Let's not overthink this.
Have you tried to stick a refigerator magnet to your rim ?
nice thinking! magnet sticks to chromed items but does not stick to either wheels. the aircleaner has been replaced with aftermarket so that comparison will not be possible
haha, when I get my camera back a photo will go up for sure, unfortunately my iphone got dropped in the intracoastal and im waiting for the 4g to come out to replace so I have no camera devices at the moment...So the magnet doesn't stick, so we can agree they are aluminum but it is possible they still might have a chrome finish. Ill do the polish check tomorrow morning.