#post8107855

01-08-2015, 05:53 AM	#4
1KillerSS Too much is never enough! Drives: AGP TT SS [COTW] 4/20/15 Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: Toledo,OH Posts: 4,149 View My Garage	With a clear coat? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk __________________ AGP TT kit, 54/57 Forged rotating assembly, Custom grind cam... Dual nozzle meth, ID850's, Livernois dual fuel pumps, ECS BAP, 25% UDP, 3 inch Magnaflow catback with X pipe, Mantic 9000 clutch, DSS 1000hp axles, DSS aluminum driveshaft, ZL1 rear end, solid subframe bushings, HE differential offset bushings, BMR Trailing arm, BMR toe rods, Lingenfelter LNC-2000,SJM Line Lock. 747 whp 714wtq *Build thread* http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showth...55#post8107855

01-08-2015, 06:09 AM	#5
Sir Nuke Master of All Things Drives: '20 Corvette Stingray Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Southeast of Houston, Texas Posts: 22,332 View My Garage	Xenix, you have the POLISHED wheels....and they are clear coated, thus you need to take care of them just like any other part of the car that is PAINTED. __________________

01-08-2015, 06:24 AM	#6
1KillerSS Too much is never enough! Drives: AGP TT SS [COTW] 4/20/15 Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: Toledo,OH Posts: 4,149 View My Garage	Never knew that, I have no clear on my rims. Was that for certain years? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk __________________ AGP TT kit, 54/57 Forged rotating assembly, Custom grind cam... Dual nozzle meth, ID850's, Livernois dual fuel pumps, ECS BAP, 25% UDP, 3 inch Magnaflow catback with X pipe, Mantic 9000 clutch, DSS 1000hp axles, DSS aluminum driveshaft, ZL1 rear end, solid subframe bushings, HE differential offset bushings, BMR Trailing arm, BMR toe rods, Lingenfelter LNC-2000,SJM Line Lock. 747 whp 714wtq *Build thread* http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showth...55#post8107855

01-08-2015, 05:51 AM	#3
Synner Drives: cars Join Date: May 2011 Location: Oversneeze Posts: 4,544	Both are "painted" so the steps would be the same.

01-08-2015, 03:31 PM	#7
Xenix Drives: 2017 2LT RS, Black, NPP Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: Arizona Posts: 16	I see, thank you all for the reply. I appreciate the help from everyone

01-08-2015, 06:37 PM	#8
Fish-man Drives: too many to say! Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: S.E. Michigan Posts: 1,013	There are no polished GM wheels that I know about that don't have a clear coat as well.

01-10-2015, 10:05 PM	#9
fastjohnny Join Date: Jun 2014 Posts: 173	They are all clear coated, I actually stripped the clear coat off mine, you wouldn't believe how much more shine they have with the clear coat off of them, but you have more work taking care of them, and now I am thinking about having them painted black.

01-11-2015, 05:49 PM	#10
fastjohnny Join Date: Jun 2014 Posts: 173	One way to tell if you have clear coat or not, is take some aluminum polish put it on a rag and try to polish your wheels, if the rag doesn't turn black you have clear on the wheels, if it turns black you have bare aluminum.

01-11-2015, 08:33 PM	#11
1KillerSS Too much is never enough! Drives: AGP TT SS [COTW] 4/20/15 Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: Toledo,OH Posts: 4,149 View My Garage	My rag turns black, I never knew that others had clear on them. I am not proud to admit that I have some road rash on my rims, but there is no clear on them. __________________ AGP TT kit, 54/57 Forged rotating assembly, Custom grind cam... Dual nozzle meth, ID850's, Livernois dual fuel pumps, ECS BAP, 25% UDP, 3 inch Magnaflow catback with X pipe, Mantic 9000 clutch, DSS 1000hp axles, DSS aluminum driveshaft, ZL1 rear end, solid subframe bushings, HE differential offset bushings, BMR Trailing arm, BMR toe rods, Lingenfelter LNC-2000,SJM Line Lock. 747 whp 714wtq *Build thread* http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showth...55#post8107855

02-06-2015, 04:04 PM	#13
bumble m bee Drives: 2010 2ss yellow transformers pkg Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: canada quebec rive-nord Posts: 46	here my Wheel ,finaly no clear coat ,so what do you do to protect them and what do you use to clean then after

02-23-2015, 10:21 AM	#14
Speedfreak391 One man Army Drives: 1987 Iroc Players car Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: United States Posts: 133	They Look really nice polished!