We all tend to want to personalize our vehicles once we get them as it’s only when you buy a new car that you really start to notice just how many other people also have or drive a vehicle of the same make and model. A top aftermarket change or modification people like to have done shortly after purchasing a new car is to have some aftermarket rims installed. These rims and factory wheel rims are exposed to increased heat and debris not only from the road way, but also hot automatic braking systems which release fine particles of metal and other shavings and dust from the brake pads and rotors. This brake dust can really ruin the appearance of your vehicles and certain vehicles such as the Aston Martins from about fifteen years ago are notorious of putting out so much brake dust to coat your wheel rims even with relatively conservative driving and not so much extensive braking.
On of the leading areas in which car washes overlook is the wheel rims. You can run your car through a car wash many times and destroy your clear coat in the process and still have dirty wheel rims as the brushes are only able to access a little bit of the brake dust maybe from the face of the wheel rims. This causes wheel rims to come out of the car wash still dirty. A simple walk around your local car rental agency will show you what simple automatic car washes are able to achieve. This lack of thorough cleaning means that your wheel rims stay coated in brake dust and other containment which over time really do bake into or onto your wheel rims causing them to be much harder to clean.
A professional auto detailing service may be required to remove most of this baked on brake dust, but if left on there for too long it can cause lasting damage to the clear coat and other final layer or surface if the rims causing you to need to have the wheel rims restored with either a complete polishing and or repaint.
Tallahassee Auto Detailing recommends that you have your vehicle properly washed on a regular car wash schedule to ensure that you don’t end up with problems that require higher priced restoration services. In many cases a specialized professional wheel cleaner from a detailer recommend brand like SONAX when properly used should be able to lift these containment’s the surface where a pressure washer should be able to remove a majority of the contamination leaving your vehicles wheel rims looking much better.
Another alternative especially for solid metal wheel rims such as chrome or aluminum wheel rims is to polish the rims to remove any layers of oxidation and other contaminants that prevent your cars overall appearance from looking as good as it could. Finally damaged wheel rims may require you to repaint them in which case you will want to remove the wheel rims and prep them just like you would if your were polishing them, but then you will mask off everything properly and install a coat of primer and paint to match the original appearance or a color of your choosing.
There are many benefits of choosing to hand wash or detail your vehicle and one area to not overlook is the wheel rims. Tallahassee Auto Detailing can provide you with a car detailing schedule that wheel keep your car along with it wheels and tires looking good for many years to come along with specialty restoration services for your cars paint and clear coat, interior or wheel rims.
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