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Dec 19, 2003 | 12:03 PM

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I clean the inside of the wheel only because access to it is easy.

Dec 19, 2003 | 12:06 PM

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I clean the inside of the wheel only because access to it is easy.

You guys!!! Now I'm afraid what I'll be doing the next time I wash the car...

Dec 19, 2003 | 12:27 PM

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haha Poursha, do it once you'll be doing it ALL the time! For the hard to get stains I use Eagle one wheel cleaner.

Dec 19, 2003 | 12:48 PM

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You cats should try cleaning Sport Designs - Man Alive budget for 20 minutes, this is with a regular routinue/system.

Dec 19, 2003 | 01:07 PM

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You cats should try cleaning Sport Designs - Man Alive budget for 20 minutes, this is with a regular routinue/system.

Easy cleaning is one of the benefits of the 18" Carrera wheels--in addition to the great looks...

Gotta go now...the insides of my wheels seem to be calling me...

Dec 19, 2003 | 02:35 PM

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I guess this means that we are all a bunch of wheel waxers

I havent done it yet but I soon will

Outside only of course......

Dec 19, 2003 | 02:39 PM

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On another note, I have the Polished lips...aside from wax what would one use to re-new the shine...Not that it needs it but...?

Dec 19, 2003 | 02:43 PM

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You know what... I dont know why they just don't paint the insides of these wheels black anyway. That sure would make life a lot easier!

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Dec 20, 2003 | 01:54 PM

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Try coating your wheels with ReJex

Rejex is a coating that keeps brake dust or goo or bugs or anything else for that matter from sticking to your wheels. I use it twice a year on my wheels and windshield, and it is amazing how it keeps stuff from sticking. Here is a picture of real concours wheels coated with Rejex. This car is an 02 996 Cab and had 25K miles on it. It has won the Zone 7 PCA top concours car in 02 and 03.

Dec 20, 2003 | 03:21 PM

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Re: Cleaning wheels

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I have the 18" Carrera lightweight wheels but I'm sure we all have this problem. When you wash the car, the discs on the brakes often haze over with a thin layer of rusty crust.

Of course the wheels are the last things to clean and after you get them all pretty I pull it into the garage and the rusty goo from inside the holes on the disc has drizzled out all over the inside of the wheels and they have to be re-cleaned.

Does anyone have a way around this?

Grey, The best thing to do is after you wash your car take all of the excess water off of the car with something like the absorber or a chamois, after you do that always take the car for a quick ride to get the rotors clear of that light rust film, if you park the car for a few days without doing that the pads can lock up to the rotors a bit, by doing this you will not have the rust on the wheels problem either, when you get back just dry the wheels and your set.

Dec 20, 2003 | 05:34 PM

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Hey Greyghost, are the inside of your wheels painted or is that just brakedust buildup?

er...or Photoshoped?

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Dec 22, 2003 | 04:57 AM

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Left is clean as on the car... right is Photoshop black.

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Dec 22, 2003 | 05:55 AM

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source for Rejex? never tried it...

Dec 22, 2003 | 06:26 AM

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On another note, I have the Polished lips...aside from wax what would one use to re-new the shine...Not that it needs it but...?

Rob, I was told to use Mothers Aluminum Polish for the polished lips on my old Kinesis K28's. I was also told to wash the painted centers with the same soap and water solution that I would use for the bodywork. Apparantly wheel cleaners like P21s can leave hazing on polished parts.