What is the best thing to use for cleaning phonedials off an 86, theyre not the polished pohnedials. I got these wheels for realy cheap, but theyre dirty as hell. Back to my question, What would work the best for cleaning these up?

Thanks
-Ian

 

Brillo pads. Made my look like new.

 

SOS/brillo/steel wool is your friend.. on painted wheels (like on my 10ae) green scrubbies work really well.

 

New Wheels

 

Yeah a green scurbby thing, or steel wool, and using some Brake Parts Cleaner may help break down some of the dirt and crap build up. That stuff works real well for cleaning up parts that have lots of dirty crap build up on them.

 

Can you use brillo/steel wool on the Vert BBS wheels? Mine have these black dots all over them.

 

what about sand blasting, I have some hopeless gxl rims i've tried everything on the only thing that started to work was sanding but that'll take days, my friend is renting a sandblaster to do the body of an old triumph think i should try it?

 

yeah, my questions is the same as croffeyc, would it be safe or dangerous to use brillo on "vert" wheels? I normally just use a soft sponge but some of the gunk doesnt like to come off...

-Markus

 

Try foaming bathroom cleaner and a piece of fleece. If that doesn't do it, try the bathroom cleaner and the steel wool. I used steel wool on my exhaust tips... Let me get a pic for you.

http://img29.photobucket.com/albums/...m/a78bce3e.jpg

You can really see the difference it made...

 

So just brillo pads? Thats my best bet? What about tile cleaner or bathroom cleaner? Any chance gojo or lan-lin will clean it up?

 

heh, i just use simple green and a water hose and mine always come out spotless. then run some polish or something over them to help keep dirt and crud off.