It doesn’t have any of the purple ‘bleeding’ reactants, but still cleared the grime effectively from our plastic wheel cover. It did struggle with cleaning the heavily soiled alloy, however. Ultracare’s low price means we’d be tempted to just keep a bottle for the occasional top-up clean on wheels that aren’t too dirty.
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Car Pro WheelX
We’ve never tried WheelX before, and there were two stand-out points in our test notes. The first was that it did an exceptional job of cleaning our tough brake dust deposits, matching the Duel and challenging our champ from Bilt-Hamber.
The other very noticeable thing was the strong herbal smell, which was quite pungent and slightly overpowering. If that doesn’t put you off (and it’s better than the rotten egg whiff of some rivals), then it’s great, but the price is too high to make it a winner.
Gyeon Q²M Iron Wheel Cleaner REDEFINED
- Price: around £13
- Size: 500ml
- Rating: 3.5 stars
- Contact: gyeon.co
Despite claiming to have no odour on the bottle, the Q²M has a distinct sulphurous smell, which is common with most of the really effective cleaners. But it’s not overpowering, and it is the only downside to using the Gyeon.
The gel-like formula means Q²M clings to the vertical parts of your wheels, which allows it to linger and be more effective than less viscous rivals. As a result, the cleaning effort was among the best, but it’s hard to justify the Gyeon’s price against our top two.
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