Have I Taken it Too Far?
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From: Houston, by way of every major city in America.
Twice a year I pull the wheels off, scrub the inner tires, the inner wheels, paint the lugs silver, and the lug nuts black. Every time I wash it, the wheel wells get pressure washed. I dress the front plastic ones, and paint the rears semigloss black. I have a thing about the body color showing in the rear wheel wells for some reason, can't stand it!! haha! Sometimes I even paint the exhaust pipes where they show in the rear wells. (True duals)Every other wash, I use a long handled brush on the door jambs and mist the suds away, then use a wet/dry vac to suck up where the carpet gets wet. I don't do too much inside the frame rails, though.
Every once in a while, I will undercoat the the frame rails below the cab. You know the part that shows from 50-100 feet away?
Welcome to the club!!
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Every once in a while, I will undercoat the the frame rails below the cab. You know the part that shows from 50-100 feet away?
Welcome to the club!!
,,,,98
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From: Under the flightpath of old ORD 22R
Ok, I 'm starting to not feel so strange
I don't go at them with #26, but I wax the rear wheel wells, and the bed with Stoner Bead Max, so I don't have to trash an applicator and a rag. The stuff is nice to use in those questionable areas. Spray it on, and rub it around, when it turns a white chalky coating, rub it off. I can do this with the Box of rags from HD ( scotts makes them I think ).
edisonrizon, to answer your question, steam cleaning the wheel works ok, but I find it better to take them off and wash them with the Boars hir brush just for the wheels. After washing them, I polish and "wax" them with Black Fire. Synthetic wax with a high 300's degree melting point. I can deal with the Saran Wrap look on the wheels, do the wax stays on there.
I am not quite as bad, I don't polish the drive shaft or the antisway bars...so for you that do...YOU'VE GOT A PROBLEM
I don't go at them with #26, but I wax the rear wheel wells, and the bed with Stoner Bead Max, so I don't have to trash an applicator and a rag. The stuff is nice to use in those questionable areas. Spray it on, and rub it around, when it turns a white chalky coating, rub it off. I can do this with the Box of rags from HD ( scotts makes them I think ).
edisonrizon, to answer your question, steam cleaning the wheel works ok, but I find it better to take them off and wash them with the Boars hir brush just for the wheels. After washing them, I polish and "wax" them with Black Fire. Synthetic wax with a high 300's degree melting point. I can deal with the Saran Wrap look on the wheels, do the wax stays on there.
I am not quite as bad, I don't polish the drive shaft or the antisway bars...so for you that do...YOU'VE GOT A PROBLEM
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From: Houston, by way of every major city in America.
Polishing the driveshaft isn't that bad really. Now if you polish the driveshaft by jacking the rear end up, putting a brick on the gas pedal, and throwing the rag over it, then you may have a slight problem.
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From: Under the flightpath of old ORD 22R
Originally Posted by 98SCREAMER
Polishing the driveshaft isn't that bad really. Now if you polish the driveshaft by jacking the rear end up, putting a brick on the gas pedal, and throwing the rag over it, then you may have a slight problem. ,,,,98
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