Cleaning undercarrigage/wheel wells

[cheekyage]

Hi all,

Can you recommend any products that will help turn my dirty and faded black undercarriage/wheel well trim to help restore a nice clean and deep black colour?

Looking forward to your feedback :)

[aim4squirrels]

Clean with a brush and APC.

Use Wolfgang exterior trim sealant on the plastic bits.

[Munich77]

Ditto on the brush and APC. Griot's undercarriage spray works well, too.

[jamesboyy]

Another vote on the previous post also a presser washer or strong stream of water(pistol nozzle) also helps knock and or loosen the dirt build-up

[cheekyage]

Is there a recommended APC I should be using?

[cleanmycorolla]

A good apc scrubbing and I use CG Bare Bones. Quick dressing. I think most prefer long term sealants now though for that area!

[swanicyouth]

I've always cleaned them with APC & Wheel Woolies. I've not had great experiences with spraying them down with "dressings", because dirt sticks to most dressings - leaving them dirtier and nastier to clean next time.

I'll be posting a write up of doing wheel well plastics with CarPro's DLux in the next week or so. Since the wheel wells take a lot of impacts from rocks and junk on the the road - I'm not sure how long they will remain nice looking.

But I'm going to give it a shot. I've already got the car up on 4 jack stands and the wheels pulled. Just need to change my brake fluid first.

[RacerX323]

A good apc scrubbing and I use CG Bare Bones. Quick dressing. I think most prefer long term sealants now though for that area!

I use ONRWW and Wheel Woolies followed by CG Bare Bones.

[wdmaccord]

I like APC 1:4 (like megs or blackfire) or Amazing Roll Off 1:1. Blast rinse first as others mention to get most of the grit and larger chunks rinsed out. Spray and let soak 30-60 seconds then hit with fenderwell brush. I use a water-based dressing which dries to a nice satin finish and doesn't attract all the crap a silicone-based dressing does. If you don't want to use a dressing, ARO is a little better choice as it will leave the plastic a little more black than APC, in my experience.

[jamesboyy]

Zep citrus apc or purple power are two great OTC all purpose cleaners though meguiars d101 is a perfect too

[Firehouse Mike]

Ditto on the brush and APC. Griot's undercarriage spray works well, too.

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