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[Britishbouncer]

Does anyone know the best way to clean my 10" Wolfrace Wheels?

The problem is that they have a lime-scale kind of residue on them, which doesn't come off with water, they are bare alloy and not lacquered and were originally quite shiny

Can anyone help?

Thanks

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[pikey7]

use some autoglym alloy wheel cleaner to get the worst of the much off . DO NOT let it sit for very long on bare alloy though as it will eat it away! Get a stiff brush, spray, brush on, and wash off with lots of water! if there are any really bad bits, you can get them off using 800grit sandpaper, but bear in mind if you sand the metal, when you polish you may have different colours of alloy next to each other, so either be very careful, or do the lot!

The best thing i've found that you can clean alloy with that brings it upto a "dull shine" is......... colgate! Using a new stiff brush, squeeze some on, dip the brush in clean cold water, and scrub away! If you do want it a bit shiny, then get a tube of autosol. It's the best polish for anything chromy or shiny!

[Britishbouncer]

Brilliant thanks mate, Ill try those at the weekend

[Sam]

I had some wolfrace wheels similar to that, which had the limescale stuff on it.

I used T-cut to clean it off, took a while but did the trick.



You can see the one I started to clean, bottom right.

[Billy]

I use Autosol with a bit of elbow grease you can have a mirror finish
like from this


to this

[Britishbouncer]

Yep that how I am hoping my Wolfrace will come out Billy

Does anyone know If you can get replacement centre caps for the wolfrace wheel?

Thanks for your help so far, I will have to go and Buy some Autosol

[Billy]

if the rims are all like that a couple of hours each should have them looking great
any kerb rash or scars can be smoothed out with wet and dry finishing at 1200 or higher then autosol even though it says not for alloy wheels on the box

[Britishbouncer]

The weels them selves are in good nick as they dont have any kerb scuffs. So is it the Autosol stuff I need to clean them up?

[Billy]

yup autosol and some polishing cloth then some elbow grease
the longer you spend the better they will look

[Puddings]

Have a look HERE i use these on my force racing 10's

PS you need a drill

[minivanman]

autosol is the mutts nuts for cleaning alloys. ill take some "after" pics of my revos and post both (if i remember) i used fine sandpaper to get the worst of the corrosion off and then spent about 10-15 minutes on each wheel with the polish. came up awesome!

[Britishbouncer]

Cool, Ill like to see some before and after using autosol. Im glad that my Alloys arent permanantly damaged as I was thinking I needed to take them to a specialist, but now I know i can do them myself

Thanks for all your help

[minivanman]

i was quoted £300 to restore 4 revolutions. when i pointed out i could get a new set for that the guy went quiet! i spent £10 on 2 cans of nitromors to strip the paint and lacquer, £3 on a tube of autosol, and repainted the centres with smooth hammerite i had lying about. my next project is to do my 7x13 superlights now i know how easy it is! dont know when i'll be at work next to get pics of the wheels but it should be this week.

[pikey7]

one thing i've found with painted wheels, is that if you wax them (not polish, regular car wax) then the brake dust stays off them for longer. The same with standing water.

[minivanman]

heres the before and after pics of my revos. The first is with it all rubbed down round the rim, and the center bubbling away with nitromorsy goodness. Second is the end result - really need to give em another polish to get em really good.  P1010031.JPG   805.13K   11 downloads  P1010035.JPG   860.66K   14 downloads