"New" Wheels (Part 2)

So as you saw from my last post, I found some used wheels in good condition, with near new tires. My task has been to clean up the inside of all the brake dust, as well as to remove the scratches in the chromed parts, to the best of my ability. Granted, I bought those wheels last DECEMBER(!) so this project has been taking me a while.

With my current wheels, they collect so much brake dust and the dust is really hard to remove. No matter how many times I wash and use chemicals, or even special brushes, the dust just accumulates. There appears to be a "crust" of brake dust that just does not want to come off, and makes it easier for more brake dust to accumulate.

The purple stuff is brake dust MELTING away...

Specialist tools to get all the brake dust. I've never had to use this on the GTR. 

Yuck!

Anyway, there is a reason why I don't have this problem with the GT-R. You see, whenever I get wheels for the GT-R - whether the original OEMs that came with the car, or the RE30s I had for a few months, the TE37s or the LMGT4s I used only on the track, I always, when new/clean, apply this:

I love this stuff. You can buy it here.

Before I applied this, however, I wanted to make sure the wheels were absolutely the cleanest they could be.

A bit of brake dust here, so

I used some detailing clay to remove what I could

I was surprised to find this much still embedded!

So while the clay was certainly helping, after doing all 4 wheels, I still felt like I hadn't gotten rid of all I could. So, I ordered this stuff from the same place that makes the wheel "glass coating":

Which is basically a super strong acidic solution, much stronger than the off the shelf purple stuff I normally use

I now felt my wheels were clean enough, so I applied several thin coats of the glass coating:

With iPhone in one hand, pretending to apply with the other...

Why all of this prep? See my next post as to what I am doing with these wheels!