What is your FAVORITE wheel/tire cleaner?

G35stilez

G35stilez

Ari Gold
In the market for some new rim/tire cleaners since I'm running low. If I am cleaning, I am usually QEW'ing or using a standard 2 bucket/hose wash. I don't have access to a pressure washer. I am pretty happy with what I am using now, but I figured I'd shoot this question out to see what is working for everyone else.



Light Duty Cleaning

-Car wash solution
-Meguiar's APC 10:1





Heavy Duty Cleaning

-TOL's Wheel Wash
-Eagle One A2Z





What's your favorites?
 
EO A2Z. It does most everything I need it to do. I used to like Simple Green for tires, but I just A2Z for all of it now unless the wheels are not too dirty, in which case I'll just hit it with soap & water.
 
Wheels: I have had great success with Orange Blast. It's really cheap and it seems to dissolve brake dust effectively without being too harsh on the wheels.

Tires: Wesley's Bleche-White. I have not had any other cleaner suck so much crap out of a tire. Even without scrubbing it will leave the tires very clean. It's not too mild, so I usually just use my Wheel Cleaner unless I feel the tire really needs a good deep cleaning.

Edit: I use car wash solution with a dedicated (read:old) mitt too.
 
For tires, I use a number of things.

For wheels I highly recommend Poorboys Spray and Rinse. It's a miracle worker. It slices. It dices. ... It's a floor wax and a dessert topping ... (Let's see how many people get that reference.) :lmfao

But seriously, Spray and Rinse is the bomb for wheels.
 
Light- Meg's APC
Heavy- Meg's Wheel Brightener
I'd like to try some botique products but I wash too many cars to justify the expence.
 
Hmm, if you guys are using EO A2Z or something similar. Now what would happend to your wheels that has been SG'ed or Wax'ed....wouldn't all those SG/Wax will flush out? :nono
 
A2z, S&R, and Four Star Wheel Gel right now. Looking at Meg's Wheel Brightner and TOL Wheel Wash. Personally you shouldn't go so high tech with wheel cleaners. Effective and good price is my desire.
 
Poorboy's Spray & Rinse mixed 50/50 with water takes care of most of my needs. I like the 4* Wheel Gel too.......... but it doesn't go far. :( I'm buying a gallon next time. :D

If I'm doing some wheels that haven't been maintained, the S & R full strength seems to take care of them quickly. :bigups

With the right protection on the wheels, regular clean up with car wash works well.
 
klnyc said:
Hmm, if you guys are using EO A2Z or something similar. Now what would happend to your wheels that has been SG'ed or Wax'ed....wouldn't all those SG/Wax will flush out? :nono
Click to expand...

Yeah, probably. But it only takes about 10 minutes to put some more protection back on them. :)
 
I just use regular car wash on my own wheels (detailer's pride, Eiman Fabrik, Megs). My customer's wheels, different story. They need the dank----

POORBOYS SPRAY & RINSE!!!!!!!!
 
I use degreaser(triple7) from automagic on the tires and magnificant on the rims from auto magic. The magnificant is a non-acid tire and whell cleaner. The best ever on raised white letters on tires. Eats the brake dust off of rims without harming them. i'll stand behind that product 100%.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top