Cleaning Alloy Wheels

May 28, 2009

hi room , after some advise its about alloy wheels they have not been cleaned for over 3 year nor has the car , and no no no its not my rav that gets cleaned ever week it my old escort van . i no its not correct to ask about any other car on a toyota site but , i no people on here have some great tips .. so back to my wheels, like i said i have not cleaned the alloys nor the van in over 3 years and as you can imagine the brake dust it so burnt on now nothing ive tryed will touch them ,, ive tryed wonder wheels , Halfords wheel cleaner , and symons wheel cleaner and not one of them has touched them . im thinking of trying brick acid ( 1 part acid 5 parts water ) just not sure if brick acid will affect the tires . any adive on cleaning these alloys would be great other wise its going to be the brick acid , ohh and by the way i aint that bothered if the alloys get a bit knackerd as long as they look clean and dont knacker up my tires .

May 28, 2009

hi room , after some advise its about alloy wheels they have not been cleaned for over 3 year nor has the car , and no no no its not my rav that gets cleaned ever week it my old escort van . i no its not correct to ask about any other car on a toyota site but , i no people on here have some great tips .. so back to my wheels, like i said i have not cleaned the alloys nor the van in over 3 years and as you can imagine the brake dust it so burnt on now nothing ive tryed will touch them ,, ive tryed wonder wheels , halfords wheel cleaner , and symons wheel cleaner and not one of them has touched them . im thinking of trying brick acid ( 1 part acid 5 parts water ) just not sure if brick acid will affect the tires . any adive on cleaning these alloys would be great other wise its going to be the brick acid , ohh and by the way i aint that bothered if the alloys get a bit knackerd as long as they look clean and dont knacker up my tires .

'think that brick acid might be a bit on the fierce side for aluminium wheels. If you got it down between the rim and the tyre I don't think it would be long before you had enough corrosion to start to let air out. If the standard wheel cleaners are inadequate, I'd be tempted to try scotchbrite and some elbow grease. It would probably be quite hard work but the chance of any lasting damage to the wheels is minimal. You can get a fine grade scotchbrite, usually green in colour, from a DIY store, it's often used for rubbing down the "knibs" on varnish. Good luck!

May 28, 2009

hi room , after some advise its about alloy wheels they have not been cleaned for over 3 year nor has the car , and no no no its not my rav that gets cleaned ever week it my old escort van . i no its not correct to ask about any other car on a toyota site but , i no people on here have some great tips .. so back to my wheels, like i said i have not cleaned the alloys nor the van in over 3 years and as you can imagine the brake dust it so burnt on now nothing ive tryed will touch them ,, ive tryed wonder wheels , halfords wheel cleaner , and symons wheel cleaner and not one of them has touched them . im thinking of trying brick acid ( 1 part acid 5 parts water ) just not sure if brick acid will affect the tires . any adive on cleaning these alloys would be great other wise its going to be the brick acid , ohh and by the way i aint that bothered if the alloys get a bit knackerd as long as they look clean and dont knacker up my tires .

why bother cleaning them now after 3 years

May 28, 2009

hi room , after some advise its about alloy wheels they have not been cleaned for over 3 year nor has the car , and no no no its not my rav that gets cleaned ever week it my old escort van . i no its not correct to ask about any other car on a toyota site but , i no people on here have some great tips .. so back to my wheels, like i said i have not cleaned the alloys nor the van in over 3 years and as you can imagine the brake dust it so burnt on now nothing ive tryed will touch them ,, ive tryed wonder wheels , halfords wheel cleaner , and symons wheel cleaner and not one of them has touched them . im thinking of trying brick acid ( 1 part acid 5 parts water ) just not sure if brick acid will affect the tires . any adive on cleaning these alloys would be great other wise its going to be the brick acid , ohh and by the way i aint that bothered if the alloys get a bit knackerd as long as they look clean and dont knacker up my tires .
why bother cleaning them now after 3 years

well its just passed its mot and feeling a bit sorry for it now lol ,, and going to sell it soon :D

May 28, 2009

hi room , after some advise its about alloy wheels they have not been cleaned for over 3 year nor has the car , and no no no its not my rav that gets cleaned ever week it my old escort van . i no its not correct to ask about any other car on a toyota site but , i no people on here have some great tips .. so back to my wheels, like i said i have not cleaned the alloys nor the van in over 3 years and as you can imagine the brake dust it so burnt on now nothing ive tryed will touch them ,, ive tryed wonder wheels , halfords wheel cleaner , and symons wheel cleaner and not one of them has touched them . im thinking of trying brick acid ( 1 part acid 5 parts water ) just not sure if brick acid will affect the tires . any adive on cleaning these alloys would be great other wise its going to be the brick acid , ohh and by the way i aint that bothered if the alloys get a bit knackerd as long as they look clean and dont knacker up my tires .

Petrol should do... mind the fumes obviously..