Can these pacers be revived to a good shine? Im afraid of how pitted they are. Would a powerball and polish be enough? any help is appreciated.

 

What kind of metal is that, and is it clearcoated or raw?

 

Aluminum. I believe there clearcoated

 

Without seeing / touching the wheels, it's tough to say. But, the pictures do show a good deal. I'd say they can be saved, but if they have clearcoat on them, it's going to get sacrificed to a good polishing. You can tell if they have clearcoat on them by taking some metal polish and lightly polishing a small section. If the polish & polishing medium turn black right away, there's no clear coat.

That said, with or without clearcoat, a fairly aggressive polishing should bring them back. And yes, that does mean using a rotary buffer and or a Power Ball with some good metal polish. And if you do bring them back, you should consider getting somebody to re-clearcoat them for future protection.

 

After polishing, clear Plasti-Dip may be a good option for protection, or if you don't want to polish them you could use a colored Plasti-Dip on them.

 

I think im going to go at them with some flitz preclean and a good polish with a powerball to start.

 

You are going to have to spend a ton of time on those babies. You might want to see if there is one of those wheel restoration places close to you and what it would cost.....just a thought.

 

There are a few places that will. But I plan on trying to clean them up myself first before I resort to that

 

I had a set of procomps that looked 10x worse than yours, I spent about 45 minutes a rim with a good polish and a powerball and my set looked brand new, I would imagine yours will come up great with a little elbow grease

 

They aren't going to go on the truck immediately also. So ive got some time to polish on the weekends and evening. Will give me something to do with the weather so nasty

 

Remember, when you do get them back to a nice, shiny condition, you'll have a new problem. That will be keeping them from reverting back to their previous oxidized condition. A good coat of wax / sealant will help somewhat, but re-clearcoating them is the only somewhat lasting solution.

 

Im looking into clearcoat options. There are few good auto body shops, wheel repair shops, and powdercoaters nearby.

 

If those are the same as what is on my truck, they are not clear coated. My rims look the same, and have the recess's at the bead with genuine simulated allen head screws (plastic crap simulated bead lock). The wheels polish up ok with mothers aluminum polish and the power ball. As a side note, the center caps are crap. I hasd to buy a new set several years ago, and need new ones now (the tabs break). Haven't found new ones yet.

 

I had a similar looking set of wheels for a 92 F150 I had back some years back. All I can suggest is wet sanding and lots of it.