From your rims?

Ive heard wonderwheels mentioned a few times?

Also if you buy these products do they come with a brush or something to apply it?

 

much, much cheaper and really good is TFR (traffic film remover) or sometimes called truck clean. most proper factors have it

 

i read some reviews that says in small print on wonderwheels it says something about do not use on damaged lacquer,Chrome plated or Un lacquered wheels
Im not sure if my wheels are lacquered or not

 

I use Auto Glym Wheel Cleanner on my white comp mo's to get the brake dust off


Brian

 

i use Auto Glym bodywork shampoo for washing it and ive got some of their metal cleaner to clean my stainless exhaust and it works a treat, bought it up like brand new didnt think of them for wheel cleaning to be honest, can you read the label on the back and see if says anything about what type of wheels it cleans?

 

Carnt get to my bottle as its round the garage but got this of a website

Clean Wheels Trigger 500ml is a super effective spray on,brush and wash off cleaner which rapidly dissolves most contaminants from alloy, chromium, painted and plastic trimmed wheels


Brian

 

Sounds a better bet than wonder wheels then

How often do you use it? is it like a once a month thing or just sometimes to keep the amount of dust down?

 

I used to clean my wheels all the time, like every time i took the car out as the wheels are white i used to put a bit of polish on the wheels to help protect them


Brian

 

hmmm i was looking on Halfords website at the Auto Glym range and i saw this http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/s...tegoryId_31526

Do you think that would be better for my wheels since im not sure if there lacquered or not, if im right and there not then i wouldnt be doing any damage since its not acid based

 

Never seen that before mate TBH but as its Auto Glym it will no dout be good.


Brian

 

Yeah ill probably pick some up when im in town monday

 

What about this mate

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Poorboys-World...QQcmdZViewItem

Poorboys wheel cleaner the rest of the poorboys range is excellent

Brian

 

looks good aswell, cheers ive got a couple of choices now

 

Most mentioned are pretty evil, want a safer product, or at least water down an acidic one.
Best thing to do is get poorboys wheel sealant, and use that as a barrier, makes cleaning a lot easier.
Brake dust is evil stuff.
Poorboys wheel cleaner would be best of so far mentioned.

 

Thanks for the advice chap, ill probably just go into halfords/ motor world and have a look at something thats not acid based, i think thats my best bet, anyway my wheels arent exactly caked in brake dust

 

If not caked, try shampoo and sponge.
Any baked on a claybar may remove.
Getting them nice and clean then sealed is main thing, be an idea to give them a good polish to clean them and also give a well prepared surface for the sealant to stick to.

 

I use to use wonder wheels. Fantastic stuff, but wont use it on my RS7's. Just use shampoo and water. Mind you, never let my wheels get that dirty so the dust comes of pretty simple.

 

Thats what i used to do on my old car, but ive only had this golf a week, so its just getting on top of it really, but like i said its nothing bad, you cant even see anything unless you get on your hands and knee's

 

What I have done before is spray tyre shine over wheels, makes them shiny, and all dust sits on top.
Look dirtier quicker, but comes off with ease.