Best wheel cleaning tool in the worldever!

Best wheel cleaning tool in the worldever!

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gavinr

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629 posts

273 months

Friday 3rd May 2002
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Just a tip for anyone with fiddly to clean wheels. I tried this last weekend on the cross spoke design wheels on my 350i. I used my brothers electric toothbrush.
It's absolutely brilliant for betting into any small gaps that you normally can't properly clean. The best thing is if you clean it properlly afterwoods all the brake dust comes. He still doesn't know I used it.

Gavin and 350i.

GregE240

10,857 posts

273 months

Saturday 4th May 2002
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I was gonna say Gav, bet he's gonna love you next time he shines up his toofypegs all that brake dust - lovely.
Oh, and when that alloy wheel cleaning acid bites - ouch !

>> Edited by GregE240 on Saturday 4th May 06:00

>> Edited by GregE240 on Saturday 4th May 06:00

Don

28,377 posts

290 months

Saturday 4th May 2002
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I was gonna say Gav, bet he's gonna love you next time he shines up his toofypegs all that brake dust - lovely.
Oh, and when that alloy wheel cleaning acid bites - ouch !



6:00am Greg. 6:00am. Its the Bank Holiday weekend. You don't have kids. What the hell were you doing up then!??

Ahhh the GT on 4 perhaps?

GregE240

10,857 posts

273 months

Saturday 4th May 2002
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6:00am Greg. 6:00am. Its the Bank Holiday weekend. You don't have kids. What the hell were you doing up then!??

Ahhh the GT on 4 perhaps?


No my dear fellow, one of my grandmothers' is up to stay with me & Mrs Greg for the weekend - it was a promise a long time ago when we lost my grandfather.

So I left here at 6:10, got to Bournemouth at just after 8 (including a spirited hoon down the Newbury By Pass - hope to Christ there were no speed cameras). Left her place just after 9, back here just after 11 (she was egging me to go faster - what a fab excuse for a copper - my gran made me do it, officer....LOL).

Right now she's off with the missus in the Porsche, hood down to the shops. We're off to the cinema tonight (she's not been for years), then we're off to the Peak District tomorrow, to meet the in laws, who she never met (grandfather was ill when we got married, so she never met them). Drive her home Monday. Phew !

My grandmother is 86. Hope I'm even still going at that age....

Don

28,377 posts

290 months

Saturday 4th May 2002
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Cool gran! Have a good weekend.

AFAIK there are no GATSOs on the Newbury Bypass (travel it often) but there is the occasional copper in Tot Hill services.

Don

28,377 posts

290 months

Saturday 4th May 2002
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Just a tip for anyone with fiddly to clean wheels. I tried this last weekend on the cross spoke design wheels on my 350i. I used my brothers electric toothbrush.
It's absolutely brilliant for betting into any small gaps that you normally can't properly clean. The best thing is if you clean it properlly afterwoods all the brake dust comes. He still doesn't know I used it.

Gavin and 350i.



You know I've got an electric toothbrush. Can't bothered with it in the morning......might come in useful

gavinr

Original Poster:

629 posts

273 months

Sunday 5th May 2002
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No my dear fellow, one of my grandmothers' is up to stay with me & Mrs Greg for the weekend - it was a promise a long time ago when we lost my grandfather.

So I left here at 6:10, got to Bournemouth at just after 8 (including a spirited hoon down the Newbury By Pass - hope to Christ there were no speed cameras). Left her place just after 9, back here just after 11 (she was egging me to go faster - what a fab excuse for a copper - my gran made me do it, officer....LOL).

Right now she's off with the missus in the Porsche, hood down to the shops. We're off to the cinema tonight (she's not been for years), then we're off to the Peak District tomorrow, to meet the in laws, who she never met (grandfather was ill when we got married, so she never met them). Drive her home Monday. Phew !

My grandmother is 86. Hope I'm even still going at that age....



Greg

I finally took my Nan out today in the wedge after months of persuasion (sp?). Roof down in the sun. She absolutely loved it!? What is it with Nan's and fast cars, I thought they were supposed to hate them

Gavin

GregE240

10,857 posts

273 months

Monday 6th May 2002
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You know I've got an electric toothbrush. Can't bothered with it in the morning......might come in useful


Er...no, can't bring myself to say it, sorry. I have a reputation to keep Don.....

Tabs

983 posts

278 months

Tuesday 7th May 2002
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I've just cleaned my alloys with Mr Muscle oven cleaner, with very good results. It's free when the wife's out!

Fatboy

8,064 posts

278 months

Wednesday 8th May 2002
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Isn't oven cleaner quite abrasive/acidic? i.e. it'll probably strip the lacquer off your alloys and generally F*ck them up?

.mark

11,104 posts

282 months

Wednesday 8th May 2002
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Someone - was it here or on TVRCC mail list? - suggested sugar soap. I tell you what I tried it and was impressed.
Probably less chemicals than alloy wheel cleaner?

mel

10,168 posts

281 months

Wednesday 8th May 2002
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paraffin about 50p for a massive bottle and it works a treat just don't smoke.