I ordered this product about a week ago, and when I was reading reviews about it it seemed like it should be a great product. I was a bit skeptical and was thinking that it will not be as good as the websites claimed.
Well, I think it was great and worth the money.
Some people on Autopia were saying that it is not that good, but I am not sure if they actually tried it. It worked with great success on my wheels.
I would say that this product's advertisement is about 97% accurate, and I say this just on the basis of its cleaning abilities. I ll update you about how it keeps up regarding brake dust buildup and ease of cleaning.
I got it from properautocare.com, and it was 14.95.
Packaging:
It came in a plain black jar. It was decent quality and easy to open and close.
Smell:
It has a vanilla / banana smell. I thought that it was ok, not overpowering and pleasant.
Application:
It was very simple to apply and hazes fairly quickly. Simple wipe on with a terry cloth applicator.
Cleaning ability:
As you will see in the pictures it does a very good job. It cleaned most all of the brake dust that the wheel cleaner didn't get and it also took about 95% of the hard baked stuff. Removed tar without a problem as well. It did not remove some of the small black dots on the wheel. These, I will have to try to remove with a clay bar, but sometimes that even does not help.
Removal:
This was the only thing that kinda was hard. I had to go over it a couple of times with a microfiber towel, and sometimes small patches/ lines stayed that I had to go back and rewipe.
Also, if you get it on the tire, it sticks and leaves a white residue as you will see form the pics. But I think I will be bale to remove it when I apply some tire gloss.
Overall I would say that this is a great product and it cut out alot of time from doing the wheels. I used to spend 1 hour a wheel, with claying, polishing and waxing. Now it takes me about 15 min per wheel with Wheel Wax.
I will probably try the claybar again, but if you keep up your wheels (which I have not been able to do since i moved to the appartment complex) this product is sufficient.
Herer are the pics:
BEFORE (This is the left fornt wheel, but the right lokked exactly the same, all the other pics are from the left front)
AFTER
BEFORE
AFTER
BEFORE
AFTER
On this last pic, you will see the small black dots, they are kinda rough and hard to remove. We will see if the clay bar removes it.
****UPDATED PORTION****
Like I promised, here are the picture after two weeks and about 600 miles of driving.
FRONT WHEEL
REAR WHEEL
The front was dirty, but with soap and water it came rihgt out.
The rear wheel got mostly clean with just water. I still needed soap though.
Hope this helps.
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