I just bought a 2008 coupe that has TSW Nurbergring Gunmetal wheels (commonly referred to as spider wheels).

Short of removing the wheels for cleaning, what should I use to clean these wheels. Cleaning the visible portions of the spokes is no problem, but what about the inner portion of the rim.

Do you guys recommend a spray detergent (what kind) or a mechanical mean to remove the road grime and brake dust. I'm changing to ceramic pads soon.

Thanks.

Pat

 

Use WD40 to remove the crud, then simple green.

After I do that to the inside I was the wheels with rregular car wash soap, dry, and NANO wax

 

Do you remove the wheels to do all of this?

 

I would recommend a Wheel Woolie brush to clean the inside areas of the wheels, while they still are on the car.

Use a good cleaner, and the brush to clean, then just regular washings and maintenance should keep them looking that way.

Personally, I have used Adam's products, and they also sell a variety of wheel brushes to make the task easier.

 

Never wash wheels while hot, allow them to cool fully. You can use a good safe wheel cleaner like those from DP, P21S, or Griots. You will want to consider a Wheel Brush for the barrels like Daytona or Wheel Woolies. Next time you pull the wheels and clean them completely, complete the process by coating them with Gtechnics Wheel Armor or another ceramic based coating. After its application you wont need nothing more than soap and water especially when running ceramic pads.

www.autogeek.net

 

I had good luck with Sonax wheel cleaner. wheels brushes and tools are a must...Again make sure your wheels are cool and maybe some eye protect while applying wheel cleaner..

 

I agree with Autogeek.
I've used the P21S and long Daytona brush for quite a while.
I use a soft brush on the face of the wheel and whole mitt.

I find a high power stream of water helps blow out the rotor holes and clean the passages inside some.

Once done, use a leaf blower and dry the wheel area well. If you don't dry the rotor a long time, it will drip nasty rust water on your nice clean wheel.

Btw, the P21S can be sprayed on the caliper very liberally too, hoses, etc. No worries.

 

I never use spray on wheel cleaners when cleaning my wheels. I am not saying you can't use spray on cleaners, or that there are not wheel cleaning products on the market. But I choose to clean my painted wheels with the same car shampoo/soap I use on my car.

Below are the steps I use to clean my painted wheels. I wash the wheels prior to washing the car.
1. Spray them off with water.

2. Clean the lug nuts with an appropriate cleaning tool. There are a
couple on the market. I use the one with the blue T handle and the
foam insert.

3. Dip a Daytona Speed wheel cleaning brush into a five gallon bucket
of the water and car shampoo solution. Scrub the inside of the
wheel with the brush. I usually re-dip the brush into the solution
twice per wheel. However, before I dip the brush back into the
bucket, I always rinse the brush thoroughly to remove the dirt and
brake dust.

4. After brushing the inside of the wheel barrel, I clean the face of the
wheel with a microfiber mitt after it is dipped into the bucket of
water and shampoo.

5. I individually wash each wheel. Therefore, I use all of the above
steps before moving on to the next wheel.

I spend probably a total of 15 minutes washing all four wheels.

After I wash the car. I dry and detail the car. I dry the wheels when I dry the car. I dry the wheels and car with a Master Blaster. But towel drying is certainly fine, but the Master Blaster removes water where a towel cannot get to.

After drying the wheels I use the following steps to detail the wheels.
1. Apply a tire treatment if desired.

2. Spray some detail spray on a microfiber towel and wipe down the
inside of the wheel barrels and brake caliper. Do not spray the
detail spray on the wheels, because you are likely to spray some on
the rotors or brake pads and you don't want that too happen.

3. Using a different microfiber towel than I use on the inside of the
wheel barrels, I spray some detail spray on the microfiber towel
and wipe down the face of the wheel.

4. Move on to the next wheel.

The above steps take a total of about 15 minutes.

My wheels always look nice and make the car look great.