just bought a "slightly used -5K" set of wheels off another owner who changed to 19's...

Im cleaning them up good and waxing before mounting -- I removed the stick on weights cause Im gonna rebalance them anyway.

what can I use to get the "gunk" off left behind by the weights without damaging the wheels?

 

I used a plastic scrapper, Dawn, and elbow grease. It took awhile, but it came off.

 

windshield washer concentrate or brake cleaner. that's what i use at work for sticky weight adhesive.

 

Or Goo Gone/WD-40 both work great on adhesives. Did you take out the TPMS? That is what the stick-ons are there to balance. The others are typical crimp-on weights...

 

no - they're just apart.....may swap out tires, etc. and just redo weights when rebalancing

thanks for the tips

 

Plastic scaper,old toothbrush,WD40 or bug and tar remover, wash area then wax.

 

bumpety bump!
Taking wheels off tomorrow to touch up calipers and I'll be trying to get this glue off while I'm at it.

Figured I'd bump in case others hate the glue as much as I do. (just got new tires on Friday)

 

haha have fun jorge!

 

oh yeah, freaking loads of fun...
I'm going to try the goo gone method and see how that goes.

 

goo gone good. wd 40 safer.

beers

 

Yep, brake cleaner works.

 

I use 3M Adhesive and Wax Remover.

Acetone back when I worked at a tire shop, but I hated breathing that stuff. I'm probably stupider because of it.