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What wheel cleaner on 20in diamond cut wheels?

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Re: What wheel cleaner on 20in diamond cut wheels?

Post by X5Sport » Mon Sep 23, 2013 7:16 pm

I find it works just fine after being left for a few mins, gently agitated and then washed off with a pressure washer....  I don't dilute it.

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Re: What wheel cleaner on 20in diamond cut wheels?

Post by pvr » Mon Sep 23, 2013 8:47 pm

I will do the same. Just washed the car and it did not touch the brake dust. Just made it a slightly lighter colour of black. I had to do a lot of manual sponge work to get all the dirt off.

Undiluted next batch it will be to see what that does.
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Re: What wheel cleaner on 20in diamond cut wheels?

Post by 535dboy » Mon Sep 23, 2013 9:06 pm

I always thought it was really good when I used to use it and mine were covered in brake dust in just one week
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Re: What wheel cleaner on 20in diamond cut wheels?

Post by pvr » Mon Sep 23, 2013 9:39 pm

Mixed with water or pure?
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Re: What wheel cleaner on 20in diamond cut wheels?

Post by markda » Tue Sep 24, 2013 12:06 am

[quote="X5Sport"]
I use this stuff[/quote]

Seriously???  I started the thread saying I'm already using Bilberry...  :-[

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Re: What wheel cleaner on 20in diamond cut wheels?

Post by Raj » Tue Sep 24, 2013 1:42 am

[quote="markda"]
[quote="X5Sport"]
I use this stuff[/quote]

Seriously???  I started the thread saying I'm already using Bilberry...  :-[
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PMSL. It'll be fine for your rims. I'm using it on polished dished rims no probs.
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Re: What wheel cleaner on 20in diamond cut wheels?

Post by 535dboy » Tue Sep 24, 2013 6:01 am

[quote="pvr"]
Mixed with water or pure?
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Straight on
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Re: What wheel cleaner on 20in diamond cut wheels?

Post by Raj » Tue Sep 24, 2013 9:28 am

[quote="535dboy"]
[quote="pvr"]
Mixed with water or pure?
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Straight on
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For real baked on brake dust that is the best way (undiluted) and you can leave it on for a while before jet washing off as its safe in that respect.
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Re: What wheel cleaner on 20in diamond cut wheels?

Post by Caesium » Wed Sep 25, 2013 1:07 pm

Getting my 20's stripped and painted in gangster black.

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Re: What wheel cleaner on 20in diamond cut wheels?

Post by markda » Wed Sep 25, 2013 1:19 pm

I'd be interested to see any photographs of the 20in wheels painted in a different colour, especially if the car is Carbon Black.  I'm not there yet, but I'd imagine the day will come and when it does I'm undecided what route I'll take.

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Re: What wheel cleaner on 20in diamond cut wheels?

Post by Caesium » Wed Sep 25, 2013 1:30 pm

Mine's white but i'll post pics when its done...
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Re: What wheel cleaner on 20in diamond cut wheels?

Post by Pradaman » Sun Oct 06, 2013 9:13 pm

How long is the corrosion warranty on the E70 wheels??

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Re: What wheel cleaner on 20in diamond cut wheels?

Post by markda » Sun Oct 06, 2013 10:43 pm

I'm guessing non existent outside of warranty, really disappointing!  But given BMW have suffered darker days with the well documented issues a few years back with 19in wheels cracking I can't see a little corrosion registering too high on their agenda!

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Re: What wheel cleaner on 20in diamond cut wheels?

Post by Drpellypo » Tue Dec 31, 2013 10:46 pm

Used to run a detailing firm and cleaned wheels on cars from golfs to Ferrari, lambo etc and only ever used Bilberry or P21s. They were the only two products I knew wouldn't cause problems on mirrored finishes. Any other product is likely to be caustic which is good at cleaning, but very harsh.

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