Today was a great day to get outside, and while taking the 2 hours to polish, rub and shine the wheels, what came to mind is how bad some owners let their Draglites get. There's several here in town that may keep them clean but they don't polish them. They're polished aluminum, not chrome. They require hand rubbing to get them to sparkle, even straight water can cause hazing on polished aluminum. I can honestly say mine are the shiniest in my area, I've been asked several times where I got them chromed. Uh, they're not chrome... they're hand polished. Not to sound arrogant but mine are from 1993, and they're in better condition than some who got theirs just a couple of months ago due to the neglect. 15 year old wheels shouldn't look better than brand new ones, in my opinion. So that got me to thinking.
I know there's quite a few here with Draglites so let's see em. Instead of balls out, it's Welds out. Get your Welds out and show em off. If your Welds are dirty or in need of attention, put your favorite polish on em and rub em till they're clean. Dirty Welds are a bad thing, and you always feel better after polishing your Welds.
This isn't a contest, just a way to say who has some good examples of one of the most popular wheels on a Mustang.
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Lookin sharp eagle ! I use the power ball (small one) with a drill and blue magic, ever since then I'll never go back to hand polishing. I know what you mean though, my rims when I bought them where pretty ugly and this after the guy told me he spent almost an hour trying to polish them before giving up. Here are some before and after of when I first got the rims and another from last night before I went out cruising with my boys.
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93 LX 2.3 to 5.0 conversion. 60% of the time it works every time.
VTEC - All the lag of a turbo............None of the boost
If its Fast and reliable, it ain't cheap.
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I have no idea what he was using, but when I first bought them I polished them by hand with blue magic. It wasn't until about a month or two ago that I finally bought the powerball, my aching fingers have been thanking me since.
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93 LX 2.3 to 5.0 conversion. 60% of the time it works every time.
VTEC - All the lag of a turbo............None of the boost
If its Fast and reliable, it ain't cheap.
If its Cheap and reliable, it ain't fast.
If its Fast and cheap, it ain't reliable.
Hey samotrx7 your car looks exactly like mine besides mine has prostars insted of draglites, same stance everything,
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1988 mustang 5.0 LX, Edelbrock performer manifold, mac headers, off road H with high flow cats welded in, AC/smog eliminator, frpp 9mm wires, bbk CAI, msd cap and rotor, Flowmasters dumped, steeda tri ax, 3.73 gears, and mickey thompson DR's 13.91@101
1983 pontiac grand prix, weekend car, 355sbc 11.5.1, world heads, forged internals, th-400 with transgo shift kit, 8.5 rear with 4.56's and auburn posi unit, 11.96@115 on et streets. (SOLD)
1988 mustang 5.0 LX, Edelbrock performer manifold, mac headers, off road H with high flow cats welded in, AC/smog eliminator, frpp 9mm wires, bbk CAI, msd cap and rotor, Flowmasters dumped, steeda tri ax, 3.73 gears, and mickey thompson DR's 13.91@101
1983 pontiac grand prix, weekend car, 355sbc 11.5.1, world heads, forged internals, th-400 with transgo shift kit, 8.5 rear with 4.56's and auburn posi unit, 11.96@115 on et streets. (SOLD)
! I use the power ball (small one) with a drill and blue magic, ever since then I'll never go back to hand polishing. I know what you mean though, my rims when I bought them where pretty ugly and this after the guy told me he spent almost an hour trying to polish them before giving up. Here are some before and after of when I first got the rims and another from last night before I went out cruising with my boys.
