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04-30-2012, 11:01 AM | #1 |
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Tips for first wheels off detail?
Been detailing the families cars for a while now (helps pay for the hobby) but will be doing my first wheels off for my e92, e70 and fam's carrera GTS and x3...any tips, tools, products anyone would recommend?
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give it a sonax bath first and agitate with all the brushes. then when the wheel is off get some ironx on there and then clay for anything that didnt come off. that should be a good 95% perfect at least depending on how bad the inner barrel of the wheel is. hope that helped
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Once cleaned, throw on a coat of wax made for wheels. I just got some Mint Rims recently.
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http://www.detailedimage.com/Ask-a-P...e-your-wheels/
http://www.detailedimage.com/Ask-a-P...-car-properly/ These should help
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opticoat the wheels, best thing for BMW wheels, and other wheels! Im starting to offer it to all my clients now since clean up is SOOO much easier from then on! No more sonax is needed!
Take wheels off sonax and let them soak for a while agitate and rinse clay and clean whatever else didnt come off opticoat wheel allow to dry before touching and re-installing (two min) re-install wheel future washings should be done with just soap and water from then on! if super bad, meguiars wheel brightener would/should take care of it, but use it sparingly as its an acid. Dont spray on a dry wheel, dont leave it on too long, dont let it dry! Spray on, let dwell for 30 seconds, work it and remove the brake dust, rinse off thoroughly, re-wash with a regular shampoo to neutralize the acid |
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Once its all cleaned, I recommend coating it with Opt-coating. It's lot more durable that a wheel wax. From here, just use regular car soap to clean the wheels bi-weekly.
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