wheel wells

[dlsteele]

I am having trouble figuring out how to get the wheel wells of my car clean. I scrub them and they look great until they dry...then they turn back to brown. Is there a product I should be using or a technique that I am missing. please help!

[Zuke]

Re: wheel wells

What part of the wheelwell. Any plastic parts Id go with some APC and giving it good cleaning, followed by some M39/40 and dressed with some ASD.

[Tuck91]

Re: wheel wells

What part of the wheelwell. Any plastic parts Id go with some APC and giving it good cleaning, followed by some M39/40 and dressed with some ASD.

[dlsteele]

Re: wheel wells

i feel stupid but i dont know what any of those abbreviatioons mean

[Tuck91]

Re: wheel wells

i feel stupid but i dont know what any of those abbreviatioons mean

Meguiars All Season Dressing and M40 Vinyl and Rubber Cleaner Conditoner will work for dressing the wheelwells.

If if you do not get them 100% clean you can still dress them.

[Nappers]

Re: wheel wells

I spray APC (All Purpose Cleaner from the Detailer line) and when done, spray with M40 or ASD and let it drip dry, our Yukon and Neon has black plastic/coated wheel wells and look great when done!

ASD is a little more durable than M40.....

Our wheel wells have tar slung on them and not perfectly clean, after dressing they look fine. A lot of grime bounces around in there so don't sweat it if you don't get them perfectly clean before dressing.

[Calais]

Re: wheel wells

In all liklihood you will never get your wheel wells 100% clean. Mine are pretty messed up from dried on cement and paint from the street, no amount of APC (All Purpose Cleaner) or even Westley's Bleche-Wite has done anything to change that. I dress them with Hyperdressing (after a good cleaning to get the grime off) and they look beautiful.

[J. A. Michaels]

Re: wheel wells

Here is another vote for the combo of All Purpose Cleaner and All Season Dressing. Woks very well.

[Tuck91]

Re: wheel wells

so don't sweat it if you don't get them perfectly clean before dressing.

What I have yet to achieve is 100% perfection in the wheelwells. But I am working on it.

[stlted]

Re: wheel wells

An easy way to shine them up is to spray Tire Foam in them.

[Poki]

Re: wheel wells

If you plan to use the tire foam...and I do often...park in the street befor you spray the wheelwells. The gunk will drip and stain the driveway.

[cardriver]

Re: wheel wells

Ah, this situation will be a great time for me to try out my new Body Solvent...followed by some 4:1 APC plus scrubbing and rinsing, drying, then finally 3:1 Hyper Dressing .

[xcfw]

Re: wheel wells

Simple green?

[akimel]

Re: wheel wells

I use APC+ and a brush. I then spray on Stoner Trim Shine, which I picked up at the local NAPA store. I think it cost me $6 per can.