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Okay so a couple years back i did a write up on how to clean wheels, here is another one with most of the same products, however I switched up a few things.

Here is the set up, I have had the STI now for over 3000 miles and unfortunately I have had no time to give it even a proper wash, actually I haven't washed it yet. The day I figured I had some time it got just too hot to finish it. (98 degrees!)

Anyway here is a teaser. I got started on the wheels and after 3000 miles of caked on brake dust I decided to go all out!

By this I mean wheels were off the car, wheel wells were cleaned and dressed, brakes were polished and waxed.

Products used:

Uber Wheel Kit
Menzerna PO85RD
Sears Jack
19mm Socket
Ratchet
Torque Wrench
Cam Spray Pressure Washer

Now to the pictures:

Before shots of the wheels.


Before Brakes and Wheel Wells. (reference left side, forgot to take all the complete shots, both sides were pretty dirty)


Wheel being pulled off using ratchet and jack.


Wheel off the car.


Back


P21S Gel on the wheels, I let it dwell while I cleaned the wheel wells and brakes
Back of the wheel


Front of the wheel


What it looks like after P21S sits for a while, the P21S Wheel Gelis pretty thick.

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Cleaned both the front side and the back side with the Uber Boar's Hair Wheel Brush, The Uber Spoke Brush, and the Swissvax Wheel Brush, each one helped with the process of cleaning all that brake dust and dirt off the wheels.





After I applied Swissvax Autobahn on them.


Results from all that hard work on the wheels.



Now that the wheels were done...on to the wheel wells.
P21S Total Auto Wash was used to cut the dirt and grime off the wheel wells as well as the suspension bits, and brake calipers.



Brushes were used to help clean up the wheel wells etc

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After everything was rinsed and cleaned up, I moved on to polishing the brake calipers with Menzerna PO85RD after I put a nice coat of Swissvax Autobahn on them to give them a nice shine and protection.


Caliper After Polish and before Autobahn


Applying the SV Autobahn


Removing the SV Autobahn


Adam's Undercarriage Spray was applied to bring back a nice new look to the wheel well covers (note I did wipe down any access to prevent a oily greasy look, I was going for a matte finish)

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Rear Before




Rear After



Front Before


Front After



After of the wheel back on the car (less the tire dressing)

varcity64

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really nice job how long did all this take?

Kyle Harty

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Huge difference! Just curious how a polymer sealant holds up on calipers? I'm assuming the heat would kill a carnauba wax pretty quickly but a sealant should last a while? I've got mine painted but haven't put any protectant on them.

vwynn

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ide so do this.. but it takes to long to jack my car and remove my wheel =/

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it took 3 hours.

i figured i would wax it all up when it was exposed, I don't see either the wax or sealant lasting too long under all that heat but if you stay on top of the wheels it should make it much easier for the dust to come off the next couple of washes.

crazee201

Thanks for the awesome detailed post Phil. Where in NJ are you located? I've always wanted to remove each wheel and clean them separately but I didn't want to go through all the hassle.

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thanks! we are in Norwood, NJ

rs/ss

Thanks Phil for the nice right up. I seized the oppertunity to do a detail like that(same in process different products) when i painted and decaled the front and rear calipers. I like the way your wells turned out. Matte finish ftw.

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thanks more to come on write ups.

XprincoX

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oo looks good. i got the same low profile lift. lol

edwinbong

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great work as always phil!

lexusscturbo

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Phil try applying some antisieze around the hub; it wont' tend to corrode as much then