What is the best type of car wash soap to clean polished wheels without hurting them?

 

You won't hurt polished wheels if they are not coated. Just use Mother's, or other grittyaluminum polishesand polish them every couple of weeks or depending if you drove in rain or not. When they become stained or cloudy polish them again. Washing them will only keep dust and dirt of, but hard water stains them.

If they are coated then I dunno but if you scrub a curb and the coating wears water becomes trapped and starts to corrode.

 

I use Turtle Wax F21 cleaner on mine. Its one of the only cleaners out there that advertises that it uses "No Acid". I shoot it on wet wheels and let it soak for a min, then get a rag and buff it in a bit then wash it off. Then I shoot it on again after that, let it sit and do another rinse. Then I take a clean non-abrasive rag and dry them up. After that they shine like white gold.

 

Aren't your wheels chrome?

 

so long as you dont wash them in break fluid, you will be fine.

 

I use acid when i detail cars, and chrome comes out looking new.

 

chrome is different than polished, polished have like a clear plastic coat of something, and when one of my breaks was leaking, it ate away the coat, so now it looks wierd, and i have little rust .. freckles

 

'03-'04 Premium wheels are Bright Polished Aluminum.

 

My wheels exactly like that are chrome. I know because it is starting to chip off.

 

CoolAid, my car is exactly like yours except I have a grille delete. Your sig pic looks good. I'm going to use the Turtle Wax F21 on my wheels and see how it does.