How to save your aluminum and chrome from road salt

I wash the truck every week no matter what the weather will be doing when I leave. This time of year I’ll have them citrus the wheels because that will get a little bit more of the crap off the wheels, better than just soap but won’t turn your wheels white like acid. If we get a day warmer than normal I’ll hit my wheels by hand out in the driveway to try and get some of the brine stains off. Other than that, I just accept the fact that my wheels won’t look the best until spring time when I have them sanded and polished again.

 

Hasn’t been anyone around that can chrome wheels for a while now. A few people tried the chrome powder coat but it didn’t look right. Almost had a black tint to it.

 

Seems I've heard something of this.....

Maybe an old post of yours....

Maybe...

 

At least fuel has come down. It fell much slower than the rates, but still

 

I'm a mirror polish or none guy so this might be a lousy suggestion... but I like to "let the truck go" and worry about it in the spring.

Hand polish works to keep it at bay (if you can keep the truck clean enough to get to a place where you can spend an hour or two giving it a handy here and there) But it's still going to need a grinder polish when the sun's back out.

The best I can do running Southern BC is wash it once a month, let it goto crap over the winter, then bring it back again in the spring. As horrible of a job as it is to put 20+ hours of labour in the aluminum each time, it's easier than chasing year round shine

 

Anybody have any experience with Alcoa Dura-Brights running in the snow and salt?

 

They do fine until the coating starts getting pitted up. Then about all you can do is have the coating sanded off and polish them out.