Ram Chrome Clad wheel cleaning

[Farmingdales Finest]

You say that your current products are "just not cutting it". Can you explain what the means exactly?

Does it not remove all the dirt/grime fully?

Have the wheels been fully decontaminated ever (iron remover, clay)? And then protected with a wax/sealant/coating? I ask because I would think that a wheel that contains contaminants on the surface may make washing difficult to remove dirt/grime easily as the surface has an invisible rough texture for the dirt to grab onto.

I bought the truck used a year ago and did a full correction and it was washed at least every other week until winter when it's been washed 3x since November. I used the same process and it has been hard to get all of the grime and spots off the wheels. They look good until you look close. Most people's would notice unless they are looking for it.


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[Farmingdales Finest]

I'm also having trouble understanding what the problem is. Are you doing just a spray and rinse and they aren't coming clean enough? Or are you agitating with brushes or something else?

I spray with the APC. Let it dwell a bit and then scrub it with a brush. Then I follow it up with whatever I am using for the body. So essentially I am cleaning them twice and it's just not fully cleaning.


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[Farmingdales Finest]

Is that pitting on the chrome ? Looks like it on my phone


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No pitting. Just discolored spotting that I just can't get off. I would assume a wheel specific cleaner would be better I just don't know what would be best for these wheels. They are a chromed plastic cover.


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[Trip]

Clean off and scrub. Grab some HD AIO, green buff n shine pad on the pc an buff them up. Get the smaller tight spots by hand. Just did the same rims for my in laws Ram and they turned out great.The green pad was sacrificed at the end.

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[Setec Astronomy]

Sounds like you just need some cleaner wax, or a fine polish. You could use something like Optimum Poli-Seal, Klasse AIO, or one of the Duragloss LSP's (or a hundred other suggestions that will follow).

[Eldorado2k]

What kind of brush are you using?


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[Farmingdales Finest]

What kind of brush are you using?


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Honestly don't know. I got them from the local advanced auto parts store. The only thing I didn't buy from autogeek. Lol


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[Eldorado2k]

Honestly don't know. I got them from the local advanced auto parts store. The only thing I didn't buy from autogeek. Lol


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Is it this kind?




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[Farmingdales Finest]

Is it this kind?




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Something similar. It was a three pack. One long handle soft bristles, a much stiffer scrub brush I have used for the tires and then a shorter one that looks like a shorter stiffer bottle brush that seems to be used for in between spokes.

I used the soft and the bottle brush one on the rims as well as a MF towel.


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[Dan K]

Sounds like you just need some cleaner wax, or a fine polish. You could use something like Optimum Poli-Seal, Klasse AIO, or one of the Duragloss LSP's (or a hundred other suggestions that will follow).

Agree. My personal experience is that the discoloration and grime on chrome clad wheels does not come off when using wheel cleaners or apc. Polish them with a cleaner wax or aio and they will look like new again.