Do any of you guys have any suggestions for removing cooked on grime from the inside of Aluminum Wheels? I have tried simple green, aircraft stripper, Brakeclean, and Gasoline, the only other things I can think of is sandpaper or bead blasting. Anyone know of any other simple options?:help

Ian

Easy off + steel wool

Aluminum? Really? You sure?

To remove baked-on dust from my BMW wheels before selling, I've taken them to a car wash and while still dry, sprayed them down with 'etching MAG wheel cleaner'. After 30 seconds of soaking I spray it off. Anything that doesn't come off the first time gets hit again for 30 seconds and brushed before being sprayed off.

Aluminum? Really? You sure?


Yeah I'm sure wise guy! :) But thanks for the insight, this stuff is hard to deal with! I will give it a try

bmw makes a really great wheel cleaner for natural cast wheels.

well I'm removing the grim off of 4 BLITZ Type 01s for my friends S2K. I bet that BMW Wheel cleaner cost is high!! But thanks

I used Armor All wheel cleaner to do mine.
Simple green to clean the dirt off and the AA afterward.
Scrubbed with wire brush before AA then used a cloth with gloves on to wipe AA around.
Didn't get it all the first time, but much, much better after 3 years of never doing it.
I plan on painting black in the near future so I don't have to do this again.
Wheel looks cheap when outside lip chrome and inside alum.