Clean Wheels?
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Clean Wheels?
Can anyone tell be the best way to clean my set of Y2K thin spoke rims on my C5? I will be storing it in the winter and want to take the wheels off and give them a through cleaning. I dont know how or what products to use.
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I think good ol' soap and water is the best. There are a lot of wheel cleaners available, but none of them will do better than soap & water, and the wrong one can damage the wheel finish.
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I use Meguiars NXT wash. I have also taken them off and waxed them about 2x this year. I plan on putting another coat of wax on them before stroage.
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Soap and water do well. For any hard to remove things, use some bug and tar remover. Then finish up by giving the wheels a good coat of wax.
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Originally Posted by WildKarrde
I think good ol' soap and water is the best. There are a lot of wheel cleaners available, but none of them will do better than soap & water, and the wrong one can damage the wheel finish.
Also, a good Citrus based cleaner and claybar (as others have mentioned) will take care of the stubborn stuff. I don't know how clean your wheels are to start with but the barrels of mine looked like this before and after with the above mentioned cleaning.Before
and After
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