cleaning rims/alloyes???

[edo]

usually spend about an hour to clean my car or an hour and a half if im doing both inside and outside and the windows.... which i dont really mind

but

i hate cleaning the alloyes on the 528i 2000 model there are so many spokes and it takes ages....
maybe im not washing them properly or with the wright cloth i dont know but it would take me about 45min to do all 4 of them... is this normal? lol

how do you guys wash em'? do you use washing detergent?

lol such a stupid question... but im interested in how use all do it

[fiveightandten]

Cleaning wheels with a lot of spokes does take a lot of effort and can take a long time.

Cleaning them with regular car wash is fine. I wouldn't use any harsh detergents, and be very careful with using wheels cleaners. I'd only use a high quality wheel cleaner, not a cheap one that's just designed to loosen up wheel funk and will possibly damage the finish on them.

I'd recommend starting over. Take them off the car and give them a good cleaning. Put a few good coats of wax on them (wheel wax if you can procure it). This will be very tedious. But until the wax wears off, it will make cleaning them much easier and less material will adhere to them. Also, some brake dust can be downright corrosive. It gets deposited onto the wheel at high temperatures and can wind up damaging the finish over time if left on there. Keep them waxed up so material is depositing onto the wax, not the wheel.