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Cleaning/Protecting Chrome Wheels

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mike2858

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what do you guys use to clean and protect your chrome rims?
 
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WhiteHeat306

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wash your car once a week. eagle one makes great chrome and aluminum wheel cleaner. use that along with a soft wheel brush. between washings, keep a bottle of window cleaner and spray wax in your trunk. i had chrome rims on my old car and i used to clean them every day with window cleaner and put a coat of spray wax over top of that. it will give your rims the ultimate glow.
 

mike2858

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thanks- anyone have any input?
 
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wytstang

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Yup eagle one wheel cleaner then top it off with a wax. Wax makes cleaning them a lot easier and helps reduce the amount of brake dust and road grime thats able to attach itself to the rims.
 
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blueconv00GT

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Mothers' chrome polish works miracles on chrome wheels. I use it once every 3 or 4 washes and just clean them normally in between and they shine like new.
 

mike2858

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thanks for the help.
 
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qwick94GT

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I like the Orange colored Eagle One, and yes Windex makes 'um shine.
 
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oohsoobad2

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A clay bar with Windex works really well at getting off brake dust aand road grime. I also like the Mothers polish...
 

mike2858

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the mothers cleaner sounds pretty popular. i am going to protect the rims with z2 from zaino.
 
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02GTRX

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I use mothers about every 10 washes. between that I use Rain-X window spray/foam, that makes the chrome resist water spotting.
 
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