QuickNeasy way to clean around lug nuts
02-13-2004, 10:19 AM
#27
Humpin legs and takin nam
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Clearwater, Fl
Posts: 2,433
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Anyone got a quick and easy way to clean the bottom of the tires?? everytime I clean the treads, then move the car up to clean the part that was on the ground.. then GUESS WHAT!!! THe bottom of the tire is still on the ground and dirty!! HOW can i get my treads 100% clean!?
03-05-2004, 09:09 AM
#31
Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Plantation Florida
Posts: 19
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Here is what I use, and it is very effective. The next time you go to a supermarket buy the sponge on a stick they use to clean glasses. The end is a big sponge which you can clean the wheels quick, and in all the corners.
It works great.
It works great.
03-17-2004, 05:08 PM
#32
Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2004
Posts: 150
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Re: Quick-N-Easy Way to Clean Your Nuts
Originally posted by Hard 8
Just take a connector for one-inch PVC pipe (1.1-inch inner diameter; 1.25" outer diameter, 2 inches long), drape a rag in front of the lug nut, push down on the connector and spin it around the nut, gripping the connector through the rag to keep the rag turning.
I may also try these connectors in a "T" or right-angle configuration to see which one grips the rag and turns most ergonomically.
(Sorry for the rusty rotors; always happens after a wash.)
Just take a connector for one-inch PVC pipe (1.1-inch inner diameter; 1.25" outer diameter, 2 inches long), drape a rag in front of the lug nut, push down on the connector and spin it around the nut, gripping the connector through the rag to keep the rag turning.
I may also try these connectors in a "T" or right-angle configuration to see which one grips the rag and turns most ergonomically.
(Sorry for the rusty rotors; always happens after a wash.)
03-26-2004, 07:09 PM
#35
Registered
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: So Cal
Posts: 282
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
I washed my RX-8 for the first time and I hate washing cars. I try to wash as fast as possible with minimum effort. I got pissed off wasting so much time cleaning all that brake dust around the front wheel lug nuts. I just gave up since it was taking too much time to clean the crannies. Your idea is great. Keep them coming. I will have well washed nuts. 
03-31-2004, 11:01 AM
#37
Senior "Member"
Thread Starter
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Kallyforniiya
Posts: 613
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
The way I do it now is to use the T-handle I photographed, with notches dremeled into the business end for friction.
I drape the towel over that end loosely and use my finger to push a little bit of fabric into the open end of the pipe, to fit over the lug nuts, then go to "work," spinning the pipe around on each lug nut. The towel inside covers the top of the nut, so my first picture is not quite accurate.
The whole job takes less than a minute, I'm guessing.
Make sense?
I drape the towel over that end loosely and use my finger to push a little bit of fabric into the open end of the pipe, to fit over the lug nuts, then go to "work," spinning the pipe around on each lug nut. The towel inside covers the top of the nut, so my first picture is not quite accurate.
The whole job takes less than a minute, I'm guessing.
Make sense?
Last edited by Hard 8; 03-31-2004 at 05:27 PM.
07-14-2004, 11:30 AM
#38
Senior "Member"
Thread Starter
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Kallyforniiya
Posts: 613
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
<bump>
[To the moderator who un-sticky-ed this thread (or do stickies expire on their own?), I would humbly suggest putting the sticky back on for new members who might really appreciate this tip. Just a suggestion.]
[To the moderator who un-sticky-ed this thread (or do stickies expire on their own?), I would humbly suggest putting the sticky back on for new members who might really appreciate this tip. Just a suggestion.]
Last edited by Hard 8; 07-14-2004 at 12:25 PM.
10-29-2004, 05:02 PM
#40
Yeah! Zoom Zoom Zoomin!
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Seattle, WA
Posts: 190
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
I've been using a "wheel brush" I picked up somewhere. It has about 3x3 inches of bristles on the face and they are long and really soft so they get into all the nooks and crannies when cleaning the wheels.
10-29-2004, 05:31 PM
#41
Who is this Navy guy?
Join Date: May 2004
Location: DFW
Posts: 291
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Originally Posted by Hard 8
To the moderator who un-sticky-ed this thread (or do stickies expire on their own?), I would humbly suggest putting the sticky back on for new members who might really appreciate this tip. Just a suggestion.
05-26-2005, 04:16 PM
#44
Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Loganville, GA
Posts: 90
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
ANOTHER IDEA THAT WORKS WELL...
I too use Eagle One wheel cleaner to help dissolve dust first, then I use a cheap 1-inch paintbrush with a long handle to clean all around lugs...also works well for getting in around caliper and inside wheel around weights, etc.
I too use Eagle One wheel cleaner to help dissolve dust first, then I use a cheap 1-inch paintbrush with a long handle to clean all around lugs...also works well for getting in around caliper and inside wheel around weights, etc.
05-28-2005, 06:14 PM
#45
Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2005
Posts: 116
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
If you don't feel like driving to Home Depot for the PVC idea, most people have a shop vac.....use the end of the long plastic attachment to do the same thing you would do with the pvc. It fits perfectly!
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
Shankapotamus3
Series I Trouble Shooting
28
03-14-2021 03:53 PM
