Detailing Chat & Questions Thread

[Sir Nancy Flowers]

I always find the meguiars ultimate wheel cleaner to be really good too 👍

 

[BaileyWolves]

Bilt Hamber wheel cleaner the best I have used ever 👍

 

[Sunglasses_Ron]

IMO no wheel cleaner will get baked on brake dust off better than ironX unless you go for an acidic one.

Once the baked on s**t is off then maintain the wheels with a non acidic wheel cleaner as mentioned above.

 

[Adamm.]

Bilt Hamber Korrosol is what I've been using recently. Works wonders but smells awful.

 

[imprezaworks]

The cheap Lance I bought is okay.

 

[imprezaworks]

Anyone looking to sell a das pro or similar let me know please

Thanks.

 

[Oggy997]

Seems i scuffed the m235i reversing out of a farm yard in Poland at Christmas.

I've tried chemical guys v32-v38 with an orange, white & red hex logic pad but I can still see some of the slightly deeper parts of it and can feel its ridges with my fingernail.

What should I change next? More abrasive pad?

 

[imprezaworks]

Probably time to visit a body shop if you can get your nail in it

 

[imprezaworks]

Decent if you have a black car.

Sonax Colour Nano Pro Polish And Wax For Cars And Other Vehicles - Black 296100-544 500 ml Bottle - Also Available Silver, White, Red and Blue https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00103AEP2/?tag=cliospnet01-21

 

[Adamm.]

Seems i scuffed the m235i reversing out of a farm yard in Poland at Christmas.

I've tried chemical guys v32-v38 with an orange, white & red hex logic pad but I can still see some of the slightly deeper parts of it and can feel its ridges with my fingernail.

What should I change next? More abrasive pad?

Wet sanding maybe. Sounds like it might need a bit of paint but you could try the sanding as a hail mary before that.

 

[Steve]

Sonax paint sealant on new motor

 

[MLB]

Nice! Seen one of these in LY for the first time today, looked and sounded great!

 

[massiveCoRbyn]

What do people use for sealing wheels? I've never done it before, but looking at some white rims and want to protect them.

 

[MLB]

Coating like Gyeon rim holds up fairly well altough I've heard good things about Gtechniq C5, I'll be trying that one next.

 

[Steve]

Nice! Seen one of these in LY for the first time today, looked and sounded great!

Only had it two weeks, awesome bit of kit very sleeper, race mode is comical.
Got it after @GiT told me about the crazy deal.

 

[Steve]

What do people use for sealing wheels? I've never done it before, but looking at some white rims and want to protect them.

Good quality high temp wheel wax works well.

 

[massiveCoRbyn]

Good quality high temp wheel wax works well.

Any recommendations on a particular product?

Keep in mind that I am lazy as f**k and don't want to have to be applying stuff every week

 

[Ol’ Tarby]

Carbon collective platinum wheels

 

[davo172]

Only had it two weeks, awesome bit of kit very sleeper, race mode is comical.
Got it after @GiT told me about the crazy deal.

Crazy deal ??

 

[BaileyWolves]

I have used loads of stuff including auto finesse wheel wax which did absolutely sweet fa protection wise

 

[BaileyWolves]

I have now resorted to just using normal wax on the wheels as some form of protection

 

[imprezaworks]

@JamesBryan and @Dr Jekyll

They use something and rate it iirc

 

[MatthewR]

Any recommendations on a particular product?

Keep in mind that I am lazy as f**k and don't want to have to be applying stuff every week

Geyon Rim usually gets good reviews

 

[Steve]

Crazy deal ??

£222 a month

 

[davo172]

£222 a month

More info please?

 

[Steve]

More info please?

It was posted in the epic lease deal thread about a 2 month ago

Relaxing watching the rain stream off this morning

 

[JamesBryan]

@JamesBryan and @Dr Jekyll

They use something and rate it iirc

Gyeon Rim mate.

 

[Short Norman]

Get some ironX on them mate.

got a bottle of ironX and last night I swapped the bottle cap off and put the spray nozzle on. My god it stinks

I made the mistake of leaving the bottle top in the garage (intergral) and the garage stinks now 😂😂

 

[Steve]

got a bottle of ironX and last night I swapped the bottle cap off and put the spray nozzle on. My god it stinks

I made the mistake of leaving the bottle top in the garage (intergral) and the garage stinks now 😂😂

Eggy farts

 

[rbeazer]

Carpet Extractors ...
Amazon have got the bissell spot clean on sale right now for 99 quid. Worth it ?
Or should i spend the extra 50 quid to get the pro version ?

 

[BaileyWolves]

Just a quick clean over thought I would post some pics , cheers , Mark

 

[imprezaworks]

tidy

 

[BaileyWolves]

tidy

Thanks dan

 

[massiveCoRbyn]

Gyeon Rim mate.

It's over £30 for 30ml

 

[MLB]

@BaileyWolves Looks stunning, how could you even suggest selling it!

The weather will get better soon, better for detailing and better for driving!

And if we're all going to be quarantined I'll finally get some time to polish mine, need to get rid of the swirls and overspray!

And @massivewangers cleanandshiny have rim for 25,20 with code dw10. Currently out of stock, but it looks like no-one has got any stock. Worth it though! It'll last for ages and makes cleaning wheels super easy.

 

[BaileyWolves]

@BaileyWolves Looks stunning, how could you even suggest selling it!

The weather will get better soon, better for detailing and better for driving!

And if we're all going to be quarantined I'll finally get some time to polish mine, need to get rid of the swirls and overspray!

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And @massivewangers cleanandshiny have rim for 25,20 with code dw10. Currently out of stock, but it looks like no-one has got any stock. Worth it though! It'll last for ages and makes cleaning wheels super easy.

Thanks pal I know mate I get fed up sometimes but giving it a good clean and seeing it nice makes it better lol 😂 I love the colour of ur car, roll on lock down as got machine polishing to do myself come on boris sort ur s**t out 😂

 

[Jekyll]

@JamesBryan and @Dr Jekyll

They use something and rate it iirc

I used Carbon Collective ceramic stuff.

Only washed them once but come up ok. Not like super silk though. I think adding a wheel wax will help. I have poorboys stuff. It's ok for a few weeks depending on how often the wheels get dirty. But its cheap and I had some leftover.

I'll look into a better wax in the future.

 

[BaileyWolves]

The gyeon rims looks good stuff cheapest I can see is eBay 27.99 plus postage is it worth it anyone who’s tried it ?

 

[MLB]

Thanks pal I know mate I get fed up sometimes but giving it a good clean and seeing it nice makes it better lol 😂 I love the colour of ur car, roll on lock down as got machine polishing to do myself come on boris sort ur s**t out 😂

Thanks! Only looks this good when it's clean and the sun is out though

Nice how clear your headlights are as well, I definitely need to polish mine.

 

[BaileyWolves]

Thanks! Only looks this good when it's clean and the sun is out though

Nice how clear your headlights are as well, I definitely need to polish mine.

Think that’s the same for all Clios mate I use mine daily so I try to keep on top of it the best I can. I had them refurbed mate last year but run the polisher over them now and again with a compound it keeps them fresh does make a difference to the front end tho