I looked where to order wheels care kit and somebody at forum advised for
Shinearama. The nice thing about them was if your order below 2.5 kg, the FedEx 2-4 b.days delivery will cost you £10. But I totally missed customs fee that can be applied, but later about it.
So I ordered 2 brushes, sealant for rims and dressing gel for tyres. I looked for cleaner too but most of them increased package weight above 2.5 kg limit. Finally, I found one that for some reason didn't add too much. Here are order items:
1. Mothers Wheel Brush (single)
2. Poorboy's Wheel Sealant (8oz)
3. Poorboy's Bold N Bright Tyre Dressing Gel (473ml)
4. EZ Detail Mini Brush (single)
5. Scholl Concepts RIM7 Wheel Cleaner Gel (500ml)
This is PayPal payment: total £60.47 converted to 368.31 NIS. Looks cool.
It came to Israel really fast, you can check FedEx travel history.
But now customs come into play. On 5th of Feb I got a call from FedEx agent telling me that I need to fill "Declaration of Personal Import of Goods" (
blank 130, PDF). And I did trying to minimize items cost :-)
And after 2 days delivery guy came home with my package. Also they told me before that I need to add extra 145 NIS... At customs they added VAT 31 NIS and customs fee 103 NIS and also some storage fee.
The following papers were found in package plastic pocket
Overall, I paid 515 NIS for this order :-(
Now from sad and black'n'white part here coming fun and color!
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| Packaging, left side was opened at customs and sealed back with tape |
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| Mothers Wheel Brush |
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| Poorboy's Wheel Sealant |
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| Poorboy's Bold N Bright Tyre Dressing Gel - smells so fucking good like delicious dessert :-) |
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| EZ Detail Mini Brush |
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| Scholl Concepts RIM7 Wheel Cleaner Gel - front |
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| Scholl Concepts RIM7 Wheel Cleaner Gel - back |
Now I waiting for Saturday to try this products, hope will not be raining.
Also, I found another american site
Detailed Image. I liked so much
their detailing guides - I think next week I'll place new order for
engine bay cleaning stuff with something else ;-) Stay tuned!
Update (2012-02-25)
After two usages here is what I think.
Brushes are must have accessories for wheel cleaning, a lot easier and fun to clean than foam or wash mitt. Just on moment... You should wear safety glasses and maybe gloves to protect yourself. Take a look on my glasses and pure white t-shirt after job done (black dots are brake dust):
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| 3M safety glasses after wheel cleaning with brushes |
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| T-shirt after wheel cleaning with brushes |
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| T-shirt sleeve (zoom) after wheel cleaning with brushes |
Poorboy's Wheel Sealant is... useless. I really can't feel any difference. Just waste of time applying it and cleaning wheels anyway with brushes. But I will give it another chance.
Scholl Concepts RIM7 Wheel Cleaner is good. It no so helpful to me as I wash every week or two, but it do its job well. I will use it more on tyres swapping. It will help to clean calipers and inner disk. Btw, it smells so bad, you better use it outside.
Poorboy's Bold N Bright Tyre Dressing Gel is cool but I expected more shine :-) Really protects, you can see as is repels water. And lasts long, I guess, once a month or more is enough.
Regarding before/after pictures. I usually end up with wheels (the last thing) when it's dark already, so nothing to show yet.
