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Old 04-10-2005, 10:57 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Question Whats a Good Cleaner For Rims

I just got these Old school Supra Rims... What can i use to clean them to make them look like new?

Cleaning material that is recommended to use?
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Old 04-12-2005, 12:14 AM   #2 (permalink)
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Old 04-12-2005, 12:59 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Eagle1 is my favorite. That and a rag to scrub and polish!
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Old 04-12-2005, 02:31 PM   #4 (permalink)
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would this stuff take off grime and other crap that doesn't come off with regular car wash soap though?? because I have some black residue crap on my oem rims that I wouldn't mind getting rid off.
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Old 04-12-2005, 06:56 PM   #6 (permalink)
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I use a hand held steam cleaner like the Scunci steamer($39-59)...It gets in all the hard places without having to use all those harsh chemicals and really works well has a million uses...also use it on road tar/bug shit and to clean my engine and carpets ...Radd Guy
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I use a hand held steam cleaner like the Scunci steamer($39-59)...It gets in all the hard places without having to use all those harsh chemicals and really works well has a million uses...also use it on road tar/bug shit and to clean my engine and carpets ...Radd Guy

You find that works pretty well huh? Saw them on sale at Bed Bath and Beyond the other week. Might pick one up with some left over gift cards from the wedding. Especially if it does a good job on the carpets and such.
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Old 04-12-2005, 11:45 PM   #8 (permalink)
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You find that works pretty well huh? Saw them on sale at Bed Bath and Beyond the other week. Might pick one up with some left over gift cards from the wedding. Especially if it does a good job on the carpets and such.

It works great best thing is you can get inventive in the way you use it for everything ......Radd Guy
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Old 04-13-2005, 05:26 AM   #9 (permalink)
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elbow grease....it worked well on these, on one of the insides of the rims it was black the whole way round and i just put some soapy water on and scrubbed
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ummm....how do u post pictures
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u need to upload them to a host server.....try www.photobucket.com
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Old 04-13-2005, 06:11 AM   #12 (permalink)
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