Ok, so I tried everything to get the stupid wheel weight glue bullshit off my rims.

Heat, does not work. Heat gun to area, paint and rim hot as hell. I manage to only scratch that sticky shit with my plastic scraper. Fail.

Lighter fluid, Fail. Like piss me off fail. I even soaked paper towels in it and placed over the sticky bs.

Sonax, FAIL.

Paint thinner, FAIL.

I almost gave up on this, and then as I was starring at my chemical shelf, brake cleaner was staring back at me. PASS. Holy shit this was a clear winner. Rag, a little brake clean, gently rub, and boom shit comes off as a film. I think it must have been designed to be removed with brake clean. The difference in removal was epic.

Then I decided to clean more of the baked on brake dust and grime from behind the spokes, I was about to say screw it, none of my old stiff plastic brushes were cutting it. I was hesitant about trying my soft brass brush, I should have used it right away. That, plus sonax full effect, really cut through those bastard spots. I still have little dots of nasty shit, but I will hit that later when I remove the rims, or hopefully the subsequent washes will break it down.

Happy the rims are starting to look normal.

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2006 4.8is, Black on White. SOLD Sniff Sniff.

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