Otherwise you'll be spending 8 hours every other month polishing them.
however it's hard to find a chrome wheel that's not too blingy.
8 hrs. every two months is like an hour a week. It depends on how much and in what environments you drive in but I think, with a clearcoated or polished wheel and daily driver status, you might spend 15 minutes a week on cleaning. Just use some spray and wash stuff and wipe dry. A cool combo is a powdercoated center and a polished lip, say on a Torque Thrust II. They look nostalgic but modern, not too blingy.
As for finding a wheel that is not too blingy.....the recent influx of bling has not replaced the traditional wheels. The big hoops and such have simply been added to the market and they didn't take all of the favorites off the market. You can probably find 80% of the styles that were around 10 years ago. American Racing, Cragar, Eagle, all those brands are still there with the same old wheels, sure they carry dubs nowadays but they had to expand thier catalog to keep up with the new trend.
70Ragtop, I'm not trying to shotgun you, just trying to set MoparManiac59 on the wheels. They don't make self cleaning wheels and you are going to invest some time into wheel cleaning but it isn't that bad. I enjoy it actually.
My advice is find a wheel style you like, i.e. 5 spoke, classic, modern, 15's or 20's, and search the net. Check out Summit, Tirerack.com, Newstalgia, Wheel Vintiques, etc. Good Luck.
