I bought some 04 wrx rims and before putting them on my car I decided to give them a good clean as there was alot of break dust on from the previous owner.

I have used several wheel/tyre cleaning products to get most of it off, however on the back of the rim (can see in the pic below) there is still some stubborn marks that do not come off.





Any ideas/products that will get this off?

Thanks
Jake

Congrats Jake, nice purchase dude!! Can't really help you out with the marks, but surely there is something out there.

Hurry up and get them on!!

haha cheers Mike,

Will be on by the time uni goes back.

aside from a mechanical aid and a professional polishing compound you will struggle with off the shelf cleaning products.

anything from josco works really well, just like this kit for the home buff...sorry couldn't help myself! find it anywhere, even bunnings!

http://www.josco.com.au/newsite/jia/...lishing_pk.htm

i cleaned up a set of rims i got a s/hand a while back - they had bulk brake dust grease almost fused onto the wheel lol. i used a wire brush to get as much as possible off (dry), then i used septone wax & grease remover, with an old rag, seemed to do the job. fairly time consuming though.

good luck

**edit
using wire brush etc will get all the grime off, but the inside of the wheel will most probably also have some corrosion, so to get it perfect you would have to buff as well as per ramon's post

or as an alternative, you could take them in to be sandblasted then repainted/powdercoated
refer to this thread Clicky

Thanks guys,

Have been trying all arvo and still not coming off, i think it is little patches of corrosion.

Will try Ramon's suggestion with the buffer tomorrow.

Thanks again

Dont waste your time, they looked fkd. Whatever hydrofluric acid/wheel cleaner wont take off, it aint coming off. take it to get sanded and re powdercoated/resprayed

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Thanks for the advice guys,

Having a closer look it just looks like break dust that has bonded/stained onto the medal and not corrosion.

Will keep playing around with them.

Thanks again.

Where exactly can you get hydrofluric acid for cleaning wheels? And what percentage is it?

To have up to 8% HF for pickling pastes I need to have a permit, checks and calcium glutomate on hand for any skin contact (bullshit I know, as you used to be able to buy the stuff off the shelf years ago).

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Yeah I think I'll chuck them on the car and see how noticeable the marks are. The photo posted was by far the worst of the 4. If they are noticeable on the car I might look into getting them re sprayed.

Also, I'll can anyway tell me whats the deal with Yokohama AVS sport tyres?? As I got 2 with the rims that look pretty new. Are they a track tyre as the tread on these looks quiet strange.