Wheel wax/protector

[Belle427]

We have a few different style wheels on the family cars and I was looking for preferably a spray on wipe off product that adds a few weeks of protection. I'm not an obsessive detailer so the easier the better.
Any feedback on products would be great.

[Crafty_]

http://www.raceglaze.co.uk/car-care-exterior/rimwa...

Make sure the wheel is clean, wipe on, buff off should be good for at least a few months.

[Belle427]

Looks good, thanks.

[Alex_225]

Can't say I've used Raceglaze but heard good things.

I do however use Chemical Guys Wheel Guard which makes them a hell of a lot easier to clean.

[Freds]

Call me 'Old Fashioned'...... but I've found Collinite 476 to be as effective as anything, our daily Subarus get battered with salt and st through the winter months but the wheels look like new after a quick jet wash. It's very durable stuff,

[Alex_225]

476 is extremely good stuff, wheels are effectively painted so no reason why it wouldn't protect them as well. May just need reapplying more frequently than on paintwork.

[Craikeybaby]

I use the Poorboys wheel sealant, it is a bit more involved than spray on/wipe off, but it lasts well.

[smudgerebt]

Opti-Seal is a wowo product.

Colly as already posted.

Carlack is also very good.

If you want the wheels off and have the time for it: Artdeshine Wheel sealant.

(I have used and still use all the above as well as various waxes; sealants from gtech nanolex wolfs carpro gyeon plus many others)

Depends on how much time and effort you want to put into it.

[j4ckos mate]

I did mine with bilberry and a big and small brush,
i got in the gaps and really agitated it


when they dried i polished then with car polish and then waxed them
the Brake dust comes off quite easily,

You can spend £100's on valeting stuff, but if its gets to a half decent standard without you loosing your weekend, then that the way to go for me

[Belle427]

Thanks for all the suggestions, I will try some of the race glaze and see how I get on.

[Number 7]

Do any of the products mentioned work on bare polished alloy wheels?

[Belle427]

Number 7 said:

Do any of the products mentioned work on bare polished alloy wheels?

I would guess that most modern waxes etc would be fine but obviously avoid any acidic wheel cleaners.

[Alex_225]

I used to have a VW Lupo with alloys which had a bare metal lip.

I tended to make sure they were cleaned weekly and gave the lip a wipe with some very light polish once a month. They stayed looking great.

Can certainly use a wheel sealant or wax on them but the main thing I found was keeping the road salt off them.

[Belle427]

Some sealant supplied to me by image wheels years ago for a non protected rim im pretty positive was actually autoglym super resin polish.

[Alex_225]

Haha it may have been very similar. It certainly was enough to clean the lip on those wheels and keep them from tarnishing but I did wash them weekly regardless of whether I got to clean the rest of the car.

A friend of mine had a set of very nice wheels with a polished lip, he parked the car up with the wheels unwashed over the winter. The car was garaged but the polished lip ended up so pitted the wheels would have needed a refurb.

Keeping them clean and the odd light polish will work perfectly