[DreadAngel]

Hey everyone!

I want to ask how everyone cleans their rims, polish them up to a sexy shine and possible how you keep them clean?

Also some of those metal polishes that you use on Exhaust System and Metal Intake Systems say they're usable on rims, has anyone tried? I would but botching a set of TE37s is kinda expensive lol =P

Thanks guys =D

[TERRA Operative]

I wouldn't polish your TE37's with metal polish.... They are painted, so the polish will just take the paint off layer by layer.

Give them a good scrub with something like a bug and tar remover etc then give them a good coat of wax to help stop the dirt and junk sticking. After that, it's just a matter of regularly keeping them clean.

[Eli]

If they're painted, just clean them like paint. Use some sort of paint cleaner like meguiar's or something. Just make sure you don't cut the paint if the paint thickness is pretty low. Then put a coat of wax on them so you can just wipe off the dirt in the future.

[Privatealpha]

Te37's are bronze colourd so they wont show dirt for like months.
I use to have bronze wheels, and the dirtier they got, the better the wheels looked.

[dimmy77_03]

Good old Windex works a treat. Was a tip given to me by a mates mate, it's streak free and works a treat

Makes them shine nicely too

[DreadAngel]

Ah okay, thanks guys, so some form of bug/tar remover/paint cleaner + wax... Any type of car wax will do yeah?

Thanks again!

[Seca Boy]

i use the meguires wheel cleaner thingy... its a purple spray bottle...

this thing is amazing! spray it liberally on one wheel, then go to the next wheel...
once all of them are coating, just let it sit for a minute and then wash it off with a high pressure hose...


for me, the wheels stay clean for about 2 days... thanks to trd and their excessively dusty pads, i get brake dust build up VERY quickly...

[orangeLJ]

If your wheels are a painted or even a clearcoated machined finish then you dont want to use metal polishes (as someone said up there^)

you can do it a few ways, you could wax and grease + bug and tar remover the wheels, then hit them with some softwash and warm water, chamois them off, paint cleaner, wipe over, then a good polish, then a wax.

or you could use the wheel cleaners to get them clean, then wash, paint clean and polish.

the more layers you build up the easier they are going to be to clean.

Just remember, brake dust if left too long can become corrosive and eat some wheel coatings (good way to ruin an expensive set of wheels)

At the very least I usually give them a good wash and chamois when I wash the cars, and every now and then pull them off for a full clean.

[xjustinx]

Yoey,

1) paint stripper
2) buffer with autosol
3) ??????
4) Shiney wheels...



But, on a srs note, I find giving them a good wash with soapy water, and a layer of wax works well.

Don't, however, use some forms of degreaser / carby cleaner etc... They can eat at paint

This post has been edited by xjustinx: 16 June 2009 - 02:16 PM

[orangeLJ]

Wax and grease remover (or prepsol depends who you are to what you call it) doesnt eat anything though

And most things like carby cleaner, brake cleaner and degreasers are all fine aslong as you wash them off straight away and the paint surface is relatively intact.

If there are some nice gouges to bare metal it can get under the paint and blister it from below

[DreadAngel]

Justin, you up for hire after my exams?! =P Have to meet up with you anyway lol =P Drive Reni around =P

Yeah, I want to clean my rims inside out, it came from Japan in a pretty rough state and right now don't have the $$$ or time to have them refurbished or whatever you call it XD

[twincam newbe]

i wash my wheels with wash and wax. and when dry i polish them with mr sheen in the aerosole can and use 2 micro fibre cloths . comes up unreal nothing sticks after when they been polished. thats my 2 cents worth

[dimmy77_03]

Found a new product that gets rid of stains on rims and chrome exhaust tips. Got it from supercheap a while ago and only just tried it out, called Alushine metal polish.

Minimum effort required and brought out a great result

[kim]

just because im proud of my effort, i will post a pic of my truenos rims... these were so dull and s##t when i bought them.

[Hiro Protagonist]

I got my TE37 copies (gunmetal + polished lip) back to almost showroom condition (apart from the gutter-rash ) by good-old plain car-wash, using a nylon dishwashing brush (so as not to scratch the paint) initially and then just a cloth. For the lip I hit it with a good arm-buffing session of Autosol (metal polish) with a polishing cloth.

Of course, since I have EBC Greenstuffs, the front wheels were back to an even black within two weeks

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