09-19-2021, 04:45 PM | #23 |
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I think BMW should just start doing all their wheels in brake dust color. Our lives will be easier.
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I may give that a whirl. One thing I keep forgetting to try is simple green. Simple Green is stronger than one would figure. When I worked on F-16s, we used to use SG to clean the anti-seize off of the wheel bolts. And then we would send the wheel bolts to NDI to get x-ray'd. Well we had to stop using simple green, because it was puddling around the head of the bolts, after we dried them, and cracking the bolts. Although, now, I think its turned into more of a water based cleaner.
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Or have a car guy, some one like us, design the wheels in CAD so that it doesn't have so many hard to reach places, yet it look awesome
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I dont anticipate getting too much dust from the CCBs, but my Type R has Brembos, and the brake dust is the same as these cars.
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If I'm looking to do a half-assed job cleaning the 826, without it obviously looking this bad (above), how long am I looking at? Will 15 minutes be enough for all 4 wheels? |
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Leave the gun. Take the Canoli.
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Still a huge pain, but likely a little less so. There are less little nooks and holes to get into, but still not super fun.
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Going to go with CCBs because of this post
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It did, but I still had to get into each of the areas individually.
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Good choice!
I will get CCB too next time!
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Keeping these wheels clean are the worst part of owning this car for me. It's a BMW trait and it sucks. I scrub a dub dub and 2 days later there trashed. You just have to do the work and scrub and or buy a really good wheel cleaner solution to help which I have yet to find one that is 100% and it gets expensive. Hopefully we'll start getting some low dust pads soon we can swap. Oh third world problems lol.
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Carpro Iron Remover and and Speedmaster wheel brush do that first. Then wash wheels with soap and wash mitt. Takes me 20 minutes and my wheels come out perfect.
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That's great. Do you have any picture of your wheels after wash?
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First of all, I wash my car weekly (it's my daily) so the wheels never get too terribly bad.
Second, I don't bother with the barrels. Too much trouble and if I don't look closely, I can't see that far in. Third, I use a sponge. I've got or had every tool known to man, and the sponge seems to work best. I went to Ace Hardware and bought a tile grout sponge, and cut it in half. Perfect. Nice and soft, easily squeezes smaller to get into the smaller spoke spaces, but with enough pushback to clean well. I use Griot's wheel cleaner, and I buy it by the gallon. I can clean all four wheels in less than 15 minutes.
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