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Old 22-01-2010, 09:22 AM   #1 (permalink)
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I took a look at my alloys the other day and they are pretty badly corroded in places.

It looks like I need to get them resurfaced and refinished.

What are your alloys like? If they are in good condition what do you do to protect them?
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Never use any protection and there fine. Standard ones on since new (51 plate), no corrosion / stains atall.
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1 slight scrach thats been there since i got them. part from that theyre in need of a good clean. wash and wax every time i do the car and aviod kerbing apart from that i do nothing else to them
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impregnated with brake dust and frankly just a bit lazy to take them off and clean them up, have done this already but the damn stuff just keeps coming back - some have mentioned that i may be a bit heavy on the old brakes which is why so much is coming off!
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impregnated with brake dust and frankly just a bit lazy to take them off and clean them up, have done this already but the damn stuff just keeps coming back - some have mentioned that i may be a bit heavy on the old brakes which is why so much is coming off!

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