"Feels good to be clean!"

Gig103 · 01-17-2010, 04:16 AM

That's surely what my car is thinking this weekend! I hadn't touched the car since Christmas Eve when I did a wash and put on a fresh coat of wax - I remember because my father-in-law was with me. I didn't even do the wheels at that time.

Since then, the typical Arizona dust, and then a light rain made it look even worse by spattering up the dust. It is still clean compared to how it would look if I was still in Philly (with road salt and whatnot), but it is dirty compared to how it is normally maintained. So I took some before and afters - not many as I was losing light (also why the after pictures are a little blurry). The wheels in particular were awful, but cleaned up with just a soapy MF towel and small brush, since I put two coats of Jet Seal on them a few months ago.

Oh, and this afternoon at Home Depot, a random lady complimented me on it, and seemed embarrassed that her minivan was so filthy parked next to mine.

Enjoy!

icandie · 01-17-2010, 12:24 PM

looks great. i think youve inspired me to go outside and wash my car, even though its only 2 degrees celcius here in Toronto

HsiangHsu · 01-17-2010, 12:28 PM

isnt it hard to clean thos wheel? i remember back in the days i have my 330ci... it was almost impossible to get the break dust off the wheels...

catch · 01-17-2010, 01:49 PM

looks good

Craig@SupremePower · 01-17-2010, 05:10 PM

lookin good..

jopa489 · 01-17-2010, 10:46 PM

Looking good!

Gig103 · 01-18-2010, 12:04 PM

Thanks everyone!

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Originally Posted by HsiangHsu

isnt it hard to clean thos wheel? i remember back in the days i have my 330ci... it was almost impossible to get the break dust off the wheels...

With the JetSeal on them, they wipe off very easily, actually. If your wheels are painted (OEM ones are) then you should consider putting some sealer (not wax) on next time they are clean. There's also wheel specific stuff from Poorboys and Rejex.

Detailed Image · 01-18-2010, 02:02 PM

Looking sharp, keep it up!

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