How to Protect Your Tires and Wheels

Wednesday, January 25, 2012 by Alex Mouroulis
There are several ways to protect your tires and wheels. Obvious ways to keep them protected are to avoid potholes, curbs and impacts if at all possible.

Keeping wheels clean is one of the best ways to preserve your wheel's finish. I use Griot's Garage Wheel Cleaner with every car I wash. To use, the cleaner is sprayed on the wheel, cleaned with a brush and rinsed off with water. With its unique penetrants that allow you to use less effort when cleaning your wheels, the products high concentrate allows the cleaner to stay on the wheel longer to remove stubborn brake dust, road oils and other deposits. The wheel cleaner is a non-caustic product that is very effective while being made from premium, biodegradable ingredients that are safe for you and the environment.

When it comes time to change my wheels out for the season, I clean each wheel thoroughly, knocking any tar or asphalt loose. I seal the entire wheel with a coat of Griot's Garage Paint Sealant. The product provides a high gloss finish that only needs to be applied once a year. This makes getting the wheels clean during a car wash much easier. Keep your investment looking brand new!

Griot's Garage Wheel Cleaner
Griot's Garage Wheel Cleaner
Griot's Garage Paint Sealant
Griot's Garage Paint Sealant
Griot's Garage Short Handle Boar's Hair Wheel Brush
Griot's Garage Short Handle Boar's Hair Wheel Brush

Comments on How to Protect Your Tires and Wheels

Sunday, January 29, 2012 by Calvin:
To protect my rims, a few months back I installed a new product called Wheel Bands. They attach to wheels with a 3M foam tape like is used for tape-on wheel weights. Do you know if Griot's wheel cleaner is safe to use on tape-on wheel weights? If so, I figure it should be safe for Wheel Bands too. Thanks.
Monday, January 30, 2012 by Alex:
All we use for wheel balances at TireRack are stick on wheel weights. I have been using this wheel cleaner for years without any issues. This will work very well with the same sort of adhesive tape.

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