Wheel wax plus 4 hours = Really clean wheels...

BoostedBMW · 02-05-2008, 05:45 PM

I spent around 4 hours today washing and waxing my wheels. These things were a PITA to wax, but in the final outcome was really nice IMO. I applied two coats on the front wheels and one coat on the rear wheels. Hopefully this will help with the brake dust that the oem pads love to cover our wheels with.

VMRWheels · 02-05-2008, 05:48 PM

Looks great! That's a ton of elbow grease that went into cleaning those wheels!

KL2DC · 02-05-2008, 05:54 PM

nice

I'll give it 20 minutes of moderate driving before they turn gunmetal again :Bonk:

BoostedBMW · 02-05-2008, 06:05 PM

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Originally Posted by VMRWheels

Looks great! That's a ton of elbow grease that went into cleaning those wheels!

Thanks.

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Originally Posted by KL2DC

nice

I'll give it 20 minutes of moderate driving before they turn gunmetal again :Bonk:

Haha

... sad, but true. I guess I'll find out tomorrow when I take my car for a ride.

Park2670 · 02-05-2008, 06:37 PM

I just gave up on keeping my wheels clean, especially in the winter. Its just too much work to keep them not black!

MMAJNKE · 02-05-2008, 06:39 PM

Looks great mike 4 hours on wheels your hands must be cramped.

Park2670 · 02-05-2008, 06:40 PM

BTW what wax did you use? Ill have to try this on my VS8s when I get them.

BoostedBMW · 02-05-2008, 06:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Park2670

I just gave up on keeping my wheels clean, especially in the winter. Its just too much work to keep them not black!

I feel your pain... back home it use to suck cleaning my wheels during the winter, but down here it was 77 degrees today!

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Originally Posted by brad @ eas

Looks great mike 4 hours on wheels your hands must be cramped.

My index finger was about ready to fall off by the time I got to the last wheel. I feel like a 95 year old with arthritis.

RRGOO7 · 02-05-2008, 06:46 PM

man sometimes i really think about selling my DPE's ....the maintenance on them is just not realistic....I first have to polish the entire wheel which takes atleast an hour and a half and then i have to apply wheel wax....it SUCKS

BoostedBMW · 02-05-2008, 06:57 PM

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Originally Posted by RRGOO7

man sometimes i really think about selling my DPE's ....the maintenance on them is just not realistic....I first have to polish the entire wheel which takes atleast an hour and a half and then i have to apply wheel wax....it SUCKS

That does blow. I'm assuming that its the lips that are a bitch to maintain, right? I had a set of RoJa's on my last car and the finish with the lips is very similar in that they didn't have a clearcoat on them. They were IMPOSSIBLE to keep clean. I have found that wheels with anodized lips are by far the easiest to keep clean. Just wash them with soap and water once a week and you are fine. The only downside is that if any type of chemical/salt hits the anodized finish then you are screwed.

cycler · 02-05-2008, 07:04 PM

Why clean them. Now you have a choice to have either gun metal wheels or hyper silver wheels

Amir87 · 02-05-2008, 07:37 PM

What wax did you use?

I spent about an hour waxing my 189s and I cant imagine how much pain your hands are in after all those tight spokes!

BTW tomarrow will be 78' Degrees!

BoostedBMW · 02-05-2008, 07:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Amir87

What wax did you use?

I spent about an hour waxing my 189s and I cant imagine how much pain your hands are in after all those tight spokes!

BTW tomarrow will be 78' Degrees!

I used "wheel wax" that you can buy at any autozone or advance auto. I also used this on my 189's when I had them and it kept the brake dust off fairly well for the first month or so. If nothing else, it just makes it easier to wash off the brake dust with soap and water.

I'm loving the spring weather that we have been getting the past few days.

BoostedBMW · 02-05-2008, 07:41 PM

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Originally Posted by cycler

Why clean them. Now you have a choice to have either gun metal wheels or hyper silver wheels

I guess that's one way to look at it.

JacobT · 02-05-2008, 07:50 PM

I use wheel wax on my wheel too. But I still have to clean them every other day

It becomes my after work routine ever day.

Jet Black + Silver mesh wheels

BimmerFan61 · 02-06-2008, 09:46 AM

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Originally Posted by RRGOO7

man sometimes i really think about selling my DPE's ....the maintenance on them is just not realistic....I first have to polish the entire wheel which takes atleast an hour and a half and then i have to apply wheel wax....it SUCKS

Can you get a chrome lip in DPE's?

LaYzEe · 02-06-2008, 02:10 PM

what rims are those? and where'd you buy them? looks hot!

good job on the waxing btw

LaYzEe · 02-06-2008, 02:53 PM

nevermind, i saw your other post

nice ass rims! now if i can only find a place to buy these still...i heard they're discontinued?

BMW F22 · 02-06-2008, 02:54 PM

Holy cow those are some clean wheels? Wonder if you can eat off of it

BMW F22 · 02-06-2008, 02:54 PM

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Originally Posted by lifo

Can you get a chrome lip in DPE's?

Yes sir you can.

simpleE92 · 02-06-2008, 03:50 PM

wow so shiny lol but 4 hours uff u got some serious love into that car lol

BMdblU · 02-06-2008, 04:38 PM

Lookin good!!

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Originally Posted by Park2670

I just gave up on keeping my wheels clean, especially in the winter. Its just too much work to keep them not black!

You gotta clean them in the winter though, or they just stain..

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LaYzEe Major 104 Rep 1,040 Posts Drives: AW E92 335i Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Bay Area, Ca iTrader: (4)	nevermind, i saw your other post nice ass rims! now if i can only find a place to buy these still...i heard they're discontinued?
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