Cleaning wheel wells

**Intercooled** · 09-14-2004, 08:28 PM

How do you guys clean and dress wheel wells?

**jaybs02** · 09-14-2004, 08:34 PM

I use a long handles brush

And dress w/ AA applied with a long handled fish tank cleaner pad

**imported_perry** · 09-14-2004, 08:44 PM

Brush and soap & water to clean, tire foam to dress. Recently tried Stoner`s Trim Shine, but it was too shiney for the wheel wells, IMHO. The AA foam I`ve used in the past is better for me.

**Intercooled** · 09-14-2004, 08:57 PM

whats "AA" ?

**stevet** · 09-14-2004, 09:11 PM

Originally posted by Intercooled

whats "AA" ?

Armor All

I use Stoners Trim Shine. I like this because I just spray and walk away and it dries with no drips and no need to buff.

**AMDin93103** · 09-14-2004, 09:15 PM

I will usually clean with APC+ and a nylon bristled toilet brush to break things up under there. I let the APC sit while I spray and quickly brush one sides` tires/wheels with A2Z, then rinse the WW and wheels. After the entire wash I dress the WW`s with a 50/50 Armor All (AA) solution which evns out fairly nice. As I dress the tires (Bn

I will wipe any drips offa the flaps etc. HTH.

-Stu.

**Peter Crowl** · 09-14-2004, 09:18 PM

What do you do if the paint inside the well is coming off? 2000 Honda CR-V...seeing bare metal inside the well...planning to take off the wheels to clean behind them...plan then to coat the well...ideas?

Peter...welling to learn...in Denver

**AMDin93103** · 09-14-2004, 09:27 PM

Originally posted by Peter Crowl

What do you do if the paint inside the well is coming off? 2000 Honda CR-V...seeing bare metal inside the well...planning to take off the wheels to clean behind them...plan then to coat the well...ideas?

Peter...welling to learn...in Denver

Some options discussed here in previous months. LouisianaJepper undercoated his Mustang a while back and it looked great.

http://www.autopia.org/forums/showth...g+undercoating

http://www.autopia.org/forums/showth...g+undercoating

-Stu.

**Dinzdale40** · 09-14-2004, 09:36 PM

i`ll spray it down with undiluted degreaser...let it sit for a sec....wipe them down to agitate dirt....then spray all the dirt out.....then put a dressing on them....they aren`t perfect but are perfect for detailing customers wheelwells....i`ll only take more effort if more money is given for me to work on them....

**Accumulator** · 09-15-2004, 11:31 AM

Since doing the wheelwells of the Audis "properly" I`ve been able to keep them nice with just a strong shampoo mixture. I use a foam glassware cleaning thing and BHBs. On the other vehicles, I use EFHI.

Peter Crowl- I`d just get them reshot at a good paint/body place myself. But if you want something easy to DIY then yeah, the undercoating idea should work fine. It can be a little messy when you`re maintaining them though.

**Intercooled** · 09-15-2004, 04:56 PM

Do You guys clean your wheel wells at every wash?

**ntwrkguy1** · 09-15-2004, 05:01 PM

I clean mine at every wash....it`s an easy process, and the car just doesn`t look right without the wells being clean.

**Peter Crowl** · 09-15-2004, 05:01 PM

Well I`m just a new kid here..but I do make a point of spraying off the wells with each wash....no sense no doing it. I`m not going into them with my wheel brush since I haven`t had time to remove the wheels and really clean the wells yet...but once I do I see no reason not to use the wheel brush to run over the inside of the well.

Peter...looking at passing cars and seeing only a very few that are even clean let alone maintained...in Denver

**jaybs02** · 09-15-2004, 05:04 PM

I do, it only takes a few minutes

once it`s cleaned and dressed the first time. most dirt washes off pretty quick

**Intercooled** · 09-15-2004, 05:09 PM

I would always hose them out but never detail them. Now you guys have made me feel guilty, I`m going to have to start cleaning them alot better. It just seems like a very tediouse job trying to get in there around the tire to only get splattered with road crap when you pull away shortly after!!