daveydog

am i the saddest man in the world for taking the wheels off of my car to clean them..........or shall i just slap the wife for taking the p***

barrybudden

Did you take them all off at once?

daveydog

no but i put the front wheels back on the wrong way round and it failed the mot....lol

Franko

Never slap the wife.
And naa don't think your sad but they'l soon be dirty again..

daveydog

i put polish on them and the brake dont stick to bad....i cant really slap the wife she is bigger than me

newby to scooby

My wheels could do with a clean, when can I bring it round???

daveydog

i can only be an anorak with one car at a time sorry m8

supertouring

I sometimes do the same, esp if I want to use wheel cleaner on them - that stuff makes a mess of the calipers!

So, not sad at all!

daveydog

i am not alone then thats wiped the smile off her face....thanks

Suresh

Good idea. I'll clean my winter wheels inside and out before having them fitted. Thanks for the tip!

Suresh

P.S. And no, you're not mad for taking the wheels off and cleaning them, just a little odd

Tony MY03WRX

I do exactly the same once a month. My bread knife takes the pi$$ to. A just get the remote out.

Gary C

I clean the insides through the spokes every time I clean the car and intend to take them off for a proper clean every 6 months.

I did this with my last new car (then flipped it end over end on the M6 )

PeterPerfect

DaveyDog, you just remind your wife about the need for proper cleaning techniques next time she needs to clean the perl necklace you gave her

Trick

i always take me wheels off to clean them....then polish them before i put them back on.

after 15 miles, the fronts are black again lol

Simonz

i've only done that once,but that was on a 79 trans-am cause da crome was as rusty as nuts!

Scooby_Loo

On the old scoob, CEL used to make me clean the wheels cos he couldn't get his arms through the spokes to get those hard to reach bits

cw42

iTrader: (1)

I've done that davey, and the wife just shook her head, and went back inside
Will be easier to do next time though, with all the polish I put on them,
chris

daveydog

pearl necklace your having a laugh that stopped the day i married her...lol

scooby66

Ilike cleaning the scooby saturday morning as its a layjit. way of checking out the toty going for a paper !!!!!!!

[Edited by scooby66 - 10/17/2003 1:21:28 AM]

ST AYE

6 weeks ago I took mine of to clean with swissol stuff.
Now I just hose them down, wipe with cloth rinsed in car bath, left over from cleaning car. And hey presto no brake dust, just nice and shiny.

highlander68k

Some would call it sad, some would call it enthusiastic.

I would say, immaculate wheels do finish it off, but be careful when jacking it up, as I've seen people put the jack in the most stupid of places.

Only slap the wife if it turns her on!

PeterPerfect

<Only slap the wife if it turns her on!>

Wife(TM)....batteries included

T2000PPP

A workmate of mine not only removes his wheels but actually uses back to black on the plastic wheel arch linners.And its a Renault Megane.