Wheel Wednesday!

[chilly]

I’m retired

I don’t need no stinkin calendar


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[Big Dave1]

This is more of a Wheel, Wheel Well, and Tyre Wednesday. I decided to remove all the mud from the wheel wells, wheels, tyres, and even the rear axle, so that when I do wash the whole thing I'm not spending most of my time underneath.

I was going to break out the pressure washer, but I decided to go with my IK, which had the last of my Carpro Lift left in it, it wasn't enough for a full wash, but it was sufficient for this, and it worked well. I also used my long reach right angle sprayer, which I completely forgot I had, it was hidden behind some stuff in the garage. It's great for inside the wheel wells and even inside the wheels, but you have to be careful bringing it back out, if it's pointing up you might get a faceful.

After I was done, all the loose mud was gone, but the tyres are very brown, absolutely no dressing or protection left.

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[Big Dave1]

Noticed some built up brake dust on the front wheels of the Qashqai, so I gave them a clean. They're very easy to clean so I grabbed an old MF and some ONR, took barely 2 minutes per wheel. Then dressed the tyres with Autoglym Instant Tyre Dressing, once again the passenger side needed more than the drivers side. You can see the rust marks left on the brake disc by the ONR, and that was in about a half hour.

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[Klasse Act]

Noticed some built up brake dust on the front wheels of the Qashqai, so I gave them a clean. They're very easy to clean so I grabbed an old MF and some ONR, took barely 2 minutes per wheel. Then dressed the tyres with Autoglym Instant Tyre Dressing, once again the passenger side needed more than the drivers side. You can see the rust marks left on the brake disc by the ONR, and that was in about a half hour.

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Do you have a spray on, hose off product on the wheels Dave?

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[Big Dave1]

Do you have a spray on, hose off product on the wheels Dave?

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Yeah, 303 Touchless Sealant, it makes for a very easy spray and wipe clean. I also could have done a spray and hose off clean, but I didn't want to hose near an otherwise clean car, and I still would have had to dry them after.

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[DFB]

I had my work cut out for me dealing with these drug-dealer spec 22-inch Range Rover wheels..................



The barrels on these wheels would never have been cleaned in the 130,000 km on the road. In this case, I decided on Sonax Xtreme teamed with an old wheel woolie, I've found those brushes to be more effective on neglected barrels. Even so, I needed repeated passes and even then, I could have gone further. Sometimes you have to know when to stop.





After they were "cleaned", I followed up with some Carpro Hydr02.

 

[Klasse Act]

I had my work cut out for me dealing with these drug-dealer spec 22-inch Range Rover wheels..................



The barrels on these wheels would never have been cleaned in the 130,000 km on the road. In this case, I decided on Sonax Xtreme teamed with an old wheel woolie, I've found those brushes to be more effective on neglected barrels. Even so, I needed repeated passes and even then, I could have gone further. Sometimes you have to know when to stop.





After they were "cleaned", I followed up with some Carpro Hydr02.

I thought you've done that Range Rover before

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[DFB]

I thought you've done that Range Rover before

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I have, but not featured in this wheel specific thread.

 

[Big Dave1]

The wheels on the FJ stayed pretty clean since the last wash, but I wanted to test something new as a wheel sealant. I bought some TWHS Graphene Infused to the Max Wax on clearance for $10. I thought it might work well on the black powder coated wheels as a sealant, it seems I'm always chasing haziness on these things.

I gave them a wipe over with ONR first, then followed the directions, only did 1 wheel at a time, gave it about 5 minutes after applying, then wiped with a damp MF, and buffed with a clean dry one to finish off. They may be a little glossier, but they have a semi gloss finish anyway.

Other than chrome wheels, black seems to be the hardest to keep looking good, the painted silver on Qashqai, and even the original alloys on the FJ were easier than these.

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[DFB]

This week's addition curtesy of a Mazda CX-5 Akera. I love the finish on these 19-inch wheels, just the right shade of silver and really suit the car.

On this occasion, tires were scrubbed with the Carpro ReTyre, wheels with the brilliant NV Purge, protection via Gyeon Wet Coat.







Finished off with Carpro Darkside on the tires.

 

[Klasse Act]

Mazda just does it right

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[chilly]

This week's addition curtesy of a Mazda CX-5 Akera. I love the finish on these 19-inch wheels, just the right shade of silver and really suit the car.

On this occasion, tires were scrubbed with the Carpro ReTyre, wheels with the brilliant NV Purge, protection via Gyeon Wet Coat.







Finished off with Carpro Darkside on the tires.

Those really are some very stylish wheels

Mazda has some really good design ideas

 

[Klasse Act]

Finally...I have a Wheel Wednesday ...and a question?

So I cleaned the tires and wheels with Griot's Garage wheel cleaner, yeah it's not really for tires but no real harm

Once I was done I noticed the front tires were a little "uneven" looking compared to the rears, they looked great actually

These pics are after I applied a single coat of Turtle Wax Mr. Cartoon to "even them up". Now if you look at the fronts compared to the rears you'll notice a difference in sheen

Now I'm not taking offramp too fast and drive aggressively, well around here, so what do you guys think about this

Btw the pics were left NORMAL and not touched up with the AUTO setting like normal

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[Big Dave1]

Finally...I have a Wheel Wednesday ...and a question?

So I cleaned the tires and wheels with Griot's Garage wheel cleaner, yeah it's not really for tires but no real harm

Once I was done I noticed the front tires were a little "uneven" looking compared to the rears, they looked great actually

These pics are after I applied a single coat of Turtle Wax Mr. Cartoon to "even them up". Now if you look at the fronts compared to the rears you'll notice a difference in sheen

Now I'm not taking offramp too fast and drive aggressively, well around here, so what do you guys think about this

Btw the pics were left NORMAL and not touched up with the AUTO setting like normal

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My rear tyres are always dirtier than the front, but that's because of the mud I drive through. Do you get more brake dust on the front wheels compared to the rear, it could be brake dust sticking to the rubber.

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[DFB]

Those really are some very stylish wheels

Mazda has some really good design ideas

Although not relevant to the model pictured, I'm pumped Mazda has returned to 6-cylinder engines, especially considering it's an inline 6!



Amazing how that engine layout was on the nose for 20+ years, mainly because it doesn't "package" very well compared to a more compact V6, and it was seen as a more technically advanced configuration. But nothing beats an inline 6 for smoothness, refinement and sound. Mercedes, Jaguar-Landrover, Jeep/RAM/Dodge and Mazda have all returned to the layout. I think GM have too with a diesel.

All I need now is for Ford to bring back the Barra inline 6 and put it into Mustang's and F-Series. For the modern era, I would change the block to aluminum instead of cast iron, reduce the stroke to bring the capacity down to 3.2-litres, bump up the rev limit from 6250 to 7250, add direct injection. Both naturally aspirated and turbo versions please, and carefully tuned induction and exhaust notes, none of that fake crap. I don't ask for much...................

 

[Big Dave1]

Although not relevant to the model pictured, I'm pumped Mazda has returned to 6-cylinder engines, especially considering it's an inline 6!



Amazing how that engine layout was on the nose for 20+ years, mainly because it doesn't "package" very well compared to a more compact V6, and it was seen as a more technically advanced configuration. But nothing beats an inline 6 for smoothness, refinement and sound. Mercedes, Jaguar-Landrover, Jeep/RAM/Dodge and Mazda have all returned to the layout. I think GM have too with a diesel.

All I need now is for Ford to bring back the Barra inline 6 and put it into Mustang's and F-Series. For the modern era, I would change the block to aluminum instead of cast iron, reduce the stroke to bring the capacity down to 3.2-litres, bump up the rev limit from 6250 to 7250, add direct injection. Both naturally aspirated and turbo versions please, and carefully tuned induction and exhaust notes, none of that fake crap. I don't ask for much...................

I loved the RB30 in my VL Commodore, but I didn't tune the exhaust, In my defence I was in my mid twenties and I wanted something loud, and it was loud enough to set off car alarms, remember when aftermarket car alarms had pressure sensors in them. I was a menace. But I loved how smooth it revved.

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[DFB]

I loved the RB30 in my VL Commodore, but I didn't tune the exhaust, In my defence I was in my mid twenties and I wanted something loud, and it was loud enough to set off car alarms, remember when aftermarket car alarms had pressure sensors in them. I was a menace. But I loved how smooth it revved.

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Needless to say, Holden stook a step back when they dropped the Nissan engine.

A mate of mines first car was a 1990 Nissan Skyline Silhouette, which had the same 3.0-inline 6, his was a 5-speed manual. That engine was so smooth and made some nice noises. It put my 2001 Fairmont to shame, those old SOHC 4.0-liters were smooth up to about 3500 rpm, above that they were very wheezy and strained. Although, the old 4.0 could pull a nice single pegger with all that low end torque.

 

[Klasse Act]

1990 Nissan Skyline R31 Silhouette GTS2 (SVD) | classicregister

Did it look like this one️

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[DFB]

1990 Nissan Skyline R31 Silhouette GTS2 (SVD) | classicregister

Did it look like this one️

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That's the one, they were made in Australia too. I loved the stove burner taillights that model.

 

[Big Dave1]

It's Thursday afternoon here, but it's still Wednesday somewhere, and I was actually cleaning some mud off the tyres, but I had to do the wheels afterwards anyway. I used up the last of my TW tire and wheel cleaner, not Hyper Foam, I wanted to use it up, make some space on the shelf. The mud melted away, and took the last of the Hyper Dressing with it. I rinsed the wheels, tyres, and wheel wells off, dried the wheels with TWHS Wet Wax, then sprayed the tyres with a cheap brand aerosol tyre shine. I can't even remember why I bought it, probably because it was $5.

The last shot is because that's my favourite angle to look at this wheel tyre combo.

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