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Looking after your Alloy Wheels

Shiny Alloys
After purchasing your new alloy wheels, they will lose their sparkle within a few months. In order to maintain that brand new sparkle, you must first clean your alloy wheels with car shampoo and a sponge. This will remove pieces of dirt and grit, allowing you to then polish the alloys. If you try to polish a dirty wheel, you may end up scratching the surface. Apply a good quality alloy wheel wax to your alloys and then polish lightly with a soft cloth. Special alloy wheel wax will also make it easier to clean.

Shiny Tyres
The tyres can also be kept clean with a polish. The best and cheapest solution for tyres is to use black shoe polish. Simply buff and polish the black shine back into your tyres. An added bonus of this is the polish will help to protect the tyres from UV and road salt.

Stay away from the kerb
The worst crime to commit on alloy wheels is to scrape them on the kerb. This is a common mistake with your first set of alloys. The finish on your alloys will never be the same again and your mates will ridicule your bad parking skills. Alloys are supposed to make your car look good. Stay away from the kerb.

Go easy on the humps
Be careful when driving over humps. Some alloys have a deep dish which means the inner rim can be unsupported. The soft aluminium alloy can be easily flattened if you hit a speed hump too fast. The outer rim is usually well supported by the spokes. A flattened front alloy wheel rim may cause a slight wobble on the steering at low speeds. A flattened rear alloy wheel may cause a drone at high speed.