whats the best wheel cleaner

[lmoengnr]

Ceramic coating makes it a breeze.

Definitely!

 

[Tonner Matt]

Same, and cheap as when SCA or Repco have it 1/2 price.

Yeah it's great value when it's on special
I just can't justify the ridiculous price of some of these wheel cleaning products on the market.
But each to their own, people are obviously happy with their results or they wouldn't buy the stuff.
I'm happy to just keep using my cheap arse old CT-18 as it works for me.

 

[RastusSSVRedline]

+1 for Bowden’s Own Wheely Clean. Best I have used on my redline wheels and brembo calipers.

I believe there were some issues with certain calipers being affected. From what I have read the problem seemed to relate to calipers without clear coat applied (eg certain HSV calipers) and/or calipers cleaned previously using other wheel cleaners that were acid based and that had affected the clear coat.

I have used Wheely Clean on my wheels for over a year and my brembos look as good as the day I bought the car new.

Also Bowden’s Own have just released a brand new formula (which doesn’t smell anywhere near as bad as the original formula) which works even better and is supposed to be safer on those types of calipers.

 

[Ron Burgundy]

I use Duragloss wheel cleaner. Really good stuff

 

[.05]

thanks guys for all the good info , nothing like first hand experience
as i,m a cheap skate and have a supercheap trade card i will try the truck wash
something that takes paint off sounds like ripper stripper i just want them clean , not back to bare metal

 

[greenacc]

All you need is a bit of car wash on a wet soft car washing brush. In 20 seconds a wheel is shiny clean.

 

[arronm]

Iron X

https://www.waxit.com.au/products/carpro-iron-ls-x-50-500-1ltr-4ltr-1

 

[warrick]

+1 for the Iron X.
cheers

 

[GMVPSS]

I don't use anything on my wheels other than foam and wash.

Snow Foam the car making sure to get wheels and brakes. Pressure wash off.

2-bucket wash on the car and wheels. Also use wheel woollies to get inside of the black rims as they look terrible when clean on the outside, but dirty on the inside.

I also use QFM, HPX Pads which are cleaner than the factory pads.

My rims and callipers look like new 7,000km in.

 

[BlackVXGTS]

I agree with the other posters who say it's necessary to use the normal washing solution you use on the rest of your car and a little elbow grease (together with appropriately sized brushes if you need/want to clean the calipers). I've found that the various spray can solutions are a waste of time and money.