What is a good product to spray/clean the wheels wells with,then pressure wash afterwards,before dressing?

 

simple green or apc. scrub with stiff bristled nylon brush. hose, repeat if necessary.

 

How about that tire cleaner spray stuff at the local car washes?

 

From my own experiences S.G. will be far superior than the car wash degreaser stuff.

 

I have a few bottles of 409 on the shelf.....will that work?

 

I discriminate very little on chemicals that either clean or coat my wheel wells...

While I think there are definitely better chemicals to use than 409, if I had some and it was 'excess' product, I'd probably try it. I wouldn't use it *ANYWHERE* else on the vehicle though...

-RP-

 

Amazing Roll Off or P21s Total Auto Wash.

 

I'll put it my vote for the Simple Green.

 

Soap, water, a brush, a rag.

& Tire dressing. Lol.

 

Get the wheel wells as clean as possible....scrubbing with a brush, reclean etc. Now for the good part...apply Meguiars Allseason dressing {diluted for how much shine is wanted} let dry and admire the results after every rain. The all season stays on longer than the Hyper dressing and also can be used on the undercarriage, and engine compartment. www.meguiars.com I will not receive any kick back from this product endorsement. 45/70sharpshooter

 

ASD isn't meant to be diluted.

 

Rock, It can be diluted to dul the shine, as per instructions I was given. 45/70

 

D-160?

I ask only because I think there was another ASD in the old D-Line (I'd have to pull out my old catalogs to confirm though). Anyway, I've never tried to dilute it out as it's not recommended by Meg's. I have a sampler of it so, I may try to give that a whirl...

I figured that, because of the VOC content and the RTU (ready to use) suggestion given to it by Meg's that it probably wouldn't cut very well with the addition of water.

 

Could be that I have and old jug. It works well though. It still is the best dressing for wheel wells that I have tried. You can't go wrong with anything that says "Meguairs" 45/70

 

Actually... if it's All Season Dressing, it's the new D-Line (should have D-160 on the front of the bottle somewhere). The old D-Line had S-Dressing (D-41) and W-Dressing (D-42) (also had Engine Kote but, that's a differente product).

S-Dressing was 'Silicone' Dressing whereas the W-Dressing was 'Water'-based dressing.

I've still not sen much info on diluting it but, I'm willing to give anything a whirl.

As for 'anything with Meguiar's....', well... the better majority of them. There are definitely a few duds in their line... but, that's just my opinion. Most of them are solid - tried and true. Some aren't.

It's just like anything else... there are great products out there and there are duds. Any product line that has a fair share of products out there will have a dud somewhere in the mix.

Coca-Cola, for example... I think Coke Zero is awful but, I like Diet Coke and Regular Coke.

Meguiar's... I really like #26 as a 'go-to' Carnauba-based wax but, I don't like X-Press Wax nearly as much (D-150)... it's all subjective.