Meguiar's Hot Rims Wheel & Tire Cleaner, Powers Through Brake Dust & Grime - ...

This gets 5 stars from me. I was absolutely amazed at how well this stuff cleans. Just a little about me. I have never cared how my cars have looked. Im almost 50 and every car I have owned got washed about twice a year and the inside got cleaned about once a year if they were lucky. I recently bought a used nissan leaf that was in awesome shape. Something about this car has triggered something in me to really try and keep it looking great so I bought all kinds of cleaners for both inside and out to try and help me keep it that way. Maybe its the new to me thing and in a few months time I wont care again but for right now, its actually kind of fun. Anyways Here is me putting meguiars up against sonax wheel cleaner. where to start. I put this up against meguiras hot wheel and rim cleaner and I must say I was a little shocked. Here was my setup. 2001 dodge caravan. The rims have never been scrubbed and the wheels have never been scrubbed either. Sure they have went through automatic carwashes, my wife usually did it about once a week but never have these rims been scrubbed at all by hand. Surprisingly they were not nearly as bad as some youtube videos I saw so I guess car washes once a week still helped out a bunch. Anyways following directions for both, the sonax sat on the rims for 4 minutes and the meguiras about 30 seconds. I really expected more from a $20 bottle of wheel cleaner, I saw lots of youtube videos and I just felt this was going to stomp meguiras. Keep in mind I had no plans on putting this up against anything. Turned out I forgot I put the $5 add on bottle of meguiras in an earlier order to meet my minimum then the next day I bought this. Anyways the sonax did ok. It took a fair amount off, It did turn nice and red which makes you think its working its butt off. After the rinse though, it was still very dirty. The meguiras rim, you could see in just 30 seconds it sliding right off. Rinse and inspect and it got a lot more of the rim cleaned than the sonax rim. So for the other 2 wheels I did the exact same test but this time I used a small round detailing brush to get into the lug nut holes and went ahead and used it to go over the entire rims, mind you this was a fairly soft brush so there was no real scrubing action here. The sonax wheel did better this time but still left some areas on the rim. I suspected as much as it was not a scrubbing brush I was using. The meguiras rim just amazed me. Same brush, almost no pressure at all and after the rinse that rim looked amazing. There were still a couple spots but it got the majority of it off with so little effort. So my conclusion, Sonax did ok. Not $20 ok but it did work. The $5 bottle of meguiras though, it blew it away. In a no touch situation it was better than sonax but not night day difference. In touching the rims to clean though, sonax again did ok but that $5 bottle did it in a fraction of the time. The downside with meguiras is you will go through more of it quicker. I did 4 rims and tires and I had between half and 1/4th left. So if sonax can clean about 15 cars with one bottle then maybe it is more price efficient but it also took longer and more cleaning effort. --------------------- I dont care if I go through a bottle a car, the less time I spend bent over trying to clean a wheel and rim will make up for the extra cost. I did not mention that after my test was done, I went over all 4 wheels with meguiars tire shine. I have to admit, the wheels on that van look absolutely fantastic but the rest of the van looks like crap lol. It hasnt seen a wax job in years. The paint is fading, water does not slide off at all. I bought a bottle of nu finish so I cant wait to see if it can do anything for it, It really needs a complete paint correction but it would cost way to much to have it professionally done and I dont have that kind of money to waste on an old van.

If you follow the directions on the bottle: wet the wheels, spray the wheels and tires, and let the product stay on the sprayed surfaces no longer than 30 seconds you will get the desired results. If you leave the product on too long, it is caustic enough to eat through the clearcoat on some wheels. That being said, I'm so happy with how this product worked on my 2014 Toyota Rav4's stock wheels. I sprayed water on my wheels one at a time, then sprayed on the product and quickly scrubbed with a wheel brush on the outside and the inside rim. Making sure to do one at a time very quickly, with extra care to rinse off the product thoroughly before moving on to the next wheel. The results were immediately evident. The product removed the grime, brake dust, and grease from both my wheels and tires within seconds of spraying it on. Very little scrubbing was needed to achieve excellent results. I finished by wiping the wheels with a microfiber cloth, and shook my head at how easy using Megular's Hot Rims Wheel Cleaner had been. I have previously used Chemical Guy's Diablo which requires me to mix it prior to use. I thought I liked Diablo, but I won't be buying it again as Hot Rims did a much better job. Hot Rims was also much easier to use and gave me the desired effect without the need for a lot of elbow grease. Definitely recommend this product, but you will want to check out the warnings to make sure your wheels will not be negatively effected by its chemical make-up.

This product de-greases & removes brake dust and dirt completely. The wheels on my 2001 Maxima came out like brand new. I tried it on my 2011 Acura after that it removed every small particle of brake dust and dirt from my Acura wheels. I used the Meguair's Microber cloth to clean it. I have posted a picture of the cleaned wheel with this product. This product has something in it, that keeps the wheel shining for weeks and doesnt let the brake dust settle down. I had to get back on the weeks only after 4 long weeks of driving. With a little more than $8 this product does what it is supposed to. Use a soft abrasive brush if your wheels have lot of brake dust settled on the wheels. One con with this product is you have to do it in shade, otherwise it dries and you have to use it twice to finish the cleaning. I reduced one star only for that reason. The product is great and does what it is supposed to. I heard some reviews that it leaves marks the wheels. That is untrue. I tried it on my Maxima for that reason and saw no issues. Buy this product hands down!

I sprayed this product on my tires and rims which haven't been cleaned in months (really dirty). Let it set for 2-3 mins, immediately I saw the dirt been lifted. I did scrub each tire and rim for 5 minutes, rinse and to my amazement, they look great. Also, I used some tire shine solution for the tires.

I just finished my third wheel cleaning with this, works great. The street use only vehicles I do are not heavily soiled or left unwashed long enough to build up a lot of brake dust. As a DIYer, this is a great cost-effective cleaner. The single bottle found locally now is a lot less expensive than what I see listed her now.

This is an awesome wheel cleaner. Spray it on the wheel and wait just a bit for the dirt and grime to come off. Wish there was more in the bottle.

Good product but the bottle leaks a lot. So you lose a lot of the liquid falling to the floor. Handle with gloves or it’ll make your skin peel. I didn’t do it the first time because i was not expecting the spray bottle to leak.

cleans aluminum rims and tires well, a little goes a long way -make sure to scrub before rinsing