Cleaning rims

[marinetowing]

The white enkies on my evo are coated with brake dust and rubber, the brake dust seems to clean up ok with jiff, a scotchpad and some elbow grease but cant seem to get the rubber to budge:thumbsdown:
Does anyone have any suggestions for removing it? I am going to give some citric acid based cleaner a go any maybe some form of rubbing alcohol...but I still have tyres on them so will need to be careful using solvents.
Cheers guys any ideas would be appreciated

 

[GSRSOL]

try some eucalyptus oil - or big kevs goo remover

 

[bazeng]

Take care that you dont remove the paint / clear coat on your rims...

 

[EVO-00X]

Normal bug and tar remover

 

[TMAK]

i clean my rims with wax n grease remover lol.. dunno if it's bad but it works for me..

 

[marinetowing]

Cheers guys
Well I tried every cleaning agent known to man and nothing would get it to budge:unsure:
Thanks for the warning Baz as I tried some thinners on the inside of the rim and it wiped the rubber staight off but took the clear coat with it.
Extra cut polish is the only product I am having any luck with, but its going to be a time consuming prick of a job:blink:

 

[Dean]

Resraying them might be better Scotty??

 

[marinetowing]

Resraying them might be better Scotty??

Was considering that option Deano but cant really afford to get it done, plus the rims are in great condition apart from the rubber!
I finished one and it took most of the day with the polish, not one of the most pleasing jobs I have done

 

[ONPSI]

As much a i love my white rims too i think its time for a respray...had thought about looking for some "dustless brake pads" but i think thats almost impossible..have considered a colour change but can't leave my white rims i love them too much..
Are your rims very old?? i think white rims need a repsray every few years depending on how well you take care of them some how mine have gutter love on them hence why a respray is needed.. :/

 

[marinetowing]

As much a i love my white rims too i think its time for a respray...had thought about looking for some "dustless brake pads" but i think thats almost impossible..have considered a colour change but can't leave my white rims i love them too much..
Are your rims very old?? i think white rims need a repsray every few years depending on how well you take care of them some how mine have gutter love on them hence why a respray is needed.. :/

Not too sure how old they are but they came up quite well with the polish, I guess it's a matter of trying to clean them as often as possible to keep them from getting to the stage that they were in.
I am wondering if some sort of silicon or wax based spray (that is heat resistant) would stop the brake dust and rubber from sticking to the rims?
I used to use silicon spray on my motorcross bike to stop mud from caking up under the guards and it worked a treat.

BEFORE

AFTER

 

[TMAK]

OMG they look brand new, great work.. ps: i love those rims! i want a set.
can you clean my rims? lol..

 

[steve]

This doesn't help with grease (I had a CV boot explode a while back and covered my wheel with grease .. I'm still getting it all off lol), but for normal washes, I've found the cheapest and most effective way to get my (white) wheels clean of brake dust and shit is bbq/oven cleanear. Spray it on, leave it for a few minutes, and hose it off .. comes up like new.

 

[thirteen]

The things we do for that white rimmed rally look. lol.

 

[GSRSOL]

they came up great scotty!!!

 

[ONPSI]

Hell yeah going to try that now i usually just degrease the hell out of mine as mine look like yours before you started but on with the oven cleaner!

 

[DOUGMO]

they came up great scotty!!!

bloody oath mate

 

[htgsr]

You could also try some "brakleen" its a CRC product thats what i used to use to clean the supercar rims, try not to get too much on the tyres tho but a little over spray is not a drama

 

[kessen]

i just wipe over the rims every week with an old cloth that just gets discarded after...every now and then the cut and polish might be needed
i did try a wax on it too that seemed to help but i ran out of that stuff and have since gotten lazy =\

 

[SIVART]

polish is the best on the white, also a prepwash can help with getting some rubber off also

I want to do my rims now, they came up mint

 

[MrSinister81]

I haven't been a member of this forum very long but it's interesting to see what everyone has tried. I can divulge a few secrets here and there from a show'n'shine guru and some Nascar (don't laugh) pointers which I use quite a lot on Jap cars. So looks like this will be my first one.

You would never think of using this product on rims but it is another thing to test first (although I can't see how it could ever hurt a car). Mr Sheen, eats through rubber, tar, grease and everything you couldn't get off your rims with bug and tar remover or anything else I saw listed for you to try. Quicker and easier than cut'n'polish and it forms a protective layer so next cleaning session is also much easier just like you asked about.

Used that a lot on Nascars to remove rubber and tar from the paintwork after drafting/slip streaming for 50 odd laps. Shines up shadow chrome really nicely too ;-)

I use Mr Sheen on my rims every couple of months to get rid of tar build up from local road works .......will they ever end?