Wheel and well detailing with IRON-X

**glen e** · 01-19-2012, 12:32 PM

I`m going to post this on a detailing site and my Honda sites so some of this will be elementary to the detail guys.... I am so glad I invested in the Harbor Freight jack and stands for all of $90 total and it works great - get two wheels at once.

And the breaker bar from Lowes is a must!

The project here is to detail the wheels, de-ferrous them (my term - more later) and detail the wells themselves. So here are the products I used: Dawn, Stoners tire spray, and Collonite 845 for my 100% certified fake Brembo covers. I might add to this is great time to inspect the well area - I found a snap fit connector on the inner fender that was loose.

So after scrubbing the well and giving it a good coating of tire protectant, spraying the shock with CRC-656, I was ready to put a coat of Collonite on the Brembo cover. Easy to do, the trick with Collonite is to heat it up - comes off much easier:

Next comes a Dawn wash of the wheel, dry and the application of IRON-X - a spray on that dissolves metal and iron particles form the brakes, and where ever it finds iron, it turns purple. You then hose it off.

My wheels were new as of 4 months ago, so it only found major iron/rust on the bolt area and cleaned that off. I like the stuff, I did not use much at all - wipe on, scrub it in and hose off after 5 min.

And last of all, two coats of Ultima to protect the wheel, and no powder to get out of cracks - it`s wipe on walk away!

**TroyScherer** · 01-19-2012, 12:39 PM

Very nice Glen!!! This will definitely go a long way on a non detailing forum to show how to do it properly.

**Todd@RUPES** · 01-19-2012, 12:55 PM

Great job Glen, loving the 100 percent fake Brembos as well!!

**glen e** · 01-19-2012, 01:10 PM

Originally Posted by Todd Helme

Great job Glen, loving the 100 percent fake Brembos as well!!

retired geezers go for the looks not the performance anymore...LOL!!!!!!

besides,4 cyl hondas have no business with real brembos.....

I really have a good time on the honda boards watching everyone get positivity hateful over the "fakeness" of the cover....the youngsters hate it and I flaunt it...I have a fake 2nd exhaust as well for symmetry...really pi$$es em off....

**Rocket** · 01-19-2012, 01:16 PM

Nice work Glen. The wheels look great and I like the fake cover as well.

**holland_patrick** · 01-19-2012, 04:10 PM

Looking good..

you should get a pinch weld adapter for your jack.. it doesn`t smush the weld when your doing that...

**glen e** · 01-19-2012, 04:27 PM

Originally Posted by holland_patrick

Looking good..

you should get a pinch weld adapter for your jack.. it doesn`t smush the weld when your doing that...

thx

**classofshine** · 01-19-2012, 04:34 PM

Originally Posted by glen e

retired geezers go for the looks not the performance anymore...LOL!!!!!!

besides,4 cyl hondas have no business with real brembos.....

I really have a good time on the honda boards watching everyone get positivity hateful over the "fakeness" of the cover....the youngsters hate it and I flaunt it...I have a fake 2nd exhaust as well for symmetry...really pi$ em off....

HA HA! And why not, they drop and that cash for the look and you spend 1/10th of that and get they same. THey are just pissed they didnt think of it first. Age=wisdom!