THIS is how you detail wheels...

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mbcoops

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...when you have a 1-bedroom condo, no garage, and it is snowing outside! Carpet protection was priority #1.



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While we are talking about wheel detailing, how do I get this baked on brake dust? I scrubbed and scrubbed and scrubbed and got it down to this much, but it doesn't seem to be budging any more. I used ssr3, scratch-x, turtle wax bug and tar remover (now we were getting somewhere!), clay, and 3m general purpose adhesive cleaner. Not in that order.



I know this stuff is probably permanent - it was my fault, I got the car last Jan. and didn't protect the wheels immediately.



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Thanks all!



mb
 
Make sure you double layer the tarp next time - I did the same thing, and it tears a lot easier than you think. Try using Goo Gone and a Ocelo pad to get that stuff off your rims.
 
Let a paint safe solvent ( looks like that 3M remover is a go) dwell for a bit, say 5 mins, and clay ( perhaps the more aggressive red Clay Magic bar may help)all the while keeping the area saturated with the solvent. If these are non winter wheels, you might want to give this a shot on multiple occasions in your spare time.



Otherwise, once Spring returns, if you have access to a steamer, try the same thing again; steaming after letting the solvent dwell and agitating.



The last remnants are always the most frustrating :wall
 
Not to hijack your thread, but....



Why is there a sway bar on the floor? Did you perhaps replace

it with something a little bigger. And if so what type?



Didn't realize how small the rear sway bar was until I rotated my

tires this weekend.



Just a question from a fellow Cooper S owner. :up



Later,

Ray
 
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