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Offline AndySwfc

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Alloy wheels
« on: May 10, 2012, 09:23:05 pm »
Hey what's the best thing to use when cleaning up and polishing the wheels everytime I clean them they still have marks on them cheers

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Re: Alloy wheels
« Reply #1 on: May 10, 2012, 09:28:50 pm »
have you protected the wheels with wheel sealant...ie poor boys wheel sealant

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Re: Alloy wheels
« Reply #2 on: May 10, 2012, 09:33:44 pm »
Bilberry wheel cleaner... use that to start with. Then blast them with ironx to get rid of the stuck on brake dust particles.

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Re: Alloy wheels
« Reply #3 on: May 10, 2012, 09:41:36 pm »
As Rich has said they are probably metal deposits from the braking system so Iron-X will sort most of it. May well be some tar spots too so Tardis would be the next step!  :happy2: