Polishing Aluminum (I think)??

[Husker Z]

IF it is aluminum it probably is clear coated. To have bare aluminum that low to the ground just doesn't seem like a good engineering design. Road salt spray and constant water spray would pit and oxidize the finish quickly.

Try any abrasive polish with a towel and do a little area. If the polish turns the towel black or really dark gray it is bare metal, if not you are dealing with plastic or clear coated aluminum.

That harder part will be differentiate between plastic and clearcoated paint. I would suggest contacting the dealer or somebody like Adam (Harelyguy) who is familiar with Volvo's.

Hope this helps

Todd

Thanks, I'll give that a shot this weekend. I noticed when I was using the clay bar, it was turning it shade of black, which I thought was odd, but it just might have been that dirty, who knows.

It's odd, I know that, totally different than the other pieces on the car.

 

[imported_POPPAJ]

I highly doubt that it is uncoated aluminum. Check with the manufacturer.