Hey Guys,

I did a search and got a zillion hits with wheels and cleaning in them but no answer to my questions.

My manual says to use vasolene on the wheels as did my 944 manual. I treated the 944 phone dials with vasolene occasionally and they look great after over 20 years but what a pita and what a collector for brake dust. I did my 993 wheels with vasolene a few months ago and again a mess with the brake dust all though my pads don't produce a lot of dust. What do you all think of the vasolene? (for wheels of course).

For cleaning, I've used S100, a spray-on cleaner available at motorcycle shops and supposedly safe for anything on a Harley including paint, chrome, rubber, plastic, aluminum, etc. It works fine but it's expensive and I wonder about the long-term effect on Porsche wheels, i.e. might it dull the finish? I see all kinds of wheel cleaners that are cheaper than S100 and advertised as safe on any wheels. Are they really? What about Simple Green diluted 50-50 which I've used on painted motorcycle and 4x4 wheels?

Any suggestions?

Thanks,
Pete

 

citrus degreaser works okay. simple green is decent, too. i prefer P21S gel. also, hit 'em up with some 3M spray wax after you wash your car. it helps the brake dust just slide off w/ future washes.

 

There is also a "Wheel Wax" product that makes future clean-up somewhat easier. Vaseline? Gadzooks, I never heard of that. Might as well spray them with cosmoline if you want to to protect them and don't care how they look.

 

Vaseline is for anodized wheels (like Fuchs), not painted.

 

Read your owners manual. And you don't "spray" it on, you rub it on and it can't even be seen. The 993 wheels are anodized and not painted aren't they? Or do they have a painted clear coat?

Pete

 

I use Rejex on my wheels and it works great. Rejex won't burn off as it was designed for aircraft exhaust.

 

Burn off? Is there any polymer wax that will get burned off by the modest heat of an aluminum wheel? Even a normal wax?

Maybe if you take an unmounted wheel, throw a grate on top and as use it a BBQ.

 

OK man, whatever, just trying to help. You obviously know more. I still recommend Rejex.

 

Wow!

 

Pete said:
"Read your owners manual. And you don't "spray" it on, you rub it on and it can't even be seen. The 993 wheels are anodized and not painted aren't they? Or do they have a painted clear coat?"

You rub on the cosmoline? Or are you back on the vaseline thing? Sure, a thin coat of vaseline won't show until the brade dust and road grime starts sticking to it. Yuck. No thanks. And most of the standard 993 wheels are indeed painted... they are painted silver. Pretty simple clean up with mild soap and water... even easier if you use a wax... and I agree with Texas911... Rejex is a great product on everything. Sheesh.

 

I have been using

from
http://www.sportys.com/acb/showdetl....product_id=344
Designed for aircraft. My 1 gal $18.95 jug diluted 20:1 has lasted years. Works well.

 

Or for a lower-maintenance solution:

 

Vaseline was helpful in minimizing and reducing the staining that was prone to occur on the anodized (silver) portion of the Fuchs rims on older 911's. It worked great. The idea was not to leave the wheels glazed or even lightly coated with vaseline, but rather to rub it thoroughly into the surface.

The 993 rims are painted and clearcoated. A coat of wax will do better, I believe.

 

My vote is on Wheel Wax; great stuff.

Andrew

 

Try Dry Wash......... I use it on allmay cars wheels and everything....... been using it on my 1996 Harley and it looks great........