How far is too far?

[Lunch]

Got a bit of time off this christmas for a change and im already running out of things to do. Is it excessive to remove the wheels from your car so u can clean the rim??
Before

After

PS. i only did what u can see when the wheel is on, im not that crazy..

[pottery beige]

come around and do mine

will feed you beer

[GASWAGON]

Geesus you must be bloody bored to need to do that......lol!

[Lunch]

I'm kinda regretting it now, ive done both rears and seriously cbf doin the front

[Sioso]

Yeah I used to do that (before kids) at least once or twice a year.
Makes a difference once they are back on the car, gives it that "new rims" look.

[Lunch]

Yeah thats kinda along the lines i was thinking, 1ce a year will do.
Hopefully by the time 12 months rolls around ive decided on a nice set of black rims

[XRtowcar]

Nothing wrong with taking pride in something that's yours.
I would of cleaned it all though.

[NTF6]

I clean mine if I do a rotation, glad I did because there was heaps of rust and crud on the hubs which I also cleaned. Had I left it a year or more I would have had trouble getting them off I reckon.

[mik]

It is good to give the wheels a good clean , the crud often hides cracks and damage, especially on aftermarket wheels.

[OLD BALDY]

I do it every time I rotate wheels, about 10000 ks

[Falcon Coupe]

I stumbled across this Video recently and thought Wow, that's taking wheel cleaning to a whole new level. Can't say it's not done right.

[Lunch]

Finally did the fronts and i can honestly say, it looks much better

[Lunch]

Originally Posted by Falcon Coupe

I stumbled across this Video recently and thought Wow, that's taking wheel cleaning to a while new level. Can't say it's not done right.

Dudes a unit! I took mine off and scrubbed em with a $2 brush from IGA

[MAGPIE]

Originally Posted by Falcon Coupe

I stumbled across this Video recently and thought Wow, that's taking wheel cleaning to a while new level. Can't say it's not done right.

Ha, goes to all that trouble for his wheels and just blasts the brakes with a pressure sprayer, talk about taking shortcuts

[mr smith]

Well done. Nothing wrong with taking pride in your gear. Back in my younger days I used to do this as well.

[Marquis]

Use some silicon spray on the inside so the dirt and crud just rinses off with a normal wash. Time to take them off again.

[Lunch]

Na thats not gunna happen

[V8 Ghia Mike]

It was easy cleaning inside the BA XR8 wheels on the EF with the five spokes. Just reach in with the sponge. The G6ET 19s are impossible to clean between the spokes dammit!

[LoudPipes]

Originally Posted by Marquis

Use some silicon spray on the inside so the dirt and crud just rinses off with a normal wash. Time to take them off again.

I did the same, some sort of nano spray.

I use to regularly have to scrub the inside of the rims to keep them clean but after the nano spray everything just rinses off with a jet of water from the hose.

Easy to apply and a fantastic time saver.

[msman]

did it a few times when i first bought my el fairmont about 10+years ago now, every month take em off clean.
then i found out if you wax it the dust just comes off no need to take off wheels
then i got lazy and said bugger that

but the guy in youtube video is a unit for going that far

[Lunch]

This is the best i can get on my phone without artificial backlight, just gunna have to take my word for it.

I would definitely do it again but only cos ive got a trolley jack.

[Jacko*]

An important thing to remember is that most wheels have are painted &/or have clear coat, so just treat them like you would the paint on your panels. Some wheel cleaners contain chemicals that can be harmful to paint. Also high pressure water held too close can lift paint. You wouldn't use a scouring pad on your bonnet but you see people using them on their wheels, all this does is scratch the painted surface & encourages dirt to stick. Use of a clay bar is quite fussy but it depends how much time you have I guess.

[zilo]

How about some pics of the finished job?

[Lunch]

You want more?

[Lunch]

Theyre a little dirty cos I just got back from a quick thrash over the dandys, made the zf work for a change

Like i said earlier, you cant really see into the wheel in iphone pics but if you have the same or similar colour wheels that havent been off to be cleaned, you should be able to see the difference

[zilo]

Originally Posted by Lunch

You want more?

lol....browser settings and this site means no pics...weird.

[Lunch]

Can you not see the pics?

[zilo]

Originally Posted by Lunch

Can you not see the pics?

nope...just text.


explorer,chrome and pale moon browsers all show no pics.

firefox shows pics though...weird

[MercurySilver]

mine are rank
should really do it
i dont think its going to far at all

[Honest Gaza]

I sometimes remove the rims on my Renault Megane to clean them because it is easy to remove two wheels at once. The stiff chassis allows it so when you jack up the front wheel, the rear wheel lifts up as well.

Wouldn't be quite this keen on the GT though.