HRE P40’s arrive, process used to clean and protect

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72offsuit

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On the verge of madness from lack of detailing this winter my new HRE’s were delivered and sitting in the garage Friday waiting for me to come home. Unboxed and carried to basement where I set up equipment and products to prepare the wheels for installation on my TT RS in about 4 – 6 weeks. I think I was more excited about having something to work on then the wheels themselves, lol.



Process:

1. Clean tires with Garry Dean IPC, AF Obiltarate (tar and glue remover) and Griot’s Rubber Prep (pretty clean but some of the gunk used to mount tires present)

2. Wash wheels with Iron X Snow Soap and blow dry with Metro Blaster

3. Wipe tires and wheels with Eraser

4. Treat tires with Cquartz Dlux, leaving to dry over night (my plan is to have this

serve as long term base protection and top with PERL when and if needed/desired)

5. Next day wipe wheels with 50/50 IPA mix

6. Coat wheels with 22ple Wheel and Metal Coating (applied (4x4) and wiped (8x8) with suede microfiber using fresh applicator and wipe towel on each wheel)



5 days to fully cure, no worries I have to wait weeks before the summer setup goes on.







 
72offsuit- Those are nice, hope you're as happy with them as I was with my HREs. Those are nice big "windows" in them, oughta be easy to reach through to get the back of the spokes/etc.



You got a plastic-coated socket for the lug bolts? You using a plastic mounting/positioning pin? I'd be all paranoied about using steel sockets and/or the metal pins that are so popular these days.



How did you like the GG Rubber Prep? I'm always telling people to buy it and am thus curious about how it works for folks.
 
"You got a plastic-coated socket for the lug bolts? You using a plastic mounting/positioning pin? I'd be all paranoied about using steel sockets and/or the metal pins that are so popular these days."



What is a good source for plastic pins?
 
Accumulator said:
72offsuit- Those are nice, hope you're as happy with them as I was with my HREs. Those are nice big "windows" in them, oughta be easy to reach through to get the back of the spokes/etc.



Got a new set of wheel woolies at the ready. This is my second set, love HRE's, then again whats not to love?



You got a plastic-coated socket for the lug bolts? You using a plastic mounting/positioning pin? I'd be all paranoied about using steel sockets and/or the metal pins that are so popular these days.



Have the socket. My positioning pin is metal and I was planning to tape it or coat it somehow. I would gladly buy a plastic one. Who sells them?



How did you like the GG Rubber Prep? I'm always telling people to buy it and am thus curious about how it works for folks.
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Huge fan of the GG Rubber Prep. It cleans great, removes all oils, requires no rinsing and dries fast. I find coatings last far longer if I take the time to use this stuff as a prep step. Almost out and will definitely order more.
 
72offsuit- Ah, good, glad to hear that.



cjbigcog said:
What is a good source for plastic pins?
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No good answer in the generic sense, but for Audis like 70offsuit has I use the ones that are part of the in-trunk tool kit for D2 series A8/S8/etc.



Forget what it's called (let alone the part#), but I got a spare for my cars to keep in the shop, plus one for my buddy's A4, from my Audi dealer for not much money. The Audi parts dept. guys can find 'em without too much trouble.
 
I realized that these wouldn't work since I have studs. I sure like the idea of being able to not have to wrestle the wheel

to get it lined up.
 
cjbigcog said:
I realized that these wouldn't work since I have studs. I sure like the idea of being able to not have to wrestle the wheel

to get it lined up.
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Ah, yeah...this is only for people with the "German style" wheel mounting with bolts instead of nuts.



For some reason my vehicles that have studs never seem all that bad, guess I use the studs to guide the wheels on. It was when I got my first VW/Audi with the bolts that I was all :confused: and had to find something Accumulator-proof. Guess the studs can make for a bit more of a wrestle though, yeah...gotta like everything up pretty well before you slide it back and the wheels for the Tahoe do weigh a bit.



My pals at ECS make some swell metal pins (I have one of their original prototypes) but the knurling makes me *very* nervous (so much so that I covered that part of it with tape) and being a worry-wort I just feel more comfortable sliding the wheel along plastic as opposed to metal. Gotta be a little more gentle though, I'd sure hate to snap off the plastic stud in the hub or something....
 
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