Hazy Wheels
 

I posted this to the Early 911S forum and so far no one has come up with a solution so I thought I would try here.

The wheels on my '73 S were done by Al Reed a couple of years ago, a few months before I bought the car. They have always looked great - until now. The car was stored over the winter in my old shop while some odds and ends were worked on (mainly the MFI pump - that took forever!). We're finally getting some good weather here in Central Oregon and I'm driving it and giving it a thorough cleaning.

The problem is that the wheels look like they have a milky film on them in places. In other places they look like they did last Fall. It looks almost like something has been splattered on them. The highway department uses magnesium cloride on the roads here in the Winter, and the car was driven a couple of times. Could that be the culprit? If so, is there any remedy that I can use?

Thanks for your help.

John Audette

John, if the vaseline doesn't work...as suggested on the S registry forum, then your anodizing has gone bad, and you need to have the wheels refinished...I know of no other way around it.

What do your wheels look like? Pics? How did Al refinish them to the factory look or the polished look? If anodized then you'll probably have to have them refinished. If they are polished you could try Mother's Aluminum (Extreme) and polish them back out.