sc354

Hey guys. I find that my wheel wells get sooo damn dirty all the time, well it's no surprise since all the **** that gets thrown from the tires goes onto this. Anyhow, after washing my car, and pressure washing the wheel wells at maximum power (1600 PSI), they still look dirty. I was looking for a product to keep them looking new, or atleast black, and came across the Mother's Back-to-black product. Can someone tell me if this is a good product to use on there? if not, can someone suggest what they use to make the wheel wells look new again???

thanks

The Acclude

Back to black is made for plastic and moldings...maybe simple green and a scrub brush. How many miles on yours, because I can still see some blue on mine (31K) Also when you get em clean, and I dont know if this works the same way, but you can spray wd-40 in the wheel wells, and that should make dirt easily rinsable works with snow & ice too

sc354

well I'm talking about the plastic pieces inside the wheel wells. I believe it's screwed onto the outer rim of the wheels/body. Anyways, I don't think I would spray wd40 in that area, unless someone else confirms that it's okay to do. I never thought of using a scrub brush but it makes sense that it would help clean them.

btw how come I couldn't use the back-to-black even though it's a plastic surface???

Type S Lady

Grease Lightning works well for me, any kind of degreaser. Been used on all my Hondas!

Bear2Day

Your going to love this, From the people that brought you invisbile glass(Stoner). They just came out with, More Shine less time for tires. Before you say anything, Just spray it in the wheel well (Be carefull not to hit the paint) around the tire, just wait for a moment. It will look just like new!

It surprised Me how well it came out!

Type S Lady

Grease Lightning!

Tom Blasing

I just use a scrub brush and the same bucket of soapy water after I washed the rest of the car. Needless to say it is the LAST area of the car I wash with that bucketfull.

SK2003TypeS

After cleaning them out, you might want to try to spray the inside of the wheel well with some Armour all or cheap tire protectant to give it that "black" look. Stoner's line is really nice too. If you feel like spending some money, you can look into some of Griot's undercarriage spray.
Also, with the spray, ice/snow won't stick in there as well.
I'm going to try Meguiar's Engine Kote this winter to see how it holds up.

fsttyms1

you could but its not going to clean them well, its designed for the small black moulding on cars doors and such, you would be wasting alot of money using that on your liners. a scrub brush and some simple green or whats left in the bucket after washing would do. then you could use some cheap tire foam on the plastis or yes wd40 but the tire foam would go further

T Ho

Sheesh. Kids...

Comet2404

Well, I have all brand new ones on my car!!! since I got in that accident... but yet, I still havn't got my car back. BUT... what I DO use is Black Magic (or other tire shiner). I'll wash the car, and with the same mitt that I clean my wheels with, I scrub the plastic, and then when it dries, I spray the silicon on that and the tires, and voila, looks brand new!!!! Try it! Its great!

dee diddy

is he talking bout the mud guards?
why even bother scrubbing out your wheel well?!?
you must have a lot of time to clean your car.

sc354

well when I clean my car up and down and it takes me 5 hours, I may as well spend the extra hour detailing around the edges. One thing I find is if I clean my car up and down, then clean the windows and everything else, but the wheel wheels are covered with a thin layer of mud, it looks like I haven't cleaned the car at all. The only reason it's exposed so much is because the car is stock height. If it was lowered, the tires would tuck in more, thus hiding most of the noticeable mud. Anyways, I'll go to CDN tire tonight to try and find something, btw the car is looking and running great (knock on wood)

dee diddy

i didn't know these days people look at your wheel wells.

sc354

well it makes the car look dirty if they're not clean.