What do you clean your wheels with?
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What do you clean your wheels with?
What products do you guys use to clean your wheels. I know some products can't be used with clear coated wheels and that type of stuff, so what does everybody like?
Also, do you use any kind of wax to protect them?
Also, do you use any kind of wax to protect them?
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I currently use Eagle One Multi-purpose wheel cleaner but I've heard the Maguiar's multi cleans even better.
FWIW, if the wheels aren't very dirty, I would just clean them with normal car wash soap (after the rest of the car is clean).
And yes, waxing them is certainly a good idea. Just think of your wheels as any other painted piece of metal on the car....
FWIW, if the wheels aren't very dirty, I would just clean them with normal car wash soap (after the rest of the car is clean).
And yes, waxing them is certainly a good idea. Just think of your wheels as any other painted piece of metal on the car....
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Eagle One all finish wheel cleaner or soap and water. The Eagle One stuff I have used for years and it does no damage to the painted stock wheel finish. Regardless of which I use it still takes a scrubber to get the HP+ residue off the wheel.
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On the stockers I found that the Meguiars (in the pink spray bottle) worked best. On the Fikses I just used soap and water--I applied some wheel wax I got from the tire rack, and the brake dust comes off very easily
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Be careful with the wheel cleaner stuff. Some of the that **** is really corrosive. It ruined the clearcoat of my old set of rims. The finish became very dull and porous(sp?) where the brake dust wouldn't come off.
I just use soap and water on my new ones. I need to wax 'em when my car gets back form the shop.
Also, be care full when you take your car to those full service car washes..who knows what they are using on your wheels.
I just use soap and water on my new ones. I need to wax 'em when my car gets back form the shop.
Also, be care full when you take your car to those full service car washes..who knows what they are using on your wheels.
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Originally posted by TurboFD
is there anything that not only washes the brake dust off, but keeps it off too?
is there anything that not only washes the brake dust off, but keeps it off too?
There's no magic formula. Just keep your wheels waxed and wash them once a week (or at least twice a month). It's the price you pay for having performance brake pads. Hell, I wash the wheels on my wife's Protege like once every 4-6 weeks and they're not even close to as dirty as mine after 2 weeks.
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Thats all I was worried about, was the clear coming off my new SSR Comps, if I used wheel cleaner. I have seen that **** take the clearcoat off a car before. I guess I'll just stick with the soap and water.
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The multi-purpose wheel cleaners will not harm your wheels or clearcoat. It's the mag/chrome type of wheel cleaner that will do that.
But car wash and water is the gentlest if it gets the job done.
But car wash and water is the gentlest if it gets the job done.
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Originally posted by TurboFD
is there anything that not only washes the brake dust off, but keeps it off too?
is there anything that not only washes the brake dust off, but keeps it off too?
I also spray that stuff on front of car and don't wipe off. Makes cleaning dirt and bugs off the front of car much easier too.
http://eagleone.com/_products/2,2088618.asp
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I use the Griot's wheel cleaner to clean my wheels. It is approved by BBS. Here is a link to their webpage.
http://www.griotsgarage.com/index.jsp
These guys have the best cleaning supplies that I have ever seen. Every once in a while I put a lite coat of their wax on the wheels to keep them clean.
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http://www.griotsgarage.com/index.jsp
These guys have the best cleaning supplies that I have ever seen. Every once in a while I put a lite coat of their wax on the wheels to keep them clean.
- Cody
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Originally posted by GoodfellaFD3S
On the stockers I found that the Meguiars (in the pink spray bottle) worked best. On the Fikses I just used soap and water--I applied some wheel wax I got from the tire rack, and the brake dust comes off very easily
On the stockers I found that the Meguiars (in the pink spray bottle) worked best. On the Fikses I just used soap and water--I applied some wheel wax I got from the tire rack, and the brake dust comes off very easily
I use it also.