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03-13-2024, 04:54 AM
#111
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Re: Wheel Wednesday!
Originally Posted by DFB
Like new!
First time I've tried this combo out on them. I find they're hazing up pretty quickly at the moment. In the past 6 months I've tried Collinite 845, 303 Touchless Sealant, 303 Graphene Nano Spray Coating, and Dodo Juice Iron Gloss. While they all offered protection, and ease of cleaning, the gloss doesn't last long and the haze reappears. I've had these wheels for 4 years now, and they are cheaply powder coated. I've still got Dodo Juice Blue Velvet I could try out, but I'm not going to buy a special wheel sealant just for these, and everything I've tried previously will be fine on the alloys when I switch them back on.
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03-26-2024, 11:33 PM
#112
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Re: Wheel Wednesday!
Tidied up the wheels on the Qashqai, they weren't bad so it was a wipe over with Ech2o, also topped up the Autoglym Instant Tyre Dressing, mainly for the passenger side. Also checked the pressures, all good. It might be time for a rotation, they haven't covered a lot of kilometres, but they've been on over a year.
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03-28-2024, 11:07 PM
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03-28-2024, 11:31 PM
#114
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Re: Wheel Wednesday!
Originally Posted by Eldorado2k
Working on an older Chevy Silverado today. Chrome wheels, they’re hammered with stains.
0000 Steel Wool & plain water as lube.
Wow…. Night and day.
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04-10-2024, 02:44 AM
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Re: Wheel Wednesday!
I decided to do a tyre rotation on the Qashqai today, and of course it's an opportunity to get inside the wheels. I've never actually taken the wheels off this vehicle before, but this is its second set of tyres.
I worked on the insides first, the backs weren't bad, the fronts had more brake dust, but weirdly, all 4 had tar spray on the inside of the barrels. I used Turtle Wax Wheel and Tire cleaner first, as I said they weren't too bad and this moved the brake dust easily.
Then I broke out the Gyeon Q2M Tar to remove the tar sprays, which worked well, a bit surprised at that, I don't remember buying it, so I've probably had it on the shelf for over 5 years, I haven't used it, that I can remember, since we moved to our new home 4 years ago.
I then sprayed the wheels front and back with some 303 Touchless Sealant. And dried with a cheap MF.
I also discovered that the space saver spare only had 12.5 psi in it, it's supposed to be 60, it's never been used. The most frustrating part of today, getting all the little black plastic nut caps back on, is there a special trick to it that I'm not aware of?
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04-30-2024, 05:44 PM
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04-30-2024, 05:54 PM
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Re: Wheel Wednesday!
Originally Posted by chilly
I know I’m a day early but I got 3 sets of studded tires/wheels to swap out in the next week so I thought I’d get a jump on things
Summer shoes for the little blue car
Before
During
After
It was 45 and partly sunny when I started but it clouded up and started raining while I was putting stuff away and it is snowing up above us
I still need to get a couple of coats of sealant on the wheels and dress the tires but I’ll get to those tomorrow
Those are those damn Bridgestone Turanza run flats and nothing I have tried will get them truly clean
Scrub them 4-5 times and they will still bloom brown
I’ve learned to live with it and can’t wait until they get replaced
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You're not early for us, it's already Wednesday here, there won't be a wheel Wednesday for me today, we're expecting rain all day.
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05-01-2024, 02:43 AM
#118
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Re: Wheel Wednesday!
Originally Posted by chilly
I know I’m a day early but I got 3 sets of studded tires/wheels to swap out in the next week so I thought I’d get a jump on things
Summer shoes for the little blue car
Before
During
After
It was 45 and partly sunny when I started but it clouded up and started raining while I was putting stuff away and it is snowing up above us
I still need to get a couple of coats of sealant on the wheels and dress the tires but I’ll get to those tomorrow
Those are those damn Bridgestone Turanza run flats and nothing I have tried will get them truly clean
Scrub them 4-5 times and they will still bloom brown
I’ve learned to live with it and can’t wait until they get replaced
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My sister had those tires on her Mazda, they did the same thing for me as well.
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05-01-2024, 02:10 PM
#119
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Re: Wheel Wednesday!
Finished wheel set number 1
2 coats of Megs HCW wiped on with a slightly dampened applicator and buffed between coats and 2 coats of Perl at 2 parts Perl to 1 part water, knocked down between coats
I gave myself Smurf hands from the Megs
I’ll get these on the car today and start on the set for the new car tomorrow
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05-02-2024, 03:53 AM
#120
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Re: Wheel Wednesday!
Originally Posted by chilly
Finished wheel set number 1
2 coats of Megs HCW wiped on with a slightly dampened applicator and buffed between coats and 2 coats of Perl at 2 parts Perl to 1 part water, knocked down between coats
I gave myself Smurf hands from the Megs
I’ll get these on the car today and start on the set for the new car tomorrow
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You need some nitrile gloves sir. You make it down to seattle PM me if you feel like doing a lunch or such.
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