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Once your wheels are pitted, your only solution is to sand, clean, prep, and paint them. Then add CLEAR COAT.
Once you have done that, DO NOT use wheel cleaner, the corrosives in wheel cleaner will remove the clear coat and allow the dirt and other stuff (wheel cleaner) to attack the softer paint and then the wheel.
If you ever get a chance to look at a new replacement copy of your present wheels you will notice a heavy coat of clear coat. I certainly noticed this when one of our used 850s came with one new wheel.
When I clean our wheels every fall, I wash the wheels and then clean them with paint thinner. This dissolves most road dirt, as most is petroleum based. Lastly I wax them which removes the residue. The pits don't come off.
On the backs of the old, crappy wheels, I wash them, thinner them, then apply a heavy coat of wax and do not buff it off. Over the course of several years, the backs of the wheels get slightly better each year. (I'm a bit obsessive about wheels)
Consider a new color if you do paint your wheels, Our teal '95 855 base has sand trim and wheels. It stands out in a lot full of Volvos. I tell people that it is the Eddie Bauer model.
Go to the gallery and select 850 matches, the second and third 850s are mine Gayorg and Isabel. Gayorg can be seen with the trim painted but not the wheels which I did later, he also has an R model bumper. Isabel has the darker Volans that hide brake dust to begin with. Both cars have their grilles painted silver which adds some bling to the front end
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'96 855R,'64 PV544, '67 P1800, '95 855, '95 854, the first three are mine, heh, heh, 405,000 miles put on 8 bricks
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