Wheel Woolies or Microfiber Barrel Blades?

[VISITOR]

to help reduce splatter from the ez-detail brushes when you remove them, slowly twist it as you pull it out..

[Coatingsarecrack]

Black painted wheels. That's the issue. And those Speedmasters are spitters, too.

I use the SM/EZ brush on my satin black wheels and haven’t noticed any scratching.

I get it though…. Took me years to buy them.


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[Eldorado2k]

I use the SM/EZ brush on my satin black wheels and haven’t noticed any scratching.

I get it though…. Took me years to buy them.


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What do you guys mean by “splitters”?

Nevermind I get it.


I kinda hate to admit it, but I’ve just recently contemplated on giving up trying to maintain the barrels on the chrome wheels on my Cadillac. I cant believe they’ve gotten to the point where I can’t get them completely clean by simply using a brush at this point. It would require a complete wheels off detail to fully get them clean again.

[Desertnate]

Don't feel too bad. The barrels on our vehicles aren't immaculate by any stretch.

One car they are pristine, but that is because I frequently swap the wheels. The others... well... They are only as clean as I can get them with a wheel brush and either soap or wheel cleaner. There is still wheel weight goo from previous sets of tires and they are lightly stained by weather and brake dust. On those cars I have no desire to try and pull the wheels and do a heavy cleaning. Fortunately, those barrels are a dark grey color and it isn't very noticeable when you look between the spokes.

[Eldorado2k]

I want it to be this clean. Lol



The surface on my barrels hinders my ability to get them fully clean sometimes vs. the typical clearcoated wheels which have a completely smooth surface on the barrels. There’s slight grooves on the surface of my chrome wheels.

[Bill D]

Clean chrome wheels like that are a work of art!

[Eldorado2k]

Clean chrome wheels like that are a work of art!

I was looking into buying a floorjack earlier today. Reading reviews and stuff.
But then my Cadillac tends to not be very “easy” to jack up it seems. It’s hard to get a straight answer as to where exactly the jacking points are on my car. Even the manual gives the most vague information on the topic. Someone messed up in the past and bent the bottom of the fenders trying to jack the car up the wrong way.

Here’s what I mean. Here’s the illustration compared to real life. Does this look like a match? Not really. Lol

[Bill D]

Yikes! I’m really surprised the shop manual isn’t clear about the jack points. All I can say is I would very carefully experiment by trial and error until I get the right points. I wish there was a better way if I understand correctly.

[Eldorado2k]

Yikes! I’m really surprised the shop manual isn’t clear about the jack points. All I can say is I would very carefully experiment by trial and error until I get the right points. I wish there was a better way if I understand correctly.

I literally cross my fingers everytime I’m at a tire shop, hoping they don’t eff my car up the same way someone did before I bought it.

[Bill D]

I would have a talk with shop manager before any work is done explaining how the jack points are tricky and to be extremely careful. A plus would be when they do in fact successfully jack up the car you can ask them to show you where they jacked it up and then you can take pics of the locations.