so instead of using the clr i went in my shed and looked at my cleaning supplies. the 2 things that caught my eye were turtle wax bug & tar remover and..... comet. so i do 1 rim with just bug & tar another with just comet and 1 with them mixed. i let the stuff sit on the rims for about 5 min. now the reason i have so much crap on my rims (caked on break dust, salt from the roads, other gunk that i have no idea what it was), in winter my car was in canada. the body shop drove it around to get random stuff done and never cleaned the salt off my rims. i drove it home and just did a quick wash and it didnt do the trick. i was planning on getting new rims so i didnt bother cleaning them. well... after about 5 months of not cleaning my rims i went nuts and decided i have to do something about it, so here we are. anywho back to the rims. the bug n tar did alright, the comet did alright, alitte better if anything but the 1 thats has both came out awsome! i only scrubed for about 10 min with a good firm brush and i got almost all of the crap off! the brushed aluminum actually looks like... brushed aluminum again!!! so went i around did all the rims that way and they came out preaty good. im going to take 1 rim off at a time later 2night and do them that way so i can get a better position and finish it up. ill post the pics of the before and after shots for people who might not belive it.

For waxing, recently discovered Zylol. $16 bucks for a bottle, but works just as good as clay.