Polishing Clearcoated Wheels

I finally got around to doing something with my wheels based on your suggestions here ( @74stang2togo , @Mustang5L5 ) and I think they're looking a bit better. I did get a Mother's Powerball and some Meguiar's PlastX and went at 'em. Well, at least 2 3/4s of them. I guess they weren't as bad off as I thought, or I'm not putting quite enough oomph behind it, but I do see some difference. Mostly noticeable when I do an area, buff it out, and compare it to an untreated area. I didn't go whole-hog like Mustang5L5 did but I got as best I could thus far. Maybe one day when I get a decent jack I'll pull all the wheels off and give them a full detail. The insides are looking pretty cruddy too after 14 years.

I probably spent too much time on the one wheel yesterday as I killed the freshly charged drill battery. I charged it back up and went at a couple more wheels...I got through another wheel, and then about 3/4 of a third wheel before it died again. So the battery's on the charger again and I'll have to hit the last 1 1/4 wheels. Heh.

EDIT: The battery charged up so I went out and finished up. I figured I'd actually take some before/after pictures just to show the difference, though I'm not sure how well the comparison will show.

Before:


After:

Thanks. I think next time I polish them, I'll see if I can get a second battery for the drill and have that at the ready for when the first one dies. I might be able to get 2 wheels out of each battery if I hone my process.

And I think I might also get the cone-shaped Powerball as well. I bought the PB mini this time around and that worked pretty good but I think the cone would've been better around the valve stems and by the calipers up front.