Introductory post and first question

[sberk1012]

Hey Mike and everyone. My name is Shane. I have a black 2013 ZL1 Camaro. I am relatively new to detailing, but becoming addicted very fast. Excited to be a member here.

My question is: what is the best sealant for painted wheels (black, clear-coated)? I would like something that works particularly well at "repelling" brake dust. My brake pads throw a ton of dust onto my wheels and they can be tricky to clean. So many options besides my normal paint sealant for the body..

Here are a few of the options I've been considering: opti-coat 2.0, GTecnniq Exo v2, CQuartz DLUX (I can also use this one for restoring some of the fading plastic trim on the car). Thanks in advance

 

[Setec Astronomy]

Well, I've never used DLux, but myself and many members can attest to the goodness of Opti-Coat 2.0 in this application.

 

[conquistador]

Get Opti coat 2.0 for wheels. Dlux for plastic trim. Best of both worlds.

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[chopper023]

I use Collinite 845. Inexpensive and it works! Lasted on wifes car for over 9 months

 

[allenk4]

Since you are willing to spend the money

Opti-Coat the wheels

You will love DLUX for black trim especially pebble textured stuff

 

[sberk1012]

Thank you for the great feedback everybody! OC 2.0 appears to be the winner. I'll likely take the wheels of and use that stuff. Maybe 2 coats?

My friend has some Adam's Super VRT, which I may use for the fading plastic trim instead if I'm not going with with DLUX for the wheels. Will have to make a budget-based decision on that one

 

[Setec Astronomy]

Thank you for the great feedback everybody! OC 2.0 appears to be the winner. I'll likely take the wheels of and use that stuff. Maybe 2 coats?

My friend has some Adam's Super VRT, which I may use for the fading plastic trim instead if I'm not going with with DLUX for the wheels. Will have to make a budget-based decision on that one

I always do two coats. If you are going to have to compromise, and not fix your trim, I would reconsider using DLux for both; DLux is going to be very similar to Cquartz (just like C4 is purportedly the same thing as C1). I'm pretty sure you could do a lot worse than DLux on your wheels, just like you could do a lot better than VRT on your trim.