What did you do to / for your E53 today??

[Serb404]

Originally Posted by bcredliner

I used the 3M kit

That's what I used before and was pleased, I believe Autozone carries it

[upallnight]

Thought I had to replaced the wheel bearing, but it was a lower control arm ball joint that was the problem.

[SlickGT1]

Brake fluid flush. Nothing fancy. 4 ramps, jeeper creeper, motive bleeder, honey jug modified to be a catch can, and 2L of fluid. Bled 2 times, as the color was still quite orange first go around. Surprised at how dirty the fluid is 3 years later. Doesn't seem to have changed brake feel.

Decided to clean the barrels on my rims. And holy shit, I let it go too far I think. I got them down to mostly silver looking. Quite a few bastard spots, like behind spokes, where the old wheel weights were, and some really caked on shit. Killed a bottle of Sonax Full Effect going after each wheel 4 times. Ordered a 5L jug from my friend.

I have a question, how the hell do I get the sticky shit off from the old wheel weights? Is there something that will eat it up and not damage the rim.

Also, I have a wheel brush, got it from detailer domain, its blue and has sorta soft bristles. Either my rims are soo gunked up, or that brush is too soft for those areas, is there anything stiffer you guys have used to get at those spots?

And finally, what do you use to get behind the spokes, right now, those areas, on almost all of my rims are black?

[Ricky Bobby]

You may need Sonax Wheel Cleaner Plus. Its 25% stronger than FE

-For the old wheel weights, 3M adhesive remover would work and its available locally, Detailers Domain sells Tarminator which also works great.

For behind the spokes I use the angled Wheel Woolie Brush that Phil sells, works great.

[tmv]

Found a crack in the upper coolant hose while doing the belts and pulleys. Order both.

[bcredliner]

To clean the wheels I started with Dawn dish soap, then I went to Crud Cutter to get the tougher stuff and then to Eagle Never dull to get the tar off. The adhesive was still there. I used lacquer thinner to soften it enough to scape it off with my fingernail.

[SlickGT1]

Originally Posted by Ricky Bobby

You may need Sonax Wheel Cleaner Plus. Its 25% stronger than FE

-For the old wheel weights, 3M adhesive remover would work and its available locally, Detailers Domain sells Tarminator which also works great.

For behind the spokes I use the angled Wheel Woolie Brush that Phil sells, works great.

I was hoping you would reply. Ty bro. Ordering some new gear from Phil now. do we get a discount from him? It's been years since I bought anything.

[OregonDude1]

Get a bottle of lighter fluid from your local drug store:

Let it soak into the old adhesive for a few minutes and then scrap off with old credit card or similar plastic scrapping tool. This is what I used on some style 148 wheels that I picked up to put some all-terrain/winter tires on.

Originally Posted by SlickGT1

Brake fluid flush. Nothing fancy. 4 ramps, jeeper creeper, motive bleeder, honey jug modified to be a catch can, and 2L of fluid. Bled 2 times, as the color was still quite orange first go around. Surprised at how dirty the fluid is 3 years later. Doesn't seem to have changed brake feel.

Decided to clean the barrels on my rims. And holy shit, I let it go too far I think. I got them down to mostly silver looking. Quite a few bastard spots, like behind spokes, where the old wheel weights were, and some really caked on shit. Killed a bottle of Sonax Full Effect going after each wheel 4 times. Ordered a 5L jug from my friend.

I have a question, how the hell do I get the sticky shit off from the old wheel weights? Is there something that will eat it up and not damage the rim.

Also, I have a wheel brush, got it from detailer domain, its blue and has sorta soft bristles. Either my rims are soo gunked up, or that brush is too soft for those areas, is there anything stiffer you guys have used to get at those spots?

And finally, what do you use to get behind the spokes, right now, those areas, on almost all of my rims are black?

[sandbagger]

I love Easy Off oven cleaner for wheels.

to get the glue off use Goof off

[Ricky Bobby]

Originally Posted by SlickGT1

I was hoping you would reply. Ty bro. Ordering some new gear from Phil now. do we get a discount from him? It's been years since I bought anything.

Yeah definitely a 10% BMW code should still be active for sure, email him if its not working he will get you a code for sure.

Usually his free shipping threshold is $120 too I believe