Restoring shine to 20 year old aluminum rims

I have some old neglected rims i am trying to clean up.  the are aluminum rims off an 89 Bronco.  I have been trying aluminum polish, but I think I need something a little stronger.  does anyone have anny suggestions?  

I use Mothers aluminum polish with a powerball.This is a lot of work and sometimes you will even need to sand wheels with a very fine sandpaper such as 2000 grit or finer.Some of the cutting compounds designed for paint with also work
  Mike  
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there is a guy in my town who has a computer guided machine that sands your aluminum wheels down and then go over them with a buffer and jewlers polish and it makes any old pitted aluminum rim shine like brand new. he changes like 50-bucks a wheel and its well worth it. ide try that if you can find a guy in your area who has one.  

Depends on how much time or money you want to spend. If they are real bad start with 400 grit sandpaper, then go to 600 grit, then 800 grit, then 1000 grit, then 1500 grit and finally 2000 grit. Good ole WD-40 works nice as you are sanding. As you are making progress check your work with a little aluminum polish on a rag. Rub it on and buff it off. Go from there. I only use sandpaper "By Hand" not machines. It will take a lot of time but it comes out nice. It is long and hard work. If you just want them done find a shop local for polishing. The Chrome Plating shops do good work.  

If you take them to a chrome shop take some metal stamps and stamp your name or initials into your wheels on the back side. My grandparents use to be in the plating business and sometimes the chrome shops would try to switch up theer wheels with someone else's wheel that had a crappy chrome job on it.  

Just sit in front of the tele with the wet'n'dry and rub away to your hearts content. If the're not too bad use the 1200 and rub away to it goes black, if it goes red, your rubbed you fingers out. Then get the good ol' buffing compound and add some water and rub away again using your grandmothers knickers, now when that turns black your nearly finished or you'll get a back hander from granny. Then grab a really soft cloth, probably the misses favourite top and buff away till the cows come home. If that doesn't happen, you probably don't live in the country.  ( tip # 3565 of the specialist handbook, volume 3)  

Your always full of great tips. Where can I pickup volume 1 and 2?