Adam's saved the wheels

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A customer brought me his wheels after a run in with a freshly paved road last fall, needless to say they were in bad shape. They were also covered in brake dust and road grime.

After some GWC, SHR and about 4 hrs per wheel I brought them back to life, I finished them off with a coat of Swissvax wheel wax.

Before:

After GWC and a boars hair brush, removed everything but the hardened tar.

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After SHR and Swissvax wheel wax, and about 4 hrs of hand rubbing to remove and polish.

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[Rich]

You did a great job on them! Wow, what a difference. Thanks for sharing those great results!

[Loud Pedal]

Dang dude, nice work. You've got to love a guy that cares about his work

[Chewy]

Kerosene works the bees knees on removing tar from painted or anodized wheels as well... At least it has on my motorcycles... I noticed this after cleaning the chain with kerosene that it doesn't seem to harm the surface. I just wax it really well when done.

 

Just thought it may save some time over polishing it off.

 

Came out beautiful though! Good job!

 

I take that you are in a Subaru club or something huh? You do a lot of Subaru products.

 

Chris

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yes I'm in a Subaru club.

[Chewy]

yes I'm in a Subaru club.

 

Cool! I'm looking at buying my bro's 2006 Legacy GT for my fiance'. It's been a great car and the price is WAY right.

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look as NASIOC.com for massive amounts of Subaru info and parts, but be warned it is full of pissant aholes.

[Chewy]

look as NASIOC.com for massive amounts of Subaru info and parts, but be warned it is full of pissant aholes.

 

That's the problem when KIDS buy cars and post about them.

 

It's already stage II cobb with up and down pipes.

 

Just need an exhaust... Wonder if the fiance would like it... lol

[Superdutytd]

So did you even try to clay bar to remove the tar and whatnot or is that too much? Did you just use the SHR to remove the tar?

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tried clay, all it did was tear up the clay. yeah it was just SHR and a microfiber applicator.

[Superdutytd]

Those sure do look great. I wish Adam's would come out with a purposeful wheel wax. Those did turn out great. Those are also nice looking wheels. How does that Swissvax wax hold up?

[Marylander]

Taig, I'm always blown away by the quality and detail of your work. Another great job.

[jjwvette]

Look new

[Rich]

Did you know you can use WD40 to remove bugs, tar, and road paint from your car and it won't hurt the paint?

[Chewy]

Did you know you can use WD40 to remove bugs, tar, and road paint from your car and it won't hurt the paint?

 

Yep! A lot of peeps use it to clean their M/C chains as well, but Kerosene works as well and is considerably cheaper. It just doesn't come in a spray can like WD-40 does.

 

Chris