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ZaneO

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Well, I took off my driver's side wheels today and cleaned them inside and out.



I scrubbed the wheel wells with Simple Green and a Scotch Brite pad, and after they were dry I gave them a couple of coats of Armor All.



I used Eagle One A2Z on the tires and wheels (Scotch Brite on the inside). After they were cleaned and dry, I went over them with a quick detailer called Evercoat Lubri-shine and gave them a good coat of Klasse AIO.



It's too hot out to do the other side today :( Not acclimated to the heat yet.



P.S. This is my 2000th post :D
 
I'm getting ready to pull mine and clean em up for the summer too.

I'm also not acclimated to the heat yet so maybe my wife will let me take them in the house and do them. lol
 
I'm trying to do the insides of mine right now. You can't really see the insides much at all, but I will feel better if I do them, and know they are clean. I haven't found anything that will eat through 135,000 miles of baked on crap though.



I'll try and show some before and afters if I ever get them clean.
 
Pats300zx said:
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I agree :D I should have known better :nono



I'll rectify it with the other two wheels.



It's just too bad the wheels were road raced and not properly cared for before I bought them...there's just some places that will not come clean at all. :(
 
Did you have a lot of tar deposits on the inside? Maybe it's just me, but I always have a lot where I am.



Did the scotchbrite scratch up the chome?
 
There is a fair amount of tar but nothing ridiculous.



My wheels are silver painted on the face, and the inside is unfinished metal with TONS of little ridges/channels (which make it even harder to clean), so the Scotch Brite didn't hurt anything.
 
As promised, here are some pictures.



*Note* I'm almost embarassed to post these pictures. I finished dressing out the wells and the wheels are as clean as they get :) Forgive the lack of "wow" factor for the wells...I've got 98k miles and need to spend a TON of time cleaning under there.



www.shineshoppe.com/wheels



One of these days, I'll invest in a set of brand new wheels. I've been looking at these: Z07 Wheels
 
I need to do that one of these days....haven't done mine in 6 months. Not a big deal though, got Weld Pro Stars on the way :D (still wondering what I'm going to use to protect the horrific bare aluminum)



Anyways, nice pics! I'd personally keep those wheels...not a huge fan of Vette wheels on F-bodies unless of course they're ZR1/SS wheels, but I'm sure anything will look great :)
 
ZaneO said:
Well, I took off my driver's side wheels today and cleaned them inside and out.



I scrubbed the wheel wells with Simple Green and a Scotch Brite pad, and after they were dry I gave them a couple of coats of Armor All.



I used Eagle One A2Z on the tires and wheels (Scotch Brite on the inside). After they were cleaned and dry, I went over them with a quick detailer called Evercoat Lubri-shine and gave them a good coat of Klasse AIO.



It's too hot out to do the other side today :( Not acclimated to the heat yet.



P.S. This is my 2000th post :D
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Where did you move from?
 
I've always been from this area, but the weather's been crazy lately. Two weeks ago it was raining/snowing, now it's in the 90's. Always takes me a couple of weeks to get used to being out in the heat.
 
Looks much better. Next time you clean the front wheel wells you should take the entire black plastic piece out. It is only held in by about 5 small screws. You will be amazed how much stuff gets on top of them.
 
CRASH 02 said:
Looks much better. Next time you clean the front wheel wells you should take the entire black plastic piece out. It is only held in by about 5 small screws. You will be amazed how much stuff gets on top of them.
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I can only imagine...I don't even want to think about it.



I am soooo ready to put this car up so I can start deep cleaning and fixing it up the right way.
 
ZaneO said:
....there's just some places that will not come clean at all....My wheels are silver painted on the face, and the inside is unfinished metal with TONS of little ridges/channels (which make it even harder to clean), so the Scotch Brite didn't hurt anything.
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Something I recently tried (on spots where I wasn't worried about doing any damage) was a dremel with their "bristle brush" accessories. I was very happy with the stuff this approach cleaned off and it might not be too aggressive for the unfinished areas. Not something you'd want to try on "nice areas" though.



Judging by the pics, it might work on what you're dealing with. Not that you probably haven't spent enough time on them!
 
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