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YOUR RESEARCHSo what are you guys using to clean your rims?
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I am running PRB 06/08 on my Sebro rotors so brake dust builds up really fast and dries like cement on the rims!
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I use the purple stuff and microfiber duster to clean inside the wheels.
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Spray it on with the wheel off on the insides, wait about 4 minutes and you will literally get all the brake dust off by cleaning with a wet rag, the stuff works SO WELL.
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I just did this. Clean your wheel well liners while your at it. I used Simple Green for the first pass. Then WD40 and a scotch brite pad to get off any road tar and stains. After the inside dish is clean I wax everything. My wheels look concours clean. Now it's easy to keep them that way.
I remove each wheel and repaint at every wash. They always look brand new! hahaha j/k of course.
I use the purple stuff and microfiber duster to clean inside the wheels. (see pic)
Works for me!
You just need this:
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Spray it on with the wheel off on the insides, wait about 4 minutes and you will literally get all the brake dust off by cleaning with a wet rag, the stuff works SO WELL. I buy it by the gallon and use it when I wash my car. My wheels are spotless and so are my brake calipers.
Get at least two small bottles to do the job if you are doing the inside of all four of your wheels. It's like crack, so you might as well get a gallon.
That Sonax stuff is great! But, very expensive, so I don't use it at every cleaning. I have all sorts of spray detailers I bought that I don't like. They work very well for cleaning wheels though. For particularly stubborn stains, I use Flitz. Works amazingly!
Griot's Garage heavy duty wheel cleaner is the bomb. Works as well or better than Sonax and actually smells good. (If you have used Sonax, you know what I mean)
Simple Green works well too
Yeah, Sonax REEKS like rotten eggs!
I wasn't sure if Simple Green was OK, since I think it is acidic? I don't know, I thought somewhere I heard that it wasn't wheel safe. Or maybe I just stopped using it because I didn't think it worked well. I forget. Maybe just getting senile.
Bingo!! I track my car sometimes, and brake dust and rubber goobers are massive!! But take off the wheels, scrape off the goobers and wipe inside and out with old detailing spray! Magic!
I've tried many of them and have settled on Griot's Heavy Duty (smells awesome) and Sonax full effect. Generally, Griot's for my truck and Sonax for the 996 - always seem to have one or the other laying around
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Usually just water rinse & wipe off, mine don't usually get that dirty. Armour All has some Extreme Wheel & Tire cleaner that you just spray on & rinse off that works pretty good. A few of my buddies though, are not Happy unless they spend the extra $$$ on Griot's or Lane's Products. I guess to each his own!
Depends how bad it is, I will usually use Iron-X or Sonax to clean the stuff that has caked on brake dust. My wheels are coated with Optimum Opti-Coat so very little sticks to them in the 1st place and I can ususally get by with cleaning them with ONR.
These are a god send for cleaning wheels though, wouldnt touch wheels without them after using them for the pass 3 years....
http://www.canadacarcare.ca/products/wheelwoolies
Love the wheel woolie kit.
Iron-X is what I use... its fantastic... I am running PRB 06/08 on my Sebro rotors so brake dust builds up really fast and dries like cement on the rims!
I find that baby harp seals soaked in ether work best. If you only club them lightly, they will wriggle around and do a better job.
Once you get them clean using whatever method, use some of that spray-on wheel protectant. I'm a believer now.
I quit using wheel cleaner after it etched my 986's calipers...
I'm a terrible owner and don't really do much to keep things clean. It doesn't make it go any faster, and I can't see it when I'm driving.
When I do clean them it's mostly with soapy water and a mop or something, doing the best I can.
I just use brake dust colored wheels.
And I have always somehow found something better to do with my time than scrub my wheel wells. Kids and the 928 pretty much guarantee that.
Had to clean my rims for the parade this weekend. Tried Simple Green. It sucked. I guess that's why I stopped using it years ago.
Flitz got 'em spotless:
