Wheel Wednesday!

[chilly]

You need some nitrile gloves sir. You make it down to seattle PM me if you feel like doing a lunch or such.


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Thanks for the invite and the next time we are in the area I will take you up on lunch or something

I love nitrile gloves for about 5 minutes and then I have sweated in them so much they are squirmy and squishy and all I want is to get them off

In Hawaii it was comical, I could take one off and pour a 1/4 cup of water (sweat) out of the glove

Even in Alaska I can't wear them

 

[Setec Astronomy]

Working on an older Chevy Silverado today. Chrome wheels, they’re hammered with stains.

0000 Steel Wool & plain water as lube.

You're a miracle worker with that stuff!

 

[Setec Astronomy]

I decided to do a tyre rotation on the Qashqai today, and of course it's an opportunity to get inside the wheels.

That's what I do during rotation, of course my being so "OCD" about it always turns a simple rotation into a huge project, I used to just dress the inside of the tires, now I do a coating. And of course cleaning the back of the spokes, etc.

I also discovered that the space saver spare only had 12.5 psi in it, it's supposed to be 60, it's never been used.

Thanks for the reminder, I really need to do that on all the cars under my umbrella.

The most frustrating part of today, getting all the little black plastic nut caps back on, is there a special trick to it that I'm not aware of?

Are you talking about something over the lug nuts?

 

[Setec Astronomy]

Chilly--wheels look good, mountains look good, Perl looks really good. Someday I have to try my little sample bottle.

 

[chilly]

Chilly--wheels look good, mountains look good, Perl looks really good. Someday I have to try my little sample bottle.

Thanks, I like the Megs HCW as a base and then I have a spray bottle of the HCW and distilled water at 1:3 that I spritz and rinse after maintenance wheel washes, and it rejuvenates and extends the life of the HCW base coat

One day I will finally embrace a real ceramic wheel coating but I will likely try the watered down HCW as a "topper" anyway

I thought I ordered a 500 ml size Perl just to try when I was on the last of my ancient bottle of 303, but I guess I actually ordered the liter bottle, so I shouldn't run out in this lifetime

Perl at full strength seems way too thick for even tires and the normally seen tire dressing ratio of 1:1 seemed too thin so I settled on 2:1 Perl/water and I think that suits me the best

At times it doesn't go on smooth and even and seems splotchy until you buff it out with a MF and then it levels and comes out very uniform

There was a bit of a learning curve and I think deep cleaning anything that had 303 on it is essential
1:3 Perl/Water seems to be the hot ticket for engine compartments and 1:5 Perl/water is great for interior use

 

[Big DaveBig Dave is verified member.]

Are you talking about something over the lug nuts?

Yeah, these little sh1ts, they even give you a tool to remove them with, but that's no help getting them back on with my fat fingers.

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[Setec Astronomy]

Yeah, these little sh1ts, they even give you a tool to remove them with, but that's no help getting them back on with my fat fingers.

That's weird. Seems like the kind of thing that would go right in the bin once a dealer or tire shop worked on it. Just like every person I've ever talked to that had an exhaust heat shield problem and went anywhere (including the dealer), the heat shield went in the trash rather than being reinstalled.

 

[chilly]

Yeah, these little sh1ts, they even give you a tool to remove them with, but that's no help getting them back on with my fat fingers.

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I had a vehicle once (can't remember which one) that had lug nuts with a thin chromed metal sleeve over the lug nut just about like yours but they were kind of crimped in at the base so the sleeves were "permanent"

Except about the 3rd time you took them off and on that metal sleeve got distorted and you had to tap the socket on the nut with a mallet and then fight it to get it out of the socket

But when you got mad and took aviation shears and cut them all off without trying it on one first, you found out they were then a non SAE and non Metric size and you didn't have a socket that would fit them anymore

Ask me how I know

 

[Setec Astronomy]

But when you got mad and took aviation shears and cut them all off without trying it on one first, you found out they were then a non SAE and non Metric size and you didn't have a socket that would fit them anymore

Ask me how I know

My recollection was that it was a metric size with the stainless was on the outside, and then imperial after it came off, at least on the Chevy I had.

 

[chilly]

My recollection was that it was a metric size with the stainless was on the outside, and then imperial after it came off, at least on the Chevy I had.

Maybe that was it, I had a few Chevys over the years

Maybe I just didn't have the correct socket

It has been decades, that much I remember (or don't remember as the case may be)

 

[Big DaveBig Dave is verified member.]

I had a vehicle once (can't remember which one) that had lug nuts with a thin chromed metal sleeve over the lug nut just about like yours but they were kind of crimped in at the base so the sleeves were "permanent"

Except about the 3rd time you took them off and on that metal sleeve got distorted and you had to tap the socket on the nut with a mallet and then fight it to get it out of the socket

But when you got mad and took aviation shears and cut them all off without trying it on one first, you found out they were then a non SAE and non Metric size and you didn't have a socket that would fit them anymore

Ask me how I know

That's where you need one of these, not sure of the torque that one of these could take though.

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[chilly]

That's where you need one of these, not sure of the torque that one of these could take though.

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I knew what you meant before I even clicked on the link

Those have been around for years but I have never seen one in person

I remember seeing them on late night TV

My father in law, who never used more than a screwdriver or hammer in all the decades I knew him, bought ALL of those gimmick tools

 

[Setec Astronomy]

Maybe that was it, I had a few Chevys over the years

Maybe I just didn't have the correct socket

It has been decades, that much I remember (or don't remember as the case may be)

Maybe I have it backwards. Maybe they got screwed up because I used a metric socket on them when they were an imperial size, or vice-versa. I think I still have some spare lugs for that car knocking around in my cabinet, even though it's been gone for 30+ years.

 

[chilly]

Maybe I have it backwards. Maybe they got screwed up because I used a metric socket on them when they were an imperial size, or vice-versa. I think I still have some spare lugs for that car knocking around in my cabinet, even though it's been gone for 30+ years.

You could be completely correct

I’m 68 and not all the cells are still firing


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[Setec Astronomy]

I’m 68 and not all the cells are still firing

Oh come on, Chilly, you're sharp as a tack

 

[chilly]

Wheel Wednesday Redux

Wheels for the new car that went about 500 miles and got yanked off and replaced with new studded tires and wheels because uncontrollable sliding sucks

These are monsters, 22” wheels and certainly not low profile tires. They are bigger than the 4Runner tires. The front discs are enormous with 6 piston calipers, and they are nicely painted with Lexus logos. I’ll take a picture when I do the tire swap

Hard to see but they are two toned, gloss black and gray.

The gray is actually a composite overlay that’s glued to the main body of the wheel with some ungodly expanding glue and I think any hollow areas are filled with the adhesive because it sounds solid and almost metallic

I hit the face of the wheels with BH AF and let it dwell and then foamed front and back with Megs HW and let that dwell and pressure washed it

I hit the tires with TW Hybrid purple whozits foam and got after it with a brush and rinsed

I foamed again and used woolies, brushes, and a wheel mitt to get the nooks and crannies

A final rinse and blow dry and then into the garage for a wipe down

Blowing those cracks and crevices out was a nightmare

I will hit them with Megs HCW and Perl tomorrow and get them swapped over the weekend

I’m going to have questions on the winter wheel set when I get to cleaning them

 

[chilly]

Oh come on, Chilly, you're sharp as a tack

That's insulting to tacks everywhere

Trigger warning...

 

[DFB]

I had a vehicle once (can't remember which one) that had lug nuts with a thin chromed metal sleeve over the lug nut just about like yours but they were kind of crimped in at the base so the sleeves were "permanent"

Except about the 3rd time you took them off and on that metal sleeve got distorted and you had to tap the socket on the nut with a mallet and then fight it to get it out of the socket

But when you got mad and took aviation shears and cut them all off without trying it on one first, you found out they were then a non SAE and non Metric size and you didn't have a socket that would fit them anymore

Ask me how I know

Both my Mustang and Ranger had those two-piece lugs, basically a chrome/stainless jacket pressed over a steel nut. Over time, the steel nut corrodes and caused the outer jacket to swell and expand, which then prevents or makes it extremely difficult to remove. I've since replaced both sets with solid lugs.

 

[chilly]

I’m either early or late for Wheel Wednesday but I take my weather breaks where I can get them and I wanted to get these winter tires done and out of the middle of the garage

I set up the pressure washer plus the air hose to keep the Ike pressurized

I hit them with my standard mix of BH AF first and I’ve noticed lately that the foaming performance of my Ike is dropping off so I need to sort that out

I followed the AF with TW pink stuff and scrubbed the tires then used Megs HW to foam front and back

I hit them with brushes, mitt, and microfiber woolies

I blew the wheels out with my Ego and hit them with 3D Bead it Up

That stuff is a joy to use and goes on and comes off easier than anything I can remember using

I decided against tire dressing since they only have about a 1,500 miles on them and it seems like the consensus is put some miles and some washes on them before dressing or coating

I tried blaming the mess on the dog but the boss wouldn’t buy it

They are safely in the shed until next winter


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[Klasse Act]

Alaskan Wednesday

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