Cleaning wheel wells
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Cleaning wheel wells
Just sold my '98 and will be ordering a C7 in a few weeks. What do you use to clean the cloth-like material that they line wheel wells with now? I'm guessing it's used for sound deadening. My 2015 Impala has the same material in the wheel wells and I have leaves and everything else stuck on the material. I haven't quite figured out how to get the crap off.
My '98 had plastic wheel well liners and I just wiped them off with a damp towel.
My '98 had plastic wheel well liners and I just wiped them off with a damp towel.
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I always just rinsed them down with as much pressure as my hose will give. Then, after I've cleaned the wheel, I'll dip my wheel woolie into the wheel soap bucket and give the wheel well a quick scrub down. Rinse and repeat.
Last edited by IndyPilot; 11-02-2015 at 09:09 PM.
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I was considering cleaning mine very well and then spritzing with 303 Fabric Gard. Perhaps it will help make future cleaning easier ?? Any objections ??
Last edited by Killrwheels@Autogeek; 11-03-2015 at 08:51 PM.
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Daytona wheel brush works to clean, as well as a toilet brush
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This is probably another stupid question, but is there enough room between the tires and the wheel well to really get in there and clean? I never drove my '98 in the rain, so cleaning the plastic wheel well liners was a breeze. I guess I can always jack it up so the wheels drop down a little.
Last edited by DevilDog II; 11-05-2015 at 07:08 AM.