Easiest wheels to keep clean

Easiest wheels to keep clean

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ZOLLAR

19,908 posts

174 months

Wednesday 27th April 2016
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The ones on my D2 are pretty easy to clean.



Not the best picture but I think they're these ones.



Easy to clean in between the spokes etc.

RS250_Steve

149 posts

103 months

Wednesday 27th April 2016
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Y'all need this;

http://www.autoglym.com/products/products/wheel-pr...

(i'm not from Texas)

lostkiwi

4,584 posts

125 months

Wednesday 27th April 2016
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These are on my SL at the moment and are dead easy:


These are easier than you'd think as well:


But these just had to be the easiest ever. Just spit in their general direction and they were clean!

Gad-Westy

14,571 posts

214 months

Wednesday 27th April 2016
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Leins said:
Gad-Westy said:
Leins said:
Hated doing these:

Yep, utter ball ache. Must find a better sealant to make it easier in future. Look nice though!
Slightly OT, but have you got one of these?: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BMW-Alpina-wheel-hub-cov...

Really useful for removing and fitting the centre-caps, as takes the pressure off the lock. Seller was decent to deal with too when I bought mine
Funny you say that because I have got one that came with the car but I had no idea what it was for. Thank you for enlightening me. Should help a lot.

GTIAlex

1,935 posts

167 months

Wednesday 27th April 2016
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easy peasy

TheFinners

543 posts

128 months

Wednesday 27th April 2016
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The ST170 ones are a real pain, 15 spokes and lots of edges for dirt to sit in. Look great when they are clean mind.


talksthetorque

10,815 posts

136 months

Wednesday 27th April 2016
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Easiest must be off of a mate's corsa in the early 90s.



I hated these, Bit of a twist on some spokes - meaning nice narrow channels where the spokes met.


Now have these to tend to once every five or six months. Much better.


Leins

9,472 posts

149 months

Wednesday 27th April 2016
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Gad-Westy said:
Funny you say that because I have got one that came with the car but I had no idea what it was for. Thank you for enlightening me. Should help a lot.
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stumpage

2,112 posts

227 months

Wednesday 27th April 2016
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These were by far the easiest wheels I've had on a car to clean.


TankRizzo

7,275 posts

194 months

Wednesday 27th April 2016
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talksthetorque said:
Easiest must be off of a mate's corsa in the early 90s.

Came here to post these. Doddle.

LuS1fer

41,137 posts

246 months

Wednesday 27th April 2016
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Corvette C4


My Mustang - bought for that very reason

vikingaero

10,373 posts

170 months

Wednesday 27th April 2016
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lostkiwi said:
But these just had to be the easiest ever. Just spit in their general direction and they were clean!
Those VikingAero wheels are the best ever! biggrin

phumy

5,674 posts

238 months

Wednesday 27th April 2016
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Chris Stott said:
Twists on my 996 are super easy to keep clean... smooth finish, and the gap between the spokes is big enough to get your hand through to clean the inner surfaces.

Got the same "Twists" on my RS2 and they are easy to keep clean.



Gavin0478

473 posts

142 months

Wednesday 27th April 2016
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Pain in the butt as are the polished style!


All that jazz

7,632 posts

147 months

Saturday 30th April 2016
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sc0tt said:
worst

E46 MV2 ? Looks suspiciously like it and I concur, I hated doing them on mine. The multi-spoke alloys on the previous Mondeo ST were a nightmare too. I don't enjoy cleaning them on my current Focus ST either but that's more because the car and wheels only get washed once per year.

Lester H

2,739 posts

106 months

Saturday 30th April 2016
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Fiesta Zetec around 1997 to 2002 had lovely 4 spokers which were really easy to clean and didn't usually corrode unlike the car itself. Design was simple and with gentle curves. The new angular and laser cut "look" wheels now fashionable are going to be future headaches. New car buyers will no doubt be familiar with alloy "insurance"

Edited by Lester H on Saturday 30th April 23:14

Tango13

8,448 posts

177 months

Saturday 30th April 2016
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Try cleaning the front wheel on a motorbike with twin discs, total PITA, as I have a single sided swing arm on my bike I find it easier to remove the rear wheel to clean it.

DKS

1,678 posts

185 months

Saturday 30th April 2016
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Saucy AND dead easy to clean. Bloody strong, too. 308mm brakes fit under there as well.


aka_kerrly

12,419 posts

211 months

Sunday 1st May 2016
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hardest to clean by a mile.


easiest



Britcar driver

75 posts

99 months

Sunday 1st May 2016
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Wire wheels on my E-Type are a pain to keep clean. I'm thinking about getting a set of Dunlop steel wheels because they'd be way easier to clean, and they look cool.