- Jul 13, 2006
- 4,782
I wiped down my wheels with a damp rag for first time after 60 miles on new car.
It was pure black on white rag. I was told by my detailer that you should do this after each drive, or....it will etch and pit over time.
It took me about 20 minutes to wipe down all for wheels "right"....ie, getting every nook and cranny, and ripping up half a terry towel. Broke a sweat too.
Now, I realize all 4000 of us aint going to do this after a brisk saturday morning drive while the cup of joe or pancakes goes cold, a nice dinner out, and get the black stuff on the sport jacket or pants, or with the hot date cooling the 4 inch heels on the couch, so whats plan B?
Well, P21S ( Made in Germany) is what BMW, MB, Porsche, Audi, VW recommend for their alloy wheels. I ( a realtive car guy) never heard of this but did see that cool shaped green bottle in the bax of car mags for last 20 yrs. On Sat, whatched as the detailer sprayed the gel version on my '85 BMW wheels, worked it over with Meguiars wheel brush and voila 35 yr old BMW 6 series wheels were like new. I tried Simple Green, Joy, Dawn, once even Bon Ami (it did leave scratches). Nothing worked, and there was always a funky tint on the wheels.
With P21S it gives it that bright alloy look with out a single blemish and a gloss finish....not a single scratch. Was told other wheels cleaners use HCL acid and you can burn and die from this.
I am still not man enough to wet anything but pure water on My GT, but thought I would offer this up. :thumbsup
http://www.p21s.com/products/bis_wc1.html
It was pure black on white rag. I was told by my detailer that you should do this after each drive, or....it will etch and pit over time.
It took me about 20 minutes to wipe down all for wheels "right"....ie, getting every nook and cranny, and ripping up half a terry towel. Broke a sweat too.
Now, I realize all 4000 of us aint going to do this after a brisk saturday morning drive while the cup of joe or pancakes goes cold, a nice dinner out, and get the black stuff on the sport jacket or pants, or with the hot date cooling the 4 inch heels on the couch, so whats plan B?
Well, P21S ( Made in Germany) is what BMW, MB, Porsche, Audi, VW recommend for their alloy wheels. I ( a realtive car guy) never heard of this but did see that cool shaped green bottle in the bax of car mags for last 20 yrs. On Sat, whatched as the detailer sprayed the gel version on my '85 BMW wheels, worked it over with Meguiars wheel brush and voila 35 yr old BMW 6 series wheels were like new. I tried Simple Green, Joy, Dawn, once even Bon Ami (it did leave scratches). Nothing worked, and there was always a funky tint on the wheels.
With P21S it gives it that bright alloy look with out a single blemish and a gloss finish....not a single scratch. Was told other wheels cleaners use HCL acid and you can burn and die from this.
I am still not man enough to wet anything but pure water on My GT, but thought I would offer this up. :thumbsup
http://www.p21s.com/products/bis_wc1.html
