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      09-19-2021, 04:45 PM   #23
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I think BMW should just start doing all their wheels in brake dust color. Our lives will be easier.
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Good point. It's pretty gentle and I'm careful with the spray and rise and haven't had an issue on the last few cars
I may give that a whirl. One thing I keep forgetting to try is simple green. Simple Green is stronger than one would figure. When I worked on F-16s, we used to use SG to clean the anti-seize off of the wheel bolts. And then we would send the wheel bolts to NDI to get x-ray'd. Well we had to stop using simple green, because it was puddling around the head of the bolts, after we dried them, and cracking the bolts. Although, now, I think its turned into more of a water based cleaner.
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For me, the barrels are the worst part. The wheels arent even clean, to me, unless the barrels and tires are spotless. All of that browning on the tire, is all contamination, and fallout from the suns rays. The sun, and road chemicals, turn the tire brown. I take my wheels off, about once a month, to make sure I get them really good.
Trust me. I'm fighting my OCD not to get in there with my hands and clean the barrel myself. Maybe, I'll just take the wheels off once a months and do the calipers as well
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      09-19-2021, 05:06 PM   #26
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I think BMW should just start doing all their wheels in brake dust color. Our lives will be easier.


Or have a car guy, some one like us, design the wheels in CAD so that it doesn't have so many hard to reach places, yet it look awesome
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Good point. It's pretty gentle and I'm careful with the spray and rise and haven't had an issue on the last few cars
I may give that a whirl. One thing I keep forgetting to try is simple green. Simple Green is stronger than one would figure. When I worked on F-16s, we used to use SG to clean the anti-seize off of the wheel bolts. And then we would send the wheel bolts to NDI to get x-ray'd. Well we had to stop using simple green, because it was puddling around the head of the bolts, after we dried them, and cracking the bolts. Although, now, I think its turned into more of a water based cleaner.
Let me know how it works for you. If you Google Kaboom Wheel Cleaner there are a bunch of tests and threads on different forums about how well it works and is safe for paint finishes.
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Let me know how it works for you. If you Google Kaboom Wheel Cleaner there are a bunch of tests and threads on different forums about how well it works and is safe for paint finishes.
I dont anticipate getting too much dust from the CCBs, but my Type R has Brembos, and the brake dust is the same as these cars.
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Wonder if 825M are easier to clean
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Or have a car guy, some one like us, design the wheels in CAD so that it doesn't have so many hard to reach places, yet it look awesome
These wheels seem very easy to clean!
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These wheels seem very easy to clean!
Damn, what on the earth is that sh*t?
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See the picture.

Every time when I thought I was doing great cleaning the wheels, the end result was still bad.

How to clean this properly?

Thanks in advance.
This is terrifying. Making me really rethink the 826 bi color on my order, but are the 825s really that much quicker to clean?

If I'm looking to do a half-assed job cleaning the 826, without it obviously looking this bad (above), how long am I looking at? Will 15 minutes be enough for all 4 wheels?
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Every time when I thought I was doing great cleaning the wheels, the end result was still bad.

How to clean this properly?

Thanks in advance.
This is terrifying. Making me really rethink the 826 bi color on my order, but are the 825s really that much quicker to clean?

If I'm looking to do a half-assed job cleaning the 826, without it obviously looking this bad (above), how long am I looking at? Will 15 minutes be enough for all 4 wheels?
I'm not sure… I'm thinking about taking off each wheel to thoroughly clean. That could take 20 minutes minimum for me.
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Wonder if 825M are easier to clean
Still a huge pain, but likely a little less so. There are less little nooks and holes to get into, but still not super fun.
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Going to go with CCBs because of this post
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Still a huge pain, but likely a little less so. There are less little nooks and holes to get into, but still not super fun.
Makes sense. Wonder if soaking them with Sonax would make it easier
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Makes sense. Wonder if soaking them with Sonax would make it easier
It did, but I still had to get into each of the areas individually.
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Good choice!

I will get CCB too next time!
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Every time when I thought I was doing great cleaning the wheels, the end result was still bad.

How to clean this properly?

Thanks in advance.
This is terrifying. Making me really rethink the 826 bi color on my order, but are the 825s really that much quicker to clean?

If I'm looking to do a half-assed job cleaning the 826, without it obviously looking this bad (above), how long am I looking at? Will 15 minutes be enough for all 4 wheels?
Keep the 826. The relative ease of cleaning the 825s does not outweigh the fact that you have to look at them every day. Nothing against those who specced them but my god do I dislike how they look lol.
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Keeping these wheels clean are the worst part of owning this car for me. It's a BMW trait and it sucks. I scrub a dub dub and 2 days later there trashed. You just have to do the work and scrub and or buy a really good wheel cleaner solution to help which I have yet to find one that is 100% and it gets expensive. Hopefully we'll start getting some low dust pads soon we can swap. Oh third world problems lol.
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Carpro Iron Remover and and Speedmaster wheel brush do that first. Then wash wheels with soap and wash mitt. Takes me 20 minutes and my wheels come out perfect.
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Carpro Iron Remover and and Speedmaster wheel brush do that first. Then wash wheels with soap and wash mitt. Takes me 20 minutes and my wheels come out perfect.
That's great. Do you have any picture of your wheels after wash?
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First of all, I wash my car weekly (it's my daily) so the wheels never get too terribly bad.

Second, I don't bother with the barrels. Too much trouble and if I don't look closely, I can't see that far in.

Third, I use a sponge. I've got or had every tool known to man, and the sponge seems to work best. I went to Ace Hardware and bought a tile grout sponge, and cut it in half. Perfect. Nice and soft, easily squeezes smaller to get into the smaller spoke spaces, but with enough pushback to clean well.

I use Griot's wheel cleaner, and I buy it by the gallon.

I can clean all four wheels in less than 15 minutes.
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