Dirtiest Rims Ever - How To Clean Them?

[_Wing_]

I decided to give my wheels a clean but i wasn't all that successful, attached is a before and after shot... now as you can see the brake dust has made a permanent home in the corner there (one of many corners actually) and so I'm looking for suggestions on ways to clean it, anything other than painting over it

Let this be a lesson for the lazy lol

[Charles89]

What about polish or cut & polish? Have you tried that?

[joeyjoejoejuniorshabadoo]

degreaser and a microfibre towel, if that fails you could also employ a toothbrush.

i've done my rb25 and 4age motors this way and the 4a had never been cleaned

[batakr33]

LOL I have the same dirt build-up on my wheels aswell. Polish will do the trick but I still have fine dot marks.

[JGTC]

Thanks! i never knew stains like that could come off! Will give it a go this weekend

[GTR-N1]

"Subaru Upper Engine Cleaner" when all else fails

[NZM.031]

1. buy some alu-brite or aluminium acid..

2. hose wheels

3. spray it on with a squirty bottle

4. give it a bit of a scrub with a softish brush

5. hose off

6. pick your jaw up off the ground in amazement

ive done this on naked rims and painted rims, ive done it to some 20 year old volks that had never been cleaned, and they looked like new... and aslong as you get full coverage and dont let it dry (keep the wheel wet at all times) its safe as witches hats.. washing up gloves are recomended.. sunnys or glasses wouldnt go astray.. and try not to breathe it in too much.

cheers

Linton

[(OO)SKYLINE(OO)]

Auto Glym Wheel cleaner and get Scrubbing!

degreaser works well to, just don't get it on your paint, if you do, hose straight off ASAP.

[b_riddles]

mastercraft bright shine cleaner and polish bro. it even removes surface rust! yellow container, prolly cheapest at bunnings. i highly reccomend this product, its the shit!

[_Wing_]

tried degreaser, it didn't do anything lol and it's going to be difficult to rub and scrub cut and polish in the corner there

this stuff is baked on hard! i tried to scratch it and you can see my attempts in the middle of the baked on crap.

thanks for the other suggestions i'll give them a try and see how it goes

[75coupe]

would be interesting to see the results of your efforts, some more after shots would be good too...

[_Wing_]

I ended up giving jif a go today and it works (thanks to Dale you know who you are)! And as somebody else said would happen, I soon grew tired of scrubbing and scrubbing and decided to just live with it lol

I'll end up sand blasting and powder coating them anyways so it'll be perfect then

[some_cs_student]

FinalInspection sells some really good wheel cleaning stuff....