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Since I had the day off Tuesday and I am leaving for the Middle East on Saturday, I figured I would spend some quality time with my CS. She really needed a bath after the torrential downpour I drove through coming home from Atlanta on New Years Eve Eve. Anyway, I spent about 3 1/2 hours waxing my wheels, inside and out. For those of you that have done this, did you happen to notice a spot on each of the wheels where it was just plain nasty compared to the rest of the wheel...and the junk would barely come clean? Every wheel had this spot and the only thing that would take it off was to apply wheel wax, let dry and scrub with a cotton rag. The wheel cleaner and scrub brush would not remove it. It kinda seemed sticky (like the back of an adhesive sticker) when it finally came off in sheets.
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Nothing like that on mine. How big an area? Could it have been where balancing weights had been removed? Cosmoline comes off easily; I use paint thinner (not lacquer thinner). Don't think WD40 is a good base for wax. Does the clear coat look ok now? (warranty issue?)
I just removed my wheels and did the same treatment. I did this during month one of ownership and now during month 12.
This effort was easier, but I did encounter two obstacles:
1. Spots like you referenced. I believe it to be either cosmoling or road tar that had gathered brake dust and set up.
2. Where the former weights had been removed, as a tire was changed.
In both cases, I used a scotch brite pad with 3M adhesive cleaner. The 3M won't hurt cured paint, and i use it to remove wax or bugs/tar on the paint when needed. (but not the scotch brite)
The scotch brite did not have any effect on the inside iof the wheel surfaces, though I wouldn't use it on the outside.
The wheel weight adhesive was a really big pain. I find it a little annoying that the dealer didn't remove it; but they didn't charge for mounting and balancing the tire ...
A fresh coat of wheel wax and away I go ...
Remember to Torque the wheel bolts to 130 NM ...
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Yes, I had those spots of cosmoline residue. It came off very easily with WD40 which left an oily film on the wheel so I had to remove it with Simple Green before applying 2 coats of wheel wax. For best results, I jacked up the car and removed the wheels before cleaning and waxing them. If you decide to clean the wheels without removing them, be very careful not to cut your hand on the very sharp plate behind the brake disk, especially on the front wheels. The wheel wax hos so far done a very good job in making the wheels very easy to clean with some water and a good quality wheel brush.
On the first question, I am sure it is just cosomoline, and I found that WD-40 worked the best at getting it off.
Secondly regarding waxing the wheels. After trying everything I have found nothing worked better than the rest, so find the one that is the easiest to work with and leave it at that. I now use a spray polish like Mothers Gold and that is as easy as it gets.
Thanks for the feeback Russ. Always makes me wonder if these specialized products have a benefit. Once I totaly cleaned the cosomoline my Classic Wheels have been very easy to keep clean and waxed. Altough my daughter thinks I'm nuts because I wipe dawn the wheels before each drive!
I used a citrus bicycle chain degreaser - non-toxic and biodegradable - that I had hanging around in my garage. Cheap too.
Worked like a charm, used my bare hands to rub it on, and hosed off on the driveway. And it smells good - kind of a nice lead-in to that yummy wheel wax smell. A couple of very small areas needed a second dose - but only because I didn't do this job until a few months into my driving. Some of that stuff was BLACK!
