I finally have a 2 day (dry) weekend to work on my car and because of timimg, have not been able to care for my baby as I should (how un-Autopian of me!). Due to my lack of attention, the whels had gotten really black/brown wth brake dust and grime. Normally, I`ve used EF HI, but I`m completely out and needed something from a local source. I found it at PepBoys for $5.47 a bottle. I`d read enough good things about it here to give it a try. All I can say is that I`m impressed.
I wetted down the wheel with a strong blast of water and liberally sprayed the A2Z on the tire and wheel. I let it sit for about 1 minute and then used a scrub brush to work around the tire, generating a nice (black, yucky!) lather. I then ended up using an OralB soft toothbrush to work around the studs holding the wheel together (I`ve got BBS RSII (stock) rims on my Wolfsburg) and used a combination of the toothbrush and a (junked out) mf towel on the rest of the surfaces. Using a strong spray of water, I liberally rinsed the wheel and looked for spots that I may have missed.
While washing the rest of the car, I re-washed the wheels with EF PW+ to make sure that I got all of the A2Z off the wheel. Based on some of the posts about this product, I was concerned that it was not Ph balanced and did not want to cause further problems down the road.
I`ve got to say that they look like new. I`m very impressed, and I think that I`ve converted from the EF HI to the A2Z for this particular cleaning task. That`s saying a lot for me, since I tend to stick with what I`ve got once I find something that works.
Afterwards, I noticed that I`d used 1/2 of the bottle, but I think that I overdid it a bit since my wheels were so cruddy. But at that price, I figure that $2.75 per wash (or about $0.69 per wheel), it`s pretty reasonable. I wonder if they have it by the gallon? :p
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