catalunya80 Posted January 23, 2005 Posted January 23, 2005 Does anyone know whats best to clean my alloys? I have wonder wheels in the house but don't know if it's the best thing to use. any advice?
wilky Posted January 23, 2005 Posted January 23, 2005 Wonder wheels is good, but you cant beat a bucket, sponge, car shampoo and plenty elbowgrease!!
wrxmania Posted January 23, 2005 Posted January 23, 2005 I have heard that Nitromors is very effective at removing dirt from Alloys - and some other stuff to Brian
jamie_wood Posted January 23, 2005 Posted January 23, 2005 1) Take em off the car. 2) Use your Wonder wheels or what ever you have to hand. Remember to clean the insides too!! 3) Polish the wheels with someting good like Mer. 4) Refit the wheels and remember to clean the nuts with a little polish too (keeps em shiney) 5) Now all you need to do is wash them ever week with soapy water and a sponge , the dust cant stick to the polish. 6) You save a fortune on Wonder wheels and your wheels dont get eaten by the acid they use. 7) Result!! Trust me, I did this after my engine blew up and threw the oil all over the inside of the wheels I now have a nice clean set of 19's all year round, fair enough, I you do need to re polish them every 8 or 9 months, but its worth the effort.
jamie_wood Posted January 23, 2005 Posted January 23, 2005 The start of a muppet thread coming I see!!! Q You seen my car??? A Yes!!! Q Was it clean?? A Yes, and so were its nuts!! It looks the bollox Jamie. Q Thank you Brian, I try my best.Do you bother with your nuts???
catalunya80 Posted January 23, 2005 Author Posted January 23, 2005 Cheers guys 1 set of shiny wheels coming up!
Grovit Posted January 23, 2005 Posted January 23, 2005 I'd just throw in a brief word of caution. Products like wonder wheels are great for doing a one off, "gonna get this sodding brake dust off once and for all" type of clean. However, it's strong stuff and whilst I'm not sure if it either dissolves lacquer, eats through it or gets under it, I know that regular and prolonged use, totally buggers up the finish on alloys (usually find that lacquer has disintegrated). I use the stuff once, maybe twice a year and that's all. However - as Jamie said, polishing the alloys makes life a lot easier (and yes, this includes the insides as well as outsides), as the dirt has greater trouble sticking to the alloy. Other than a 2-3 month polish, soapy water and sponge will do the trick nicely
johnnyr6 Posted January 24, 2005 Posted January 24, 2005 I'll second that grovit, i've seen the wheels on my focus deteroirate? over the last year or so with regular use of wonder wheels. It gets under the coating and the paint starts to blister. An article in auto express pointed this out too. The strongest agent you should use is washing up liquid as this has a mild acid which removes grime...eventually without damaging the wheels.
johnnyr6 Posted January 24, 2005 Posted January 24, 2005 Forgot to add..anyone thinking it's worth the risk for easy cleaning i have 5 ltrs of the stuff going cheap.
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