Keeping alloy wheels clean

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Hoping for some tips on the best way to keep alloy wheels in good condition

My wheels are always stained with black material that I guess is probably brake dust.

I can clean it off but it gets in all the corners and is really hard work.

Can I spray or wipe anything on the wheels to help prevent stuff sticking to them?

Just had the wheels refurbished so they look like new but I know it won't last long.

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Cotty said:

I have used Chemical Guys wheel guard on mine. Works great to stop the brake dust getting to the wheel.
on my https://chemicalguys.co.uk/collections/wheels-tire...

Thanks for the tip. Just ordered some of this and will give it a try.

I do try and clean the car regularly but the wheels are sport classics and just have so many edges and corners it's really tedious trying to clean them.

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Gas1883 said:

Wheel design does make it easier though to keep clean

Agreed, very much this in my experience.

Those BMW wheels do indeed look very clean. But the wheels only have 5 spokes. On my wheels the brake dust collects in the corners where the spokes meet the rim. On the BMW above there are only 10 of these corners and they are easy to access and clean.

The problem with my Porsche Sport Classics is there are 38 of these corners per wheel and they are not so easy to access/clean making wheel cleaning more of a chore.

Anyway I've coated the wheels inside and out with the Chemical Guys Wheel Guard wax as recommended in this thread. And I've done it whilst they are all shiny an new. I'll report back how well it works.

My PITA wheels look like this........