Clean wheels!

[Dymanique06]

The long and short of this thread is that I spent 3 hours this afternoon taking my wheels off to clean them. (Also swapped fronts with rears as I'm getting new tyres in a couple of days and want the new shoes up front, it was the rears that needed changing)

So jacked it up, took the wheels off and one by one I jetwashed, applied AG clean wheels, scrubbed with a brush, jetwashed again, dried them. (Here's where I might get some stick because I'm a noob compared to most of you) I then applied AG extra gloss, before buffing off and applying AG Foaming tyre shine and AG alloy wheel seal, then I chucked them back on the car and voila picture time...

Before...

After...

And back on the car...

I know the rest of the car is dirty! Doing it tomorrow

And here's a cheeky picture of my torque wrench... Anyone else got one of these?

 

[Detail Chris]

Nice but that torque wrench...used last by WW1 plane mechanics iirc!

 

[Dymanique06]

Haha I know right! I didn't have one, and this is my dads answer haha

 

[Dr HMS Derv Destroyer]

Looking good. In all honesty iirrcc the torque wrench is probably more accurate than the new ones lol. They don't build tools like they used too!

 

[Dymanique06]

Good to know, it is very easy to use and read, although when you're trying to torque the wheel nuts to 77 foot pounds it is a bit of a guess to just stop between 75 and 80 haha

 

[The Chubby Pirate]

Nice work!

The jack i use on my car served my dad as an apprentice mechanic 35 years ago lol.

 

[Dymanique06]

Love how well we used to make stuff! I think I was born several decades too late!