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Begbie said:
I wouldn't way too abrassive.

I would use a polish then a decent wax or supposedly poor boys sealant is awesome for wheels.
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Wifes Clio 172 has OZ Superleggero alloys and whilst they are in pretty good

condition, i would like to add some form of protection/sealant to them.





Also what would you suggest for sorting out the insides? there must be a whole load of brake dust damage behind there i would imagine.
 
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The megs metal polish is good for alloys, but only polished ones not ones with paint and/or lacquer. I used it on my old deep dishes but on my current wheels I did the following:

wash/autosmart tardis/clay/polish with a strong polish (werkstat prime strong) then 2 or 3 layers of poorboys wheel sealant. Worked a treat
 
Toker said:
The megs metal polish is good for alloys, but only polished ones not ones with paint and/or lacquer. I used it on my old deep dishes but on my current wheels I did the following:

wash/autosmart tardis/clay/polish with a strong polish (werkstat prime strong) then 2 or 3 layers of poorboys wheel sealant. Worked a treat
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Exactly.

The best way to get rid of the brake dust behind, and easiest is to take the wheel off the car lay it on some wood or some thing soft so it doesn't get marked and scrub away.

Never used tardis so can't comment, but AG wheel cleaner and elbow grease always works for me and as said to save yourself doing again two weeks later loads of wax/sealant.
 
Got some Alloy Wheel cleaner from Halfrauds and just gave it a quick go. There is a fair bit of pitting on the backside of the wheel. Maybe better off having them powder coated at work.
 
wohoo said:
Oh and those wheels are horrid:p
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on a saloon they do but on a coupe they suit it nicely - less common than MV2s too. The 17" Mtech wheels are standard on 330 sports sometimes too outside of the uk (saw people's pics on e46fanatics during my browsings in the past)
 
Blu-ray said:
Anyone else think "what on earth were BMW thinking when they designed those alloys" when you look at mrks car?

Bleugh hate them too bits .....

What is it 330 or 328 ? or worse?
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What exactly is wrong with them? I think they suit a coupe better than the saloons as they look out of place on a saloon (will have to get a pic of the guy y few roads down with them on his SE 320d. They're not exactly common alloys either so sets the car apart a bit from others with MV1 or MV2 wheels.

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mrk said:
What exactly is wrong with them? I think they suit a coupe better than the saloons as they look out of place on a saloon (will have to get a pic of the guy y few roads down with them on his SE 320d. They're not exactly common alloys either so sets the car apart a bit from others with MV1 or MV2 wheels.
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Oh come on there isn't any point having this discussion, espcially with someone who owns them :p

Just personally dont like the shape. What is it , 330ci? Can't see the exhaust
 
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