Meguiar’s Hot Rims Aluminum Wheel Cleaner - Car Wheel Cleaner Formulated for Aluminum Wheels and Sensitive Finishes - Excelle

4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars | 5,981 ratings

Price: 5.62

Last update: 11-12-2024


About this item

ALUMINUM WHEEL CLEANER: Meguiar’s safest, least-aggressive cleaner is designed specifically for uncoated aluminum and other sensitive materials
EFFECTIVE FOAMING ACTION: Our Extreme Cling foam grabs the wheel’s surface to effectively and gently dissolve dirt, brake-dust buildup and road grime
VERSATILE USE: Safely and effectively cleans uncoated polished aluminum, as well as alloy, anodized and powder-coated wheels
ULTRA-SAFE: Gentle cleaning agents won’t harm wheels or brake components
IDEAL FOR AFTERMARKET: The ideal choice for aftermarket wheels that often have sensitive and delicate surfaces
Included Components: Appearance Chemicals;Tire,Wheel,& Trim;Automotive-Tire-Cleaners-And-Polishes

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Top reviews from the United States

Chris Fulgenzi
5.0 out of 5 stars Fast delivery
Reviewed in the United States on November 5, 2024
This cleaner works absolutely great!!!
The crome on my Buick enclave looks like brand new!!!
It's more than worth the money you pay.
Very little work required.
D. Cole
5.0 out of 5 stars I am always going to have a bottle of this around.
Reviewed in the United States on February 13, 2017
This gets 5 stars from me. I was absolutely amazed at how well this stuff cleans. Just a little about me. I have never cared how my cars have looked. Im almost 50 and every car I have owned got washed about twice a year and the inside got cleaned about once a year if they were lucky. I recently bought a used nissan leaf that was in awesome shape. Something about this car has triggered something in me to really try and keep it looking great so I bought all kinds of cleaners for both inside and out to try and help me keep it that way. Maybe its the new to me thing and in a few months time I wont care again but for right now, its actually kind of fun. Anyways Here is me putting meguiars up against sonax wheel cleaner.

where to start. I put this up against meguiras hot wheel and rim cleaner and I must say I was a little shocked. Here was my setup.

2001 dodge caravan. The rims have never been scrubbed and the wheels have never been scrubbed either. Sure they have went through automatic carwashes, my wife usually did it about once a week but never have these rims been scrubbed at all by hand. Surprisingly they were not nearly as bad as some youtube videos I saw so I guess car washes once a week still helped out a bunch.

Anyways following directions for both, the sonax sat on the rims for 4 minutes and the meguiras about 30 seconds.
I really expected more from a $20 bottle of wheel cleaner, I saw lots of youtube videos and I just felt this was going to stomp meguiras. Keep in mind I had no plans on putting this up against anything. Turned out I forgot I put the $5 add on bottle of meguiras in an earlier order to meet my minimum then the next day I bought this.

Anyways the sonax did ok. It took a fair amount off, It did turn nice and red which makes you think its working its butt off. After the rinse though, it was still very dirty. The meguiras rim, you could see in just 30 seconds it sliding right off. Rinse and inspect and it got a lot more of the rim cleaned than the sonax rim.

So for the other 2 wheels I did the exact same test but this time I used a small round detailing brush to get into the lug nut holes and went ahead and used it to go over the entire rims, mind you this was a fairly soft brush so there was no real scrubing action here.
The sonax wheel did better this time but still left some areas on the rim. I suspected as much as it was not a scrubbing brush I was using. The meguiras rim just amazed me. Same brush, almost no pressure at all and after the rinse that rim looked amazing. There were still a couple spots but it got the majority of it off with so little effort.

So my conclusion, Sonax did ok. Not $20 ok but it did work. The $5 bottle of meguiras though, it blew it away. In a no touch situation it was better than sonax but not night day difference. In touching the rims to clean though, sonax again did ok but that $5 bottle did it in a fraction of the time. The downside with meguiras is you will go through more of it quicker. I did 4 rims and tires and I had between half and 1/4th left. So if sonax can clean about 15 cars with one bottle then maybe it is more price efficient but it also took longer and more cleaning effort.
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I dont care if I go through a bottle a car, the less time I spend bent over trying to clean a wheel and rim will make up for the extra cost.
I did not mention that after my test was done, I went over all 4 wheels with meguiars tire shine. I have to admit, the wheels on that van look absolutely fantastic but the rest of the van looks like crap lol. It hasnt seen a wax job in years. The paint is fading, water does not slide off at all. I bought a bottle of nu finish so I cant wait to see if it can do anything for it, It really needs a complete paint correction but it would cost way to much to have it professionally done and I dont have that kind of money to waste on an old van.
Tj
4.0 out of 5 stars It’s pretty good
Reviewed in the United States on July 15, 2024
This clean pretty well but not the best, need to wash a few times to make it clean.
Daniel Coburn
5.0 out of 5 stars Wheel cleaner
Reviewed in the United States on November 1, 2024
Works well
AL
5.0 out of 5 stars Good product
Reviewed in the United States on September 23, 2024
Gets them tires and wheels cleaned without much effort
pooky
5.0 out of 5 stars Powerful
Reviewed in the United States on September 10, 2024
Best cleaner without a doubt.
Matt
3.0 out of 5 stars Ok job
Reviewed in the United States on November 7, 2024
Not the best
Mark Sheard
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent product
Reviewed in the United States on September 29, 2024
This is a excellent product let it foam up. If you have old rims scrub your rims a little bit. If you have new rims, all you have to do is spray on and let them fold up then get the water hose and wash them off.

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