LI-S4

Well...over twelve weeks, I give the Zoops Sealer experiment a 7, maybe and 8 out of 10.

If you compare the <a href="https://forums.audiworld.com/detail/msgs/33958.phtml">original results</a> with the pics taken yesterday, the rear lips have quite clearly lost some of the shine.

However, if you gave them a very careful inspection, you would see that the lost bling is due to minute scratches in the polished surface than to oxidation. Likely two reasons for this that I can think of... First, surface dirt that gathers on the lips and does not flush off before I wash (soap and water only) and road debris kicked up from the front wheels etc.

Now, if you consider that I have only polished them once since doing the Zoops process, than the experiment is a 10 out of 10. They still shine, there is no real oxidation to speak of. The fronts have never been polished. Given that I would have had to polish them at once a week (once every other week at a minimum) you can say this is a great result...

Will I do it again next year? Not sure. I may sell the wheels, or I may have the lips powder coated. If neither of these things happen...then yes, I would Zoops them again!

<img src="http://images10.fotki.com/v197/photos/4/43687/1762959/CleanCar021-vi.jpg">

<img src="http://images10.fotki.com/v194/photos/4/43687/1762959/CleanCar024-vi.jpg">

<img src="http://images10.fotki.com/v196/photos/4/43687/1762959/CleanCar022-vi.jpg">

<i>Updated July 5th, 2005 - <a href="https://forums.audiworld.com/detail/msgs/33772.phtml">Step 1</a>, <a href="https://forums.audiworld.com/detail/msgs/33958.phtml">Step 2</a> and <a href="https://forums.audiworld.com/detail/msgs/33967.phtml">Step 3</a>, <a href="https://forums.audiworld.com/detail/msgs/34434.phtml">Week Two</a>, <a href="https://forums.audiworld.com/detail/msgs/34877.phtml">Week Four</a>, <a href="https://forums.audiworld.com/detail/msgs/35255.phtml">Week Eight</a></i>

HIS4

I think the difference in opinion here is caused by the fact that we started from two different situations as far as the conditions of our wheels. Yours were just professionally refinished where mine were subject to everyday use. It seems on mine that some oxidation is infiltrating from under the layer of sealant because of the existing oxidation that was left behind during the preping process. I tried the best that I could to clean the wheels until they were spot free but I feel that it is virtually impossible to do without taking the wheel apart. That area on the wheel where there's a gap between the lip and the center is where I believe the oxidation is getting below the sealant. I have to polish with Zoops final polish about once every 2-3 weeks to get it off. The plus side is that polishing with the final polish gets the oxidation off way easier than using a metal polish. What would take me about 5-10 per wheel to do with a metal polish I can do in about 2-3 minutes with the Zoops final polish. Would I do it again, definitely! I think my experience shows tha the prep stage is the most important and next time I will attempt to find something that can clean that area between the lips and centers.

shreddervai

Li what kinda wheels are those? look good

LI-S4

I-Forged Aero's...maybe for sale soon...

LI-S4

And I also hate that space between the centers and the lips...I can just get a towel around a ice cream stick in there.