glen e
01-19-2012, 12:33 PM
I'm going to post this on a detailing site and my Honda sites so some of this will be elementary to the detail guys.... I am so glad I invested in the Harbor Freight jack and stands for all of $90 total and it works great - get two wheels at once.
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h307/gersly123/photo1-8.jpg
And the breaker bar from Lowes is a must!
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h307/gersly123/photo2-5-1.jpg
The project here is to detail the wheels, de-ferrous them (my term - more later) and detail the wells themselves. So here are the products I used: Dawn, Stoners tire spray, and Collonite 845 for my 100% certified fake Brembo covers. I might add to this is great time to inspect the well area - I found a snap fit connector on the inner fender that was loose.
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h307/gersly123/photo3-3.jpg
So after scrubbing the well and giving it a good coating of tire protectant, spraying the shock with CRC-656, I was ready to put a coat of Collonite on the Brembo cover. Easy to do, the trick with Collonite is to heat it up - comes off much easier:
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h307/gersly123/photo31-1.jpg
Next comes a Dawn wash of the wheel, dry and the application of IRON-X - a spray on that dissolves metal and iron particles form the brakes, and where ever it finds iron, it turns purple. You then hose it off.
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h307/gersly123/photo41-1.jpg
My wheels were new as of 4 months ago, so it only found major iron/rust on the bolt area and cleaned that off. I like the stuff, I did not use much at all - wipe on, scrub it in and hose off after 5 min.
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h307/gersly123/photo21.jpg
And last of all, two coats of Ultima to protect the wheel, and no powder to get out of cracks - it's wipe on walk away!
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h307/gersly123/photo44-1.jpg
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h307/gersly123/photo1-8.jpg
And the breaker bar from Lowes is a must!
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h307/gersly123/photo2-5-1.jpg
The project here is to detail the wheels, de-ferrous them (my term - more later) and detail the wells themselves. So here are the products I used: Dawn, Stoners tire spray, and Collonite 845 for my 100% certified fake Brembo covers. I might add to this is great time to inspect the well area - I found a snap fit connector on the inner fender that was loose.
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h307/gersly123/photo3-3.jpg
So after scrubbing the well and giving it a good coating of tire protectant, spraying the shock with CRC-656, I was ready to put a coat of Collonite on the Brembo cover. Easy to do, the trick with Collonite is to heat it up - comes off much easier:
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h307/gersly123/photo31-1.jpg
Next comes a Dawn wash of the wheel, dry and the application of IRON-X - a spray on that dissolves metal and iron particles form the brakes, and where ever it finds iron, it turns purple. You then hose it off.
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h307/gersly123/photo41-1.jpg
My wheels were new as of 4 months ago, so it only found major iron/rust on the bolt area and cleaned that off. I like the stuff, I did not use much at all - wipe on, scrub it in and hose off after 5 min.
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h307/gersly123/photo21.jpg
And last of all, two coats of Ultima to protect the wheel, and no powder to get out of cracks - it's wipe on walk away!
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h307/gersly123/photo44-1.jpg