Mr Teutonic Tamer was waffling about galvanic corrosion the other week,
and he mentioned that it would be a good idea to take all the wheels off, and wire brush the hub and the face in the wheel then give them and the bolts a little coat of some anti seize paste.
So i thought the Monza’s need sealing and waxing, and can kill two birds with one stone . I got myself a trolley jack and some axle stands and started the job.
I took the wheels off two at a time and cleaned them.
I bought some muck off for the job but never needed to use it i wash them regularly and any dirt and break dust came off no probs with just a little Megs shampoo plus. I then scrubbed the tyre walls 08 Micsta gave me this advice he reckons tyre dressing lasts a lot longer if you scrub them first so i did.
Once they were clean i dried them off and started to apply the chemical guys wheel guard i wanted to use the porboys stuff but was out of stock when i placed my order.
I have never done this before so i can’t compare it to anything else but it went on easy and buffed off really quick.
While the first coat was drying a bit i went to the car and wire brushed the little hubs that the wheels locate on i used these ickle wire brushes for the job as it needed to be done gently and then gave them a good clean.
While i was there i gave my inner arches a good clean and the applied a thin coat of coppaslic .
I even sprayed the bolts with a thin coat.
I then buffed off the first coat of wheel sealant which came off easy so i gave them a further two coats front and back.
Here is the three products used.
I then gave the back of the wheels a further coat of colinite wax so hopefully brake dust should just rinse off no problem.
Finally i applied the tyre dressing for this i used Chemical Guys gel : new look trim gel. Again i have only used cheap stuff before now so i had nothing to compare it against but i was really impressed with this stuff it went on lovely and hardly used a drop and it wasn’t messy at all so i give this a thumbs up. I gave the wheels three coats of this it wasn’t required but i was enjoying the application so got carried away.
Job done took a few final pics and then put them back on the car.