Wise Guy Wheel & Tire Cleaner is a powerful cleaner that can clean both the wheels and tires. This product is best utilized when your wheels contain heavy dirt and grime rather than brake dust and metallic contaminants. Since this cleaner is not an iron removing wheel cleaner, it is best utilized when the brake dust moderate. This product is also a budget friendly cleaner due to is being cut 1:1 with water.

Cool Guy Wheel Cleaner is an iron removing wheel cleaner, this cleaner targets wheels that have heavy built up of brake dust and metallic contaminants. When Cool Guy interacts with the brake dust present on the wheel, it turns bright purple and gives the wheel a bleeding affect. This wheel cleaner is best utilized when your wheels have stubborn brake dust.

Cool Guy Wheel Cleaner and Wise Guy Wheel & Tire Cleaner are both safe on your clear coated wheels. If your wheels are maintained regularly and have light to moderate brake dust, Wise Guy will be a better budget fitting cleaner. However, if your wheel has a heavy brake dust and metallic contaminant build up, Cool Guy will safely remove that build up.

Both Wise Guy Wheel & Tire Cleaner and Cool Guy Wheel Cleaner will safely clean your powder coated wheels. Wise Guy will work best when the grime present on the wheel is mud, dirt, or road grime, while Cool Guy will work best when the wheel is heavily contaminated with brake dust.

When cleaning ceramic coated wheels you want to take into consideration that the coating is very hydrophobic, and nothing really wants to stick to the coating. Therefore, the wheel does not need a heavy cleaner because of the hydrophobic properties. With that being said, using our Shift Pure Vehicle Shampoo (which is our designated ceramic coating soap) to clean them is highly recommended. This product will clean the wheels safely without breaking down or harming your ceramic coating on your wheels.

Polished aluminum does not contain a clear coat and is a porous material, therefore it is bare metal that you are cleaning, ultimately meaning they are very easy to stain. Just like anodized wheels, you will want to lean away from wheel cleaners and use soap and water to clean the finish. Shine Soap can be utilized to clean these wheel types, to bring the gloss up you can then follow with our Cloud 9 Metal Polish to brighten up the finish.

Anodized wheels are very fragile and very expensive; therefore, you want to be very careful when cleaning them. We recommend staying away from using heavy cleaners on these wheel finishes and use soap and water to clean the finish. Our Shine Soap in a foam gun or in a bucket, is what you want to use when cleaning these wheels to completely avoid the risk of staining the finish.

Soft Bristle Wheel & Tire Brush

Use this brush to scrub the bulk of the wheel surface

Wheel Woolie Detail Brush 1.25 in.

Use this brush to scrub the tight areas on the wheel

Wheel Woolie 3 Piece Kit

Use these long brushes to scrub the barrel and in between the spokes of the wheel.