Am I crazy?

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Herminator

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 Edinburgh
Having just fitted my nicely refurbed wheels yesterday and washing the car today, I decided a needed a better way of cleaning my wheels.

So I've just spent £35 on a set of "wheel woolies" :o
Bloomin expensive but are they worth it?

They seemed the best way to get to the back of the inner faces and have very little chance of scratching the nice new surface.

Oh yes, I also spent £25 on some sealant just for the wheels :oops:

Can you tell II really don't like cleaning alloys? :wink:
 
I received one of the wheel woolies last week, ordered the medium one. They are great, can now get to the back of the wheels with ease :thumbsup:
 
andysat said:
Any pics of a woolie??
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We have lots of them in Wales...

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I managed to get some weather decent enough to wash my car in yesterday and used the woolies for the first time.

So far, they're good but I can see it being very dependant on what wheels/brakes you have.

The large brush is great for getting the inner surface of my front wheels, but I've got CSL's fitted, which are 19". For the rears though I find the stone guard on the brakes makes the gap a bit too tight, the brush will go in but it feels like I'd be scraping the "wool" too much on the guard, so here I used the medium brush. It could do with a handle closer to the length of the big one though, there's not much left to hold onto when getting to the far side of the rear alloys.
The medium brush is also good for getting between the caliper and the wheel, no need to move the car. On my CSL's it was also pretty good for around the spokes, getting into the corners where the spokes meet the rim nicely, but I also tried a wheel brush I've had a while, which looks like a paint brush but with a sliding colar, I think I preferred the latter for doing the corners of the spokes but there's not much in it.

On the whole they are much better for getting the inner wheel surface than anything else I've used, which is great when you have fairly open designed wheels. They are softer than any bristle type brush but also leave a cleaner sweep, no brush marks left behind. Time will tell if they start to fall apart or not, I hope not, I like them, but still think £35 is quite expensive unless they last for years.

I've not yet found a use for the small one on the wheels, I think it will be better for things like around the boot hinges.
 
like the look of the woolie but how do you apply your carnuba to the inner wheel ? 8)
don't say its only me who removes the 4 wheels every wash ? :wink:
 
mr wilks said:
like the look of the woolie but how do you apply your carnuba to the inner wheel ? 8)
don't say its only me who removes the 4 wheels every wash ? :wink:
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You dont do you?? :o
 
mr wilks said:
don't say its only me who removes the 4 wheels every wash ?
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Surely this actually makes a lot of sense right. Maybe not every time but every 5th wash. Jack her up, clean one wheel at a time :thumbsup:
 
andysat said:
mr wilks said:
like the look of the woolie but how do you apply your carnuba to the inner wheel ? 8)
don't say its only me who removes the 4 wheels every wash ? :wink:
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You dont do you?? :o
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well it was a bit of a faff until i bought 4 jacks & fitted just 1 wheelbolt to each wheel :crazydude: then its surprising how quickly you can do it :P
 
mr wilks said:
like the look of the woolie but how do you apply your carnuba to the inner wheel ? 8)
don't say its only me who removes the 4 wheels every wash ? :wink:
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I applied some G Techniq stuff to the wheels before fitting them instead of wax :thumbsup:

Don't have a wheel jack though...
 
Actually I'll bet it's quicker with air tools and a trolley jack to lift and remove 2 at a time and refit than workong through the spokes. Alternative is a bitlike decorating the hall through the letterbox..

I confess to cleaning the inner whenever I have cause to remove a wheel.
 
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