Meguiars hot rims wheel cleaner reviews

Product Overview

Meguiar’s Hot Rims All Wheel and Tire Cleaner is designed to be safe on all factory produced clear coated wheels. It will wash grime with ease, leaving behind not only clean wheels, but clean tire sidewalls as well. Its unique foaming solution, Xtreme Cling is designed to cling to vertical surfaces and break down stubborn road residue from both metal and rubber.

What We Say

What is it?

A foaming wheel cleaner designed to be safe for use on all wheel types as well as on tyre walls with a high cling formula for optimum dwell time

How we Tested it:

We recently purchased a set of Meguiars products to put through their paces. Having always been a fan of the brand we decided to try some long standing products that we had not used before. With Hot Rims we observed largely its cleaning power, uniqueness and place for the product.

We Liked:

• Very precise dispersal of product due to great trigger head and consistency of the product.
• Powerful cleaner, made light work of soiling on a variety of wheels we utilised it on.
• High cling formula is great and allows for agitation to remove more stubborn deposits, foaming nicely as you do.
• Ability to thoroughly clean tyre wall as well as wheels.

We didn’t like:

• Not an economical product. Quite a lot of product is needed to effectively clean the wheels. We found the bottle nearly finished after 4 sets of wheels.
• Quite expensive, particularly with economy factored in.
• Thicker, foaming consistency is good for intricate areas such as the wheel face but not as easy to use on the larger inner dishes.

Overall

A funky looking product, we have always been keen to try Hot Rims yet for some reason have never got around to doing so. After using the product for several weeks now we can say that it actually exceeded our expectations as a wheel cleaner, being one of the strongest and most effective we have used. The high cling formula is also a bonus on intricate wheels as it really aids the agitation process and allows for more effective cleaning. Where the product falls flat slightly is that the clinginess of it is also its downfall in that much product is needed to cover a wheel properly, making this a very effective wheel cleaner but one which comes at a premium.

by Andy Feb 2019

A Closer Look

What You Say

1. 06-29-2016, 01:30 PM #1

   

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   Meguiars Hot Rims Review

   Wanted to do a good review on this product forever one out there, i have been seeing this in stores for awhile now and figured why not due it today while i have some free time ill do a quick detail on my own personal vehicle. So i went back to the store that i remember seeing this product at and bought the Megs Hot Rims and also Megs Hot Shine. (wanted to test this stuff out as well.)

   Hope everyone enjoys this review on the product, ill be as honest and detailed as possible.

   The product comes in a nice shaped bottle that feels great in your hand while using also comes with a foaming nozzle which is great to put other products in once the megs hot rims runs out.

   Here's a photo of one of my rims before anything is done to them, has not been detailed for 2 weeks so there's a good amount of break dust and dirt built up.

   Once sprayed on to the tires and the rims all the grime will begin to melt away with out doing no agitating to the chemical at all I would say about 95% of the grime came out with out any agitating. (I let the product sit for 10mins)

   After waiting 10mins I took a photo of the rims and then took my new brush that I love and began to agitate the Lugnuts and all over the rims and tires.

   After brushing down the whole tire I took my firehose nozzle and sprayed off the tire starting with the rubber working my way in all the way to the lug nuts then working my way back out to the rubber of the tire again.

   After drying off the rims and tires I then added the Meg's hot shine and removed any over spray with a terry towel that may have got into the rims.

   Here are some photos of the whole car finished, I can say I honestly really do like this product and will be buying it again I almost wanna say it's better then sonax's tire cleaner and if not its definitely up there with it. I rate this product a 9 on a scale 1 to 10. ( ten being the best)

   Also I like the Meg's hot shine as well not a real glossy shine more of a natural look which I tend to like more when detailing.

   Thank you everyone for your time and I hope the review is helpful.

   ~ Asap

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2. 06-30-2016, 08:33 AM #2

   

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   Thanks for the review and great pics.

   But it's my understanding you only should let the product sit for 30-45 seconds. Or am I thinking of a different Meguairs product?

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3. 06-30-2016, 09:23 AM #3

   

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   Great review!

   This is a great wheel and tire cleaner. Very effective in removing browning and old dressing on the tires.

   2011 SEMA Meguiar's Car Crazy Showcase Team
   2016 Competition Ready Barn Find Porsche Team

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5. 06-30-2016, 09:31 AM #4

   

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   Instructions are to pre-rinse with water, apply, and wait a maximum of 30 Seconds before agitating and or rinsing.

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6. 06-30-2016, 12:15 PM #5

   

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   Yowza 10 min?? Hey what ever works for you go for it. I too love the Hot Rims line of wheel cleaners.

   "Dirt likes detergent so much better than the surface that it's attached to, it'll leave that surface to go hang out with the soap"...aim4squirrels

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7. 06-30-2016, 02:07 PM #6

   

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   I don't like their method on the directions. Pre rinsing doesn't allow the product to hold as well as I would like it too. And as you can see my method works very well yes it takes a little longer and maybe I exaggerated with 10mins... 5 mins it more then enough to time I normally wait till the foam dissipates then I remove the product after

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8. 06-30-2016, 08:57 PM #7

   

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   Re: Meguiars Hot Rims Review

   I guess using it as a wheel cleaner would work. Personally, I just use the product as a pad cleaner. I'm pretty happy with the job it does.

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9. 06-30-2016, 09:17 PM #8

   

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   Originally Posted by ducksfan

   

   I guess using it as a wheel cleaner would work. Personally, I just use the product as a pad cleaner. I'm pretty happy with the job it does.

   For deep cleaning pads or all the time?

   I use D143 but it's is nice to know I can get a bottle of this excellent tire/wheel cleaner in a pinch locally

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10. 07-01-2016, 09:25 PM #9

    

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    I get the majority of stuff out with a APC+/foam soap mix and/or pad cleaner. Last step is to work some Hot Rims into the pad and rinse. The stuff works well. I got the idea from another poster on this site. I don't remember who.

    It probably does pretty similar to what D143 would do. Hot Rims may be a little stronger. Not sure.

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11. 07-04-2016, 02:09 PM #10

    

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    I'll have to try that too thanks

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