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Offline Exonian

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Skinny wheel brush recommendations?
« on: 30 March 2026, 18:21 »
Owing to the imminent demise of my geriatric wheel woolie - are there any recommendations of a thin wheel brush that’ll fit through the very small gap between mk8 calliper and wheel barrel?
After using wool for many years I’d like to give microfibre a try as I have a thick Meguiars brush that does a really good job but won’t fit in the calliper/barrel gap.
‘25 8.5R, ‘23 8R, ‘20 8CS, ‘19 135iX, ‘19 TCR, ‘17 Ed40, ‘17 GTD, ‘15 7R, ‘13 GTI PP, ‘11 GTI, ‘09 GTI, ‘98 Ibiza Cupra, ‘05 GTI, ‘06 Polo GTI, ‘04 GT TDI, ‘05 Fabia vRS, ‘02 GTI T, ‘03 Ibiza TDI 130, ‘01 Leon 180, ‘89 mk2 16v, ‘99 Ibiza TDI, ‘96 VR6, ‘98 Ibiza TDI, ‘92 VR6, ‘88 mk2 8v, ‘92 Polo G40, ‘91 mk2 8v, ‘89 mk2 8v, 205 GTI 1.9, ‘83 mk1 GTI, ‘80 Scirocco GTI, plus some others I’ve forgotten 

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Re: Skinny wheel brush recommendations?
« Reply #1 on: 30 March 2026, 21:11 »
been using this with the 19'' estorils, quite happy with it, fits in said gap just fine.  Last I bought kind of loosened up after a couple months, got a new one for free so no complaints there. I like the texture, real smooth compared to other brands.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/MEGUIARS-X1901EU-Wheel-Brush-Large/dp/B07N9CD9K8
Current: GTI 8.5, Moonstone Gray, 5dr, Black Estorils 19''. pan, DCC
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Son's: mk7.5 TSI 1.4 RL, 5dr tornado red, DSG, Singapore 17", pan s/r, leds
Before: mk6 GTI 5dr candy white, DSG, Monza Shadow 18", s/r, bi-Xenons, DCC
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Re: Skinny wheel brush recommendations?
« Reply #2 on: 30 March 2026, 21:57 »
Funnily enough…   That’s the exact same brush as I use to do the rest of the wheel barrel and even after about 6 or more years it’s holding up well.
Unfortunately it won’t fit in the tiny gap between Clubsport/R calliper and wheel inner.

Thanks for the suggestion though candywhite, appreciated  :smiley:
‘25 8.5R, ‘23 8R, ‘20 8CS, ‘19 135iX, ‘19 TCR, ‘17 Ed40, ‘17 GTD, ‘15 7R, ‘13 GTI PP, ‘11 GTI, ‘09 GTI, ‘98 Ibiza Cupra, ‘05 GTI, ‘06 Polo GTI, ‘04 GT TDI, ‘05 Fabia vRS, ‘02 GTI T, ‘03 Ibiza TDI 130, ‘01 Leon 180, ‘89 mk2 16v, ‘99 Ibiza TDI, ‘96 VR6, ‘98 Ibiza TDI, ‘92 VR6, ‘88 mk2 8v, ‘92 Polo G40, ‘91 mk2 8v, ‘89 mk2 8v, 205 GTI 1.9, ‘83 mk1 GTI, ‘80 Scirocco GTI, plus some others I’ve forgotten 

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Re: Skinny wheel brush recommendations?
« Reply #3 on: 30 March 2026, 23:32 »
How about this one @Exonian;

https://www.ashfieldvaletingsupplies.co.uk/products/wheel-wiz-skinny-edition-ultra-plush-microfibre-wheel-brush-metal-free.

I’m assuming the larger brush is in the pictures so you can see how the skinny one compares to it. I’ve not got one so can’t vouch for how good it is but I do have one of their microfibre bendy wheel brushes that I find very good for cleaning the reverse side of the spokes. I also use it for the wheel barrels. Sadly, the bendy brush no longer seems to be available. 

I stumbled upon Ashfield Valeting’s website by accident a few months ago and have bought a few of their products; the bendy wheel brush, the Cosmos ph neutral shampoo which foams up really well even with hard water and a little goes a long way - smells nice too; like tropical fruit :smiley:, the luxury microfibre wash mitt - good quality and it’s holding up well to lots of use - I find it better than lambs wool mitts too. I’ve also got some of the Aqua Sheet rinse aid but I’ve not used it yet.

The products I’ve bought seem to be good quality and very competitively priced. I’ll be buying from them again when I need more products.

Oh, and they have a discount code; returning5AVS should give you a 5% discount of the website prices.
2020 Polo GTI Plus; Pure White, DSG (because they all are)
Gone but not forgotten;
2016 Polo GTI; Blue Silk
2011 mk6 Golf GTD; Carbon Grey
2007 mk5 Golf GT (2.0 170bhp TDI version); Deep Black Pearl
2002  mk4 Golf GTI (the 150 bhp diesel version); Deep Black Pearl