Chicago Pete

I'm getting ready to tackle a pad and rotor change on my stock 2002 C4S.
Thought I would do a good cleaning of my rims inside and out.

Thanks, Pete

Atrox

JayG

Nice Atrox!

That's a good rim job

kromdom

simple green and water. i keep it SIMPLE

TheMystro

I just did this. Clean your wheel well liners while your at it. I used Simple Green for the first pass. Then WD40 and a scotch brite pad to get off any road tar and stains. After the inside dish is clean I wax everything. My wheels look concours clean. Now it's easy to keep them that way.

ZuffenZeus

I remove each wheel and repaint at every wash. They always look brand new! hahaha j/k of course.

I use the purple stuff and microfiber duster to clean inside the wheels. (see pic)

Works for me!

Paul Waterloo

You just need this:

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Spray it on with the wheel off on the insides, wait about 4 minutes and you will literally get all the brake dust off by cleaning with a wet rag, the stuff works SO WELL. I buy it by the gallon and use it when I wash my car. My wheels are spotless and so are my brake calipers.

Get at least two small bottles to do the job if you are doing the inside of all four of your wheels. It's like crack, so you might as well get a gallon.

Cuda911

That Sonax stuff is great! But, very expensive, so I don't use it at every cleaning. I have all sorts of spray detailers I bought that I don't like. They work very well for cleaning wheels though. For particularly stubborn stains, I use Flitz. Works amazingly!

JayG

Griot's Garage heavy duty wheel cleaner is the bomb. Works as well or better than Sonax and actually smells good. (If you have used Sonax, you know what I mean)

Simple Green works well too

Cuda911

Yeah, Sonax REEKS like rotten eggs!

I wasn't sure if Simple Green was OK, since I think it is acidic? I don't know, I thought somewhere I heard that it wasn't wheel safe. Or maybe I just stopped using it because I didn't think it worked well. I forget. Maybe just getting senile.

JayG

I spray it on, and wipe it off. IIRC, it is fine for wheels

And yes, you probably are getting senile

johneecatt

Bingo!! I track my car sometimes, and brake dust and rubber goobers are massive!! But take off the wheels, scrape off the goobers and wipe inside and out with old detailing spray! Magic!

RickMiller

I've tried many of them and have settled on Griot's Heavy Duty (smells awesome) and Sonax full effect. Generally, Griot's for my truck and Sonax for the 996 - always seem to have one or the other laying around

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jdjones2010

Usually just water rinse & wipe off, mine don't usually get that dirty. Armour All has some Extreme Wheel & Tire cleaner that you just spray on & rinse off that works pretty good. A few of my buddies though, are not Happy unless they spend the extra $$$ on Griot's or Lane's Products. I guess to each his own!

Quadcammer

I don't get why you'd need to use anything other than carwash soap or quick detailer? What pads are you running that you need a full on wheel cleaner?