- Hey, what's up guys.
Welcome back to Chemical Guys Detail Garage.
So today here at the Detail Garage,
we have this 2014 SVT Raptor and as you guys can see,
it's caked up in all this nasty grime and mud.
So today I'm gonna show you guys
how to clean this wheel,
how to get it protected again,
and as well, we're gonna go ahead
and get into the undercarriage.
We're gonna go ahead and clean it up
to avoid any rusting overtime
and just so you guys can protect you guy's frame.
So, to get started, I have my Diablo gel right here.
I'm gonna go ahead and apply
one to two ounces into my bucket.
Just so I could get extra cleaning power with my brushes.
In order to activate my Diablo gel,
you get your water hose or your garden hose,
and you go ahead and add pressure to it.
So now that it's, go ahead
and it's already all foamy, you get your,
you get your water hose and you go ahead
and rinse down the wheel.
Woo!
After your wheel's rinsed off,
you go ahead and get to cleaning.
So before anything, I'm gonna go ahead
and start off cleaning the tire.
So I have my Orange Degreaser right here.
I'll go ahead and spray down the tire.
And what Orange Degreaser does,
it's agitating all the dirt and grime.
You guys can see this runoff right here.
It's this nasty grime.
So I'll go ahead and reach into my bucket,
I'll get the blue stiffy brush,
spray the brush with more Orange Degreaser
for more cleaning power and I'll just go ahead
and start scrubbing it out.
So whenever you want to clean the wheel,
you always want to start from the top to bottom.
Like that, you're not working double
and all the nasty grime is landing on a clean surface.
Yes right now the nasty grime is gonna land on the wheel,
but I'll go ahead and get to that in a little bit.
These tires are bulky and they do have these bigger nubs,
it's a little bit harder to clean them,
but with the right tools, you're gonna get them clean.
Let me rinse it off a little bit,
just so I could see my cleaning I'm doing.
And let me go ahead and spray it down again.
It's very hard to tell how much product you need for tires.
What I recommend, me personally,
is just apply as you need it.
If you need more, just simply apply more
and go ahead and scrub it down
because whenever you get a clean tire,
the adhesion of the tire shine
or any protectant you put on a tire
is gonna bond a lot better
and it's gonna last a lot longer.
If you don't clean your tires thoroughly,
it's gonna go ahead and not bond as correctly
and your tire shine's actually gonna look brown.
Look at this nasty grime right there.
It's very nasty, it's very, very brownish.
So let me go ahead and rinse down.
Put my brush in here.
And let me go ahead and rinse it down.
I'm gonna give it one more pass
just so I could be sure I got everything.
Spray it down, get my brush,
dip it in the Diablo gel.
Diablo gel is a pH balanced formula
so it does work on all sorts of wheels,
anodized aluminum, powder-coated,
and it won't affect the finish,
especially if you have a protectant on there,
it won't strip it off because it's a very gentle cleaner.
Look at that, so now that I'm cleaning,
it's not brown anymore.
It's not as brown as when I started.
When I started cleaning this wheel, this tire, I mean,
this tire was super brown, super gunky,
due to it being at the dunes this past weekend.
So now we're gonna get my favorite wheel cleaner,
Sticky Citrus Wheel Gel.
It's a concentrated gel that you're gonna spray
onto the surface of the face of the wheel
or even tire and then it just agitates the dirt
and it makes it a lot easier for cleaning.
So I'm gonna go ahead and reactivate my suds
I have right here in my wheel bucket.
Now that it's reactivated,
I'm gonna go ahead and get my red rocket brush
just so I could go clean the barrel of the wheel.
You always want to start off from the top
and start cleaning.
The red rocket brush has nylon bristles
that are very soft on any type of wheel finish
and if it's in any type of tight area
so you can get the back of the wheel, just start scrubbing.
Dip it.
And same thing I said before, add more gel
or cleaning power or any type of product
you're using as you go.
If you need more, feel free to add more.
Spray it on there.
Dip.
And just scrub.
It also contains this rubber handle right here
and this rubber tip just so you could
avoid any scratches on the face of the wheel.
Now I'm gonna get my Mini Red Rocket,
and I'm actually gonna spray it down.
Just so it could go ahead
and get in the back of this area,
the areas that the big Red Rocket didn't fit in.
Right there.
Now let me go ahead and rinse it down
just so I could see where I'm at.
So I'll keep on spraying the face of the wheel
just so I can get more cleaning power.
Now I'm gonna get my green flat tip brush.
This brush right here contains flat tips
so it's very super soft and it's not gonna go ahead
and harm any face of the wheel.
So here at Chemical Guys, we make cleaning easy, fun,
and we're honestly making this video
without a lot of cuts just so you guys get to see
how it is to clean a face of a wheel
or how long it takes to clean the wheel.
Alright so I'll go ahead and scrub it down.
Start off on the top
and just start scrubbing the face of the wheel.
If this plastic piece does hit a face of wheel,
it's not gonna go ahead and scratch,
it'll take the impact but it won't
harm the face of the wheel.
Sticky Citrus Wheel Gel foams up very nice.
That's why it's one of my favorite wheel cleaners.
The more lubrication I see,
the better, in all types of scenarios.
And now that I already have foaming action in there,
I'll go ahead and get All In My Details brushes.
Just go ahead and clean up the lug nuts.
Spray the brush and just agitate.
The All In The Details brush just works on everything,
emblems, grills, wheels, undercarriage parts.
It works so amazing.
The bristles on it, is just my favorite.
So now that my wheel is all clean,
I'll move my bucket, my wheel cleaner as well,
and I'm gonna go ahead and rinse it down
just so I can see what kind of cleaning I did.
There you guys have it.
Look at this wheel.
It's super clean.
The tire's de greased.
The face of the wheel's super super clean now.
It still has a little bit of suds in there.
That's not a problem because we still
gotta go ahead and clean up the undercarriage.
The undercarriage is getting muddy again
just because we wet it.
So let's get to it.
It is kind of messy and grimy.
So the reason why we're gonna go ahead and clean up
everything on the undercarriage is
because one key factor that a lot of
people miss out is dirt down here, grime,
or anything that lands on an
undercarriage could cause rusting.
Rusting damages components like
your suspension, your control arms,
your frame and that's so unacceptable.
So before I get started I'm gonna go ahead
and rinse it down just so I could get
all the loose dirt and debris out of there.
Ew.
So just by rinsing it off, you guys
can see how much dirt just actually came off
but if I still run my finger through it,
you guys can see how nasty it is.
That's kinda disgusting.
Alright so I'll get Orange Degreaser again
and my secondary spray bottle.
I'm gonna go ahead and spray down
everything on the undercarriage.
The reason why you always want to spray
everything on the undercarriage
before you get cleaning is
just because the degreaser by itself,
it's cleaning power that it contains,
it's just gonna go ahead and clean up everything
and make life a lot easier for you.
So now I'm gonna ahead and dip
my brush in my wheel bucket.
Add some foaming action to it and then,
I'm gonna use a long handle green flat tip brush.
Spray some Orange Degreaser onto it
and I'm gonna go ahead and start scrubbing.
Remember always start from the top to bottom.
Ew.
Look at all this grime just come off.
And everyone loves having a nice, clean undercarriage.
Especially if you guys have a lifted truck,
that's the thing that everybody sees.
When you're turning, when you're driving on the road,
or even offroading, everyone looks at your undercarriage.
Look at my brush.
Let's go ahead and dip it in here
just so we could get it all off.
At the bottom of my bucket, I do have a dirt trap,
just so I could release all the dirt and grime.
So let me just go ahead and scrub it at the bottom.
Come back up, same exact thing.
Add some cleaning power to it
and then let's get back to it.
Alright, so now that the whole undercarriage is clean
I'm gonna rinse it off a little bit.
Alright so remember guys, behind the lip of the fender,
there's always gonna be dirt and grime
stuck on there so maybe on camera,
still looks like it's clean
but it's really not clean
because I'm still missing this back part over here.
So here comes the All In The Details brushes.
Go ahead and spray down my brush.
And then I'm gonna go ahead
and scrub it right here, just gonna get
right in the back of the lip.
You guys can see how nasty it just comes off,
all the way around.
The All In The Details Brush is honestly
one of the amazing things that Chemical Guys has.
Plus all their chemicals but just look.
Look at all this grime just coming right off.
Dip my brush in here.
Scrub it down there and let me get more cleaning power.
Let me go ahead and rinse it down.
So now that the whole undercarriage is clean,
I'm gonna go ahead and clean out the suspension,
just so I could make sure all the loose grime and dirt
that fell from the undercarriage gets all cleaned up.
So for this one I'm gonna go ahead
and use my All In My Details Brushes again.
Spray my bristles.
Now I'm gonna spray down the,
the control arm, the suspension, and any other components.
Come in here, start scrubbing out the spring.
Make sure everything's clean.
You could remember guys,
whenever you clean everything, it lasts longer.
You reduce the chance of it getting rust
or it getting damaged.
Let me go ahead and get in all the way in here.
Scrub it down.
Beautiful suspension that it has,
it's light blue, you always want to,
have it see glowing.
You don't want it be dull or all nasty,
'cause no one likes something that's nasty.
So now I'm gonna rinse it off again.
So now let me go ahead and inspect my work.
So still, guys, back here, there's still grime.
So let me go ahead and rinse it down again.
Let me go ahead and get my All In My Details Brushes,
and let's scrub again.
And one key thing, about cleaning your undercarriage
back here is don't be scared to get dirty.
Also this truck is lady-driven.
So she's gonna have a very nice truck
as soon as I finish cleaning it.
Look at that, guys.
Look how nasty it comes out.
Dip it down there, get it clean on my dirt trap.
It comes out clean and let's add more cleaning power to it.
Let's rinse it down.
Alright guys, so there you guys have it.
I already went ahead and cleaned up
all the easy to reach areas
under this fender well right here.
Now I got the hard to reach areas,
like the front bumper down there,
this nasty, nasty undercarriage
that's completely thrashed down here.
I got three more wheels, three more tires,
and three more fender wells.
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