guys what is the best product to clean wheels with? I have Volks GT-F's and there painted blue, i used something from eagle and it took the paint off and left a haze on the rim that i had to get professionally buffed out, anyway i dont wanna go thru that again so what is the best wheel cleaner for the front and back of rims? and also what do you use to clean the headlamps im startingt to get a haze on those too.
Thanks
Tony

 

tony-

you want to always keep wheels wet when cleaning them. if a cleaner (usually this happens with acid based cleaners) dries on the wheels it can pit or etch the wheels.

i use a brush and usually use the same shampoo that i use on the paint for my wheels. if they get extra grime, i like p21s wheel cleaner. we have a good thread on how to clean wheels. i will track it down and post it back here.

the headlights will depend on just how bad they are. my fav is plexus, but it wont cut into serious haze. for that you gotta go plastic polish. we also have some good threads on this so i will try to track one of those for you too.

 

here are the threads that i was thinking about:

how to clear up the headlights:
thanks to rijowysock:
https://www.s2ki.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=403076
and another one thanks to hankooks2k:
https://www.s2ki.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=463970

wheel & wheelwell cleaning
thanks to wanabe:
https://www.s2ki.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=420668


get some before and after pics if you can and post em up!! (and if you do be sure to pm the link to me so i can badge you)

any more questions, just holler --

 

hey wanabe
thanks for the info its really helped out. i went to a detail shop near my house and picked up some p21s every1 on the forum swears by this stuff lol so i got it here are some pics next project are the headlamps thinking bout getting the 3m headlight cleaning kit. here are some cell phone pics sorry it started getting dark out but let me tell you they look like mirrors

 

nothing beats good ol' shampoo and water for my rims... and i put a bit of wax on em after... not that it lasts with the heat from braking but it makes it pretty

 

nice job on those wheels!!

 

ive been using the meguirs all purpose cleaner for rims. works great and its very cheap as well.

with shampoo you can use a lot which is the main benifit