Detailed Wheels and wheel wells

[DrMike]

I hate taking pictures of my clean car just to have the flash show all the dirt in the wheel wells

So I finally got around to pulling my wheels off to detail them and the wheel wells. I used DP Wheel Gel and a Megs tire brush to clean the inside of the wheels, and DP Exterior Cleaner and the same tire brush for the wheel wells. After scrubbing and rinsing out the wheel wells I let them dry and then sprayed AA Tire foam and let it sit for a bit then wiped off the excess with an old costco MF.

I'm pretty pleased with the results. Some of the gunk on the insides of the wheels didn't come off though. Might need some sandpaper or something. Now that I don't drive it in the rain it shouldn't get this nasty again.

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After:

[Gary Sword]

It looks much better. On my nice cars I pull the wheels off all the time and detail the wheels and wheel wells. I never let them get that bad.

[Nuke33]

Looks 100% better... you should see mine right now, Filled to the brim with snow!

[DrMike]

thanks guys!

Yeah, when it snowed here last month the mud guards on my truck had 10 lb blocks of ice/snow stuck to them from the water that flew off the wheels and froze, lol.

[killrwheels@autogeek]

what do you think of the General tires .... got lucky and found a new set of rears for 650.00 (Supercars) but was looking at General and Continental as reasonably priced options !! 295-35-19

[DrMike]

Originally Posted by killrwheels@autogeek

what do you think of the General tires .... got lucky and found a new set of rears for 650.00 (Supercars) but was looking at General and Continental as reasonably priced options !!

I only have them on the fronts but so far they are doing great. The reviews on tirerack scored them almost as good as the Goodyear Eagle F1 GS-D3's I used to run, but they are only $79/each! lol.

For rears I run Nitto NT555R drag radials or else I break loose on the freeway, haha. I'm thinking about getting some Generals for the rears now that they come in 275's.

[R1DC2]

Wow! Looks like ur getting ready for a car show =)

[DrMike]

Originally Posted by R1DC2

Wow! Looks like ur getting ready for a car show =)

Yeah, now that it's no longer my daily driver I'm trying to reverse the affects of daily driving it for 3 years.

Not planning on any specific shows but it will be nice to show off my detailing skills at some upcoming meets

[Bigfoot]

That's a whole 180 degree turn there, man! Great job!

Joey

[Truls]

The wells separate the men from the boys.

When i see a newly detaild/washed car, i always check the wells to se how "good" the job is done, you would pass that with a A+