For some time now Ive been looking for the right brush for wash the wheels(not tires) on the Nissan...it would have to be almost shaped like a cucumber to fit in between the spokes and in behind them as well. I watch a couple of videos on UTube on how to clean them and watch these nuts tell me to take off my wheels to clean them on a weekly basis...I don't think so...Any way I can't find the right brush and have look every where in Brampton with no luck...Any ideas out there ???

 

What year is the Nissan? And model too I guess.

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07 Sentra, 08 Altima ,09 maxima....ya I know...we went Nissan crazy.

 

You got yourself a Nissan club there?

All 3 cars have pretty large spokes, anything that's available in Canadian Tire should do the trick in my opinion. Exception to the Maxima which might be a bit tight, use a little force when cleaning them. Cleaning from inside will still be tricky and will likely need the rim to be taken off - so don't clean it often, clean inside once per season.

If you use high pressure washer you should really need light buff on the outside anyways, cars are new so grime won't be that hard to take off.

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does ur wife/gf have anything hidden that might be "cucumber shaped"?

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Yeah, but I hold on to the batteries.

Back to the wheel thing...Canadian tire has a brush that will fit(which I found in the toilet cleaner row) but its an awkward s.o.b. and really is too big to get behind the spokes its also to big to do the wheel wells...won't fit between the tire and the rubber either...oh well if we lived in the States it would be a lot easier to find many more detailing products without relying on a monopoly like Can Tire which just carries crap.

 

You mean between the rubber and the wheel? Use a hard toothbrush but I don't see why you'd need to clean anything there.

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No I mean the wheel well it shelf...what got me worked up about all this was a video I saw which I can't find anymore, was a demo of a guy cleaning his wheels, tires, and well...he had 3 brushes, one like a cucumber shape for cleaning in and around the spokes and a wheel well brush which looked like an oven mitt on a stick. He scrubbed his tires with a standard scrub brush which makes sense cause cleaning the rubber is easy enough. The 2 brush look great for saving on the knuckle work. Anyway I might being going to the States in September so I do my research to see what stores I can find there when I go...Man I hate Canadian Tire !

 

Wheel well, rim spokes and tires is all easy stuff. It's the back of the tire, which I can say is a bit overkill for cleaning. I ran my summer rims last summer and when I took em off in winter they didn't need any special cleaning, inside of the rims don't get all that dirty at least for me.

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The Sentra and the Altima both have this light gray on the inside surface of the rims behind the spokes...they show everything and I use that spray stuff "orange blast" and try to get at them behind the spokes but between the tight space and the calipers its a dang of a job. From looking at other rims some seem a lot easier than others OR perhaps I'm just a whining bitch.