cleaning wheels

chubsmagee44 · Oct 21st, 2004, 07:38 PM

i just wanted to let evryone know....armor all makes a rediculous product that cleans wheels easily as crap...just wet em', spray the armor all crap on, and then spray it off with water and it gets 97 % of brake dust dirt and n e thing else....that 3% is easily gotten off with a rag......

pete? · Oct 21st, 2004, 08:09 PM

hmmmmmmmm sounds cool any names or pics? but i dont use anything on my se-r wheels other than dish soap my 14in. got so messed up and the paint started to spider web and just look terrible. i think if anything is strong enuff to get dirt off with out scrubing it alittle its far to strong for paint. would you use it on the body of your car? just wash em the best you can then wax them. and everytime you wax your car wax your wheels

because chances are they are painted

1slowZ · Oct 25th, 2004, 07:58 AM

mothers mag and aluminum polish is all i use for my rims.....i've got the 17" ssr intergral rims and it shines em up everytime

Zac · Oct 25th, 2004, 08:02 AM

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Originally Posted by 1slowZ

mothers mag and aluminum polish is all i use for my rims.....i've got the 17" ssr intergral rims and it shines em up everytime

nice wheels!

...wish I had SSR's

samo · Oct 25th, 2004, 07:59 PM

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Originally Posted by chubsmagee44

it gets 97 % of brake dust dirt and n e thing else....

Including the clearcoat on your wheels.

Griot's Garage wheel cleaner is the only way to go. Expensive, but if it's approved by BBS, it's good enough for me.

Coco · Oct 26th, 2004, 06:20 PM

Yeah don't use those cheap wheel cleaners. See what happened to me here.

Zac · Oct 26th, 2004, 06:53 PM

Chrome looks mad good but is a bitch to clean

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Marvin · Oct 26th, 2004, 07:11 PM

worst wheels ever to clean....

Zac · Oct 26th, 2004, 07:14 PM

tight ass wheels but I hope you have a good sponge on a stick for them.

pete? · Oct 27th, 2004, 11:18 AM

gorgeous car! but im sure its a massive to do to clean those wheels

initial V · Nov 1st, 2004, 07:32 AM

i usually use Eagle One's mag and aluminum cleaner. i washed my car last weekend and found out that my brother misplaced the mag cleaner.
so i used the next best thing, Orange Blast (multipurpose cleaner with the scent of orange... Oooo... :dumbass:
hey! it works for me! i just sprayed it on and with some elbow grease, my old tooth brush, and a garden hose... violla! clean.

pete? · Nov 1st, 2004, 10:30 AM

mother's back to black

Shift1.6 · Nov 2nd, 2004, 01:43 PM

I tried everything on my wheels and the brake dust still doesnt come off

. I tried simple green, armor all, eagle, orange blast and etc. Ive spent like $50 on wheel cleaner pruducts already and its still there. Its a pain to get it off. Someone on the forum told me to use gliptone but i couldnt find it anywhere. I might jus get them painted at maaco or something.

Zac · Nov 2nd, 2004, 02:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Shift1.6

I tried everything on my wheels and the brake dust still doesnt come off

. I tried simple green, armor all, eagle, orange blast and etc. Ive spent like $50 on wheel cleaner pruducts already and its still there. Its a pain to get it off. Someone on the forum told me to use gliptone but i couldnt find it anywhere. I might jus get them painted at maaco or something.

gliptone degreaser will remove it. salvo autoparts sells it and im sure you can find it online

Dav5049915 · Nov 3rd, 2004, 11:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Altim8GA

worst wheels ever to clean....

you wish those were the worst wheels to clean, i had some like this on my old acura

and it took soo long that i never cleaned them any more then using a brush to go over them. so feel lucky you got those big looking gaps.