claying rims?

[guidosrx8]

hello all,

I had a friend who dropped off her car for three weeks. (o4 BMW 330i) very nice car I must say. (i just had to drive it) :D

Now as she was leaving the house for vacation she said "oh and go ahead and detail it" in a joking way. well I took it seriously.

black car lots and lots of swirls. rims in good shape (no rash) but there is a lot of caked on brake dust. which leads me to my question:

is claying the rims ok? or is there a better way to do things.
Feed back please


P.S. I am extremely excited to do this car. (honestly, I havent been able to sleep) it will be my test to see how far along I am coming as far as talent goes. plus I want to see the look on her face when the car looks brand new. look for the show and shine come sat night/sunday morning!!!!!

thanks in advance

[Jimmie]

Claying rims is a good thing. Just be ready to throw away the clay you use. I usually tear off a piece of an old clay bar.

[Dandrop]

You can clay the rims. I use old clay when i do. However, have you tried just using wheel cleaners like PS21 or simple green with a little bit of brushing? I think claying the rims, especially if they have a lot of crevices would be time consuming.

[supercharged]

Consider tossing the clay bar after claying those rims. So, use the older clay bar, you previously used on paint.

[Z06-Goose]

Are the wheels painted, chrome, polished aluminum?
Clay will be good, but it can also be overmarched by caked brake dust/pits, and it may require to be chemically removed. just my experience in the past...

[Gary Sword]

I just cleaned the wheels on an 02 Viper I recently purchased. They had a lot of baked on brake dust on the inside of the wheels but P21s Wheel Cleaner took it all off after 2 applications. The wheels came out looking like new.

http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/data/500/medium/ViperAfter_LeftFrontWheelInside.jpg (javascript:;)

[makdaddy626]

I just cleaned the wheels on an 02 Viper I recently purchased. They had a lot of baked on brake dust on the inside of the wheels but P21s Wheel Cleaner took it all off after 2 applications. The wheels came out looking like new.

http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/data/500/medium/ViperAfter_LeftFrontWheelInside.jpg (http://javascript<b></b>:;)

Nice job Gary!

[Z06-Goose]

Looks awesome, Gary! :cheers:

[m4gician]

Claying rims is a good thing. Just be ready to throw away the clay you use. I usually tear off a piece of an old clay bar.

use old clay, it's great for claying wheels, it smoothens them out well.

[imageautodetail]

I would get most eveything off that you can chemically, and as mentioned old clay or small pieces, I just did M wheels on a 04 330 6 spd today that some one vandalized with flat black spray paint, fun it was not