how do you clean behind the front of your rim

[79elcamino]

i clean the front of the rim, no problem, but behind my rim i cant get my hand in there, what brush, if you use a brush do you use to get in there and clean?

[Zuke]

Re: how do you clean behind the front of your rim

I remove the wheel, makes it much easier to not only clean the whole whell but to get the whell well cleaned too.

[79elcamino]

Re: how do you clean behind the front of your rim

that would make it a lot easier but i dont have a jack

[Murr1525]

Re: how do you clean behind the front of your rim

My spoked are spaced wide enough that I can get a toothrbush for a rough job, and a terry cloth once i na whle for better cleaning.

Do you have spokes, or a solid wheel?

[james0509]

Re: how do you clean behind the front of your rim

i clean the front of the rim, no problem, but behind my rim i cant get my hand in there, what brush, if you use a brush do you use to get in there and clean?

Go to autogeek.net and look for them ,

I saw several bendable brushes that are specially made for wheels, haven't tried them myself since I have a pretty wide spacing between spokes.

[Tuck91]

Re: how do you clean behind the front of your rim

Go up to Autozone or Pepboys or even Walmart and grab a few generic spoke brushes. I have a couple of those on hand as well as the Meguiars Ultra Spoke brush.

[RGP]

Re: how do you clean behind the front of your rim

I soak the inside with Simple Green. I then drag a 3 X 5 Scotch Bright pad around the inner rim. If you can straddle the spokes with your fingers, just work it back and forth. For tighter areas I find a chop stick works instead of the fingers. It's tedious, but boy does it make a dramatic difference. I can use Scotch Bright since my inner rims are matte aluminum.

[J. A. Michaels]

Re: how do you clean behind the front of your rim

To me the most effective way is to remove the wheels.

[RickyMartinZ28]

Re: how do you clean behind the front of your rim

I bought one of the above mentioned autozone brushes... lasted a whole 15 minutes...

[BlackScreaminMachine]

Re: how do you clean behind the front of your rim

To me the most effective way is to remove the wheels.

Agreed, as you can get leverage and with spoked rims your still going to miss some. It's a PITA but the best way. Also most cars come with a jack the trunk. Just use that.

[noobhax0r]

Re: how do you clean behind the front of your rim

I've been using one of those generic household brushes from Ikea (PLATIS brush).. cheap and works not too bad. Able to get inbetween my spokes to get the nasty out.