cleaning up the wheels!

[fuzion]

mickey
you can buy them everywhere

http://www.properautocare.com/mopo1.html

info for you

flitz also have one as well (ebay)

american auto spares sell them along with usual repco etc as well (megs ones)

[Fizz]

Wheels look awesome Pierre look forward 2 seeing them back on

[glidn]

come on already, where are the pics of the clean wheels and fitted back on the car?? lol

[fuzion]

they are in the living room and i was asleep lol.

sometime today or this arvo they'll jump back on im hoping

[DubSteve]

While your changing your wheels dude may as well clean the grot and dirt under the wheel wells with a gurny and OC120

[fuzion]

already have

i wash it under there everytime i wash the car.. come on, you should know me btter then that lol.

[DubSteve]

already have

i wash it under there everytime i wash the car.. come on, you should know me btter then that lol.

Get in there with a wire brush lol I did and you will be surprised how much crap comes out lol.

[fuzion]

but i use the wire brush to do my hair damnit!

[blue_reality]

My MK4 wheel cleaning extravaganza is here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yponMLIyFcI

Watch from 3:50 if you don't want to drool over the new S3 for the first couple of minutes...

[fuzion]

bit of free adver there for yourself lols

not being rude here, but i would *never* use a brush on my wheels or anyone i know wheels! and i would never have the wheel face down on grass/dirt/or any ground for that matter as you will always scratch them somehow.. maybe im that thorough and careful. or paranoid android hahaha

and if you ever spray a silicone based tyre shine on your tyres please wipe the tyre down afterwards otherwise you WILL find yourself going sideways or possibly losing control due to the overspray on the tyres as its silicone base which is waterproof! that and you will have silicone spray all down your body of your car

great/useful video but yeah thats just my opinion .. im a bit pedantic!


wheels are finally on car, migth zip out in an hour and take some quick snaps if it still looks clean! big thanks to Seb @ EuroAutomotive for giving me a hand to make my life easier changing them .... (minus having forgetting the hub centric rings at home............. and going back to get them hahaha..)


products used

oc120 to clean (1:1 to really get rid of all the ****e)
nxt gen / autosol metal polish
buffing wheel/machine (as well as hand polish prior and finishing as well, including inner)
optiseal
swissvax wheel polish (need more tho.. not enuff on wheels argh!)
tyre shine -omikron wetshine (silicone based)

wheels also got rebalanced after being cleaned etc, and alignment in the next few days going to happen too.

[fuzion]

pics in the morning!

[Mr. JLT]

I agree with Fusion I wouldn't use a brush on my wheels either. But i do use a micro fiber towel,rough sponge/an some times a soft tooth brush on the inside part or hard to reach places of the rim depending on how dirty it is and I'll use the bug/tar remover if i have a lot of road grime on the inside. Also you can get the foam/rubber squares 24"x24" at super cheap or other auto/hard ware stores cheep and there great to set wheels on when they are off the car. So lets see some pics of those clean wheels back on the car. Cheers M8

[fuzion]

you know .. the pics taken last night, not one of them im happy with. all came out very average as the rain caught me unfortunately! .. could of helped to wipe the wheels down too, lack of thought/sleep woops!

i will swap cars sometime today and go take some again

[fuzion]

the top picture is the only one clear i think, the rest without a tripod up close are blurry so not very good! will have to re-take some today sometime as said..

[Mr. JLT]

The wheels are Sweeeeeeeeeeeeet-nice ride too.