Hello all,

In a thread below I've been detailing my Vette. But now I would like to do all the chroom and metal things.

First of all, the rally wheels. As you can see from the pic below, these have also light scratches. I was wondering if there are hand polishes out there to remove these? Which are any good and easy to use? Anyone has experience?



I've been using rimwax by smartwax on them. It's a nice little product, makes them shiny and soft. But the scratches remain.


Next thing I'm doing is the exhaust. These have a little corrosion like this :



First I tried some hand metal shine product, but some spots are too bad. So I used the following tool :



Ofcourse, this makes scratches, but the result is really cool, especially when comparing how it was :



But I just would like to know if this is a good technique? And how would you clean them? I was planning on doing them completely like this, and afterwards maybe use some metal polish for extra shine. But I was thinking ... Since this is bare metal (I think it is INOX, the actual tailpipes are metal and they are corroded and need to be replaced one day - see pic below), how can you prevent future corrosion? Is there some kind of heat resisting clearcoat perhaps? That might be a good solution.



Any hints/help is welcome.

Thank you.

Maarten