Ok well I was in a rush and I went to one of them do it your self car wash places and when I got home I saw that my chrome lip on my wheels is a rainbow color I thing the soap did it and I tried to was it off with my car stuff at home but its no luck what do I need to do please help me out!!!!!!

 

Did you dry off the wheels immediately after washing or did you drive home with them wet?

 

they where dry...but i thing the soap was just very hard i was told buy a friend of mine that it could have taken off the clear coat (spell check)

 

That could very well be the case. I'm pretty sure the lip on those wheels aren't chrome though.

I wish I knew what to tell you to do?

 

Well what els would they b???

 

polished, and is it on every wheel?

 

take some pics. i think its cool having rainbow color chrome rims. i think thats a good idea!

 

well i feel dumb but i guess the would not be chrome.....

This is what they are but they are not pics of them today....just some pics

 

nice chrome rims dude

 

they are not chrome. they are polished with clearcoat. more than likely you damaged the clearcoat on the lips. Try using some wheel polish.

 

I'm gonna have to disagree with you Benny. If the rims have clear coat, wheel polish would not be the correct chemical to use. Wheel polish such as Never Dull will damage clear coat because of it's abrasive properties, but it does work great on non-clearcoated items.
smcginnis87, we are missing details here. When you say you used the soap at the car wash, what cleaner did you use? Did you use the foaming brush? Did you use the "wheel cleaner" that comes out of the sprayer, you know, the type that you spray on and let sit then rinse? As far as what your friend said, regular soap is not "hard" enough to remove clearcoat and I doubt it if carwashes would use chemicals harsh enough to damage vehicle clearcoats. If this were the case, they would not be in business long. What is possible is that there is a residual haze on you rims from something you either applies to them or something you ran through on the street. If your rims are clearcoated, I would try something simple like regular wax. You'd be suprised at what wax can remove. Other times, metal can "rainbow" when heated to extreme temperatures, but this usually only happens to rotors. It's highly unlikely that your rims heated up to that point. Either way, good luck and let us know how everything turns out.

 

+1 on the above. I'd try a cleaner wax or a clear coat safe polishing compound such as Kit Scratch Out (Wal-Mart, $2; best stuff on Earth).

 

I used the foaming brush, so you just think taking some regular car wax is ok on it?

 

wax certainly won't hurt it, but if that doesn't fix it, try that Scratch Out stuff; it's very mild and clear coat safe.

 

Well no luck with the wax...... not just get polish

 

Yeah, unless it's a cleaner wax, it won't remove any residue that might be stuck on there.

Try the polish and post up pics of the problem if you can.

 

To bad more people don't realize that Volk wheels are not bare metal. I've seen to many people try abasive polish on that thin coat of clear.

 

yes they do have a clear coat....

 

have someone strip off all the clear on the lips and just polish em up