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Today's mistake. Ugh.

Posted: Fri Jul 17, 2015 9:26 pm
by kentman4
Well today I decided to wash my Kizashi. Not a bad idea considering how dirty it was. I decided to purchase some turtle wax and megulars wheel/rim cleaner on my way home. I began washing my car and everything went smoothly as usual. I then proceeded to spray the rim cleaner on my wheels and bam! the silver just began to disappear right before my eyes. :facepalm:

If anyone knows the color used on the rims, please let me know! :(. It doesn't have to be the exact but anything close. I've decided that I should sand them down and try to repaint them with the help of my uncle. The middle is where the silver went away....

Re: Today's mistake. Ugh.

Posted: Fri Jul 17, 2015 11:04 pm
by DesRado
Oh no! I had used a wheel brush at a local car wash near me with a cleaner and my wheel's finish got eaten up over a 24hr time span. So there are white patches on mine. Been killing me since the beginning of spring. Getting a set of wheels painted to replace them as my summer rims. And switch to my current as winter runners.

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Re: Today's mistake. Ugh.

Posted: Sat Jul 18, 2015 9:53 am
by paininthenuts
kentman4 wrote:Well today I decided to wash my Kizashi. Not a bad idea considering how dirty it was. I decided to purchase some turtle wax and megulars wheel/rim cleaner on my way home. I began washing my car and everything went smoothly as usual. I then proceeded to spray the rim cleaner on my wheels and bam! the silver just began to disappear right before my eyes. :facepalm:

If anyone knows the color used on the rims, please let me know! :(. It doesn't have to be the exact but anything close. I've decided that I should sand them down and try to repaint them with the help of my uncle. The middle is where the silver went away....

Why the hell did that happen. I used to used to use a pre wash wheel cleaner on my Kizi every time I washed it, and that never happened. I am sure you have the same over there, but we have companies that specialise in alloy wheels here. They would charge about £30 a wheel ($45)

Re: Today's mistake. Ugh.

Posted: Sat Jul 18, 2015 5:35 pm
by bootymac
Holy shit! So the Meguiars wheel cleaner did that?!

1Z makes a silver wheel paint that's a perfect match on European wheels. Might be similar to the Kizashi's too?

http://www.autogeek.net/wurth-1z-combo.html

Re: Today's mistake. Ugh.

Posted: Sun Jul 19, 2015 2:28 am
by kentman4
@paininthenuts I have no idea why it happened. I've always used tire cleaner on my previous cars and this never happened. @bootymac yep it did. I have got to get this fixed fast. It's bothering me.