Wheel care

dylbert

My wheels are off being refurbed, I'm getting them powder coated and lacquered, whats the best way to keep them tip top when I get them back, will my regular shampoo and wax do or should I get more wheel specific products?

challengemaster

Best thing to do is get something like Gtechniq C5 Wheel Armour, and apply it before the wheels go anywhere near the car. As they're being refurbed it'll have a perfectly clean surface to bond to. It'll make cleaning them a lot easier in future, you won't need any specific wheel cleaners - most of the dirt will powerwash off without any need to touch them.

It seems expensive, but with most gtechniq products a little goes a very long way. There's enough in that small bottle to do 4 wheels, and it'll last for a year at least.

MetzgerMeister

challengemaster wrote: »

It'll make cleaning them a lot easier in future, you won't need any specific wheel cleaners - most of the dirt will powerwash off without any need to touch them.

This isn't actually the way it works. The C5 is the exact same thing as C1 crystal lacquer and despite what you may think, it doesn't give the hydrophobicity you would think. It does however give a much more scratch-resistant surface.

If it's hydrophobicity you're looking for, use Gtechniq EXOv2 instead.

vectra

This works for me.

Clean wheels

dylbert

Picked the wheels up today, really pleased with them, is like a new car, I'll get some pics up when this monsoon stops. Now I'm gonna turn my attention to the calipers, just have to decide on a colour, what yis reason on a black is200 with silver wheels? I was thinking either black or silver, keep it subtle

Curran

Black...just freshen them up!!

Ded_Zebra

Another vote for black. The only colour for calipers IMO . Gives a nice clean look:)

SpannerMonkey

Black for me too , silver only looks good when its the actual metal colour , looks terrible painted