Wheelwalls

[toyotaowner]

Has anybody ever detailed the inside of wheelwalls? You know, when a new car arrives and the wheelwalls are really new and is shiny.

Anybody know what makes them so shiny and what can we apply to make it look like that again?


Thanks!

[jfelbab]

I power wash the wheel wells and follow up with CD2 Engine Detailer. This is a resin based product that dries hard and doesn't attract dirt and grime.

[Lt1Corvette]

The reason I think most are really shinny when they are new is that they are painted. After a few thousand miles or 90 in my case there is no paint left. I resprayed mine with something 3m make's specifically for the wheel wells. Other that that power wash and clean followed by some sort of exterior dressing works great.

[Marc08EX]

Is your car brand new? Well, we have a van and we're washing the wheelwells everytime we wash the car and that helps maintain it without any type of dressing.. A good idea is to but the Meguiar's Super Degreaser from the Detailer line and just spray liberally in the wheelwells and wait a couple of minutes before hosing off.. If you would like the dress them, I would suggest going with products that jfelbab recommended so it wouldn't attract dust nor dirt.. You could also use water-based products such as Hyper-dressing too!

[1BadMach1]

My car is not a daily driver so I'm not terribly worried about dust, It gets cleaned more than often than I drive it. I usually wipe the wheel wells with a rag when I'm doing the wheels. I let it dry usually as I'm drying and waxing the car. Then I spray the wells with Armour All. I know, I know, Armour All? Well what else am I supposed to do with the stuff I get for Christmas? I haven't got the family trained yet. I am thinking about hiding tape recorders in their bedrooms with a tape in them that just keeps repeating Meguiars, Meguiars, Meguiars. Any way the Armour All makes the wheel wells black and it looks fairly decent.

[Bill D]

Actually AA is in the clear these days for all surfaces it's used to treat

I constantly detail wheel wells. Mine are of the plastic paneling variety so a good rubber/vinyl dressing would be ideal. I used to use Enginer Kote, it's discontinued so I may experient with other similar products. The Megs Hyper Dressings sounds like it could offer the same result and performance as the EK.

[Superior Shine]

We start every detail with a good soaking of the wheel wells with APC (All propose cleaner) then we pressure wash them. We have a dedicated wash mitt just for the wheel wells. We then dress them with hyper dressing mixed 1:1.

[Tim Lingor]

Hey,

I normally use Meguiar's Engine Kote for the wheel wells. However, now that it is discontinued, I have switched to either the Hyper-Dreassing at a 1:1 or 2:1 ratio, or Meg's Silicone Free Dressing. Either one gives a great satin look to the wheel wells!

Tim

[Don]

The wife keeps buying me bottles of Black Magic Tire Wet. I won't use the stuff on my own tires, but there are a few customers who really like that drippy wet look. I use it on my fenderwells after using an APC and scrubbing them out with a long handled brush.

[Bill D]

Originally posted by 2hotford
Hey,

I normally use Meguiar's Engine Kote for the wheel wells. However, now that it is discontinued, I have switched to either the Hyper-Dreassing at a 1:1 or 2:1 ratio, or Meg's Silicone Free Dressing. Either one gives a great satin look to the wheel wells!

Tim

Tim,

How's durabilty? I really need something at least as durable as EK was. Tire dressings, both water or solvent based, just wouldn't cut it in light to "normal" bad weather.

[toyotaowner]

Originally posted by Bri
Is your car brand new? Well, we have a van and we're washing the wheelwells everytime we wash the car and that helps maintain it without any type of dressing.. A good idea is to but the Meguiar's Super Degreaser from the Detailer line and just spray liberally in the wheelwells and wait a couple of minutes before hosing off.. If you would like the dress them, I would suggest going with products that jfelbab recommended so it wouldn't attract dust nor dirt.. You could also use water-based products such as Hyper-dressing too!

Yep my Sienna is new. So what is all this hyper dressing? And degreaser? Can I just used some concentrated dishwasher soup & water to clean the wheelwalls? I acutally have some Armor-All vinyl/rubber/plastic spray. I could use that like another member suggested...

[Marc08EX]

Originally posted by toyotaowner
Yep my Sienna is new. So what is all this hyper dressing? And degreaser? Can I just used some concentrated dishwasher soup & water to clean the wheelwalls? I acutally have some Armor-All vinyl/rubber/plastic spray. I could use that like another member suggested...

My uncle has a Sienna as well and that's the car I was talking about.. Well, since your van in brand new and there's probably no dirt buildup in the wheelwells, you can just use diluted dishwashing soap.. Well, that's what I do since they won't degrade like the finish's clearcoat..

The Super degreaser is used to remove all of the dirt that has attached to the surface.. This is primarily used for the engine but the seller once adviced me that it could also be used in the wheelwells. On the other hand, Hyper-Dressing from the Detailer line is a water-based product that dresses tires, rubber and vinyl surfaces, etc..

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Good luck and post pics when you're done!