Best way to clean SUPER dirty rim?? i mean dirty

[Sephroth57]

OK so i was having some problems with my brakes particulary my front left brakes, they were making a shitload of dust and they actually got down to grinding some of the rotor the point where a rust looking substance was like coming off in a powdery form after driving. well dont worry about that shit its all fixed and whatnot now but it kind of accumulated a crapload of brakedust/dirt and its really caked onto my one wheel, like my wheel looks like gunmetal when the rest are shining alloy.

i sat there for an hour with brillo pads, some kind of chrome polish cream, that rim spray that breaks up brakedust, and i got the rim like half clean but theres some spots that are so on there the only way i got them off was lightly scraping with a small file but it would scratch my rim a little bit and i dont want to mess it up. is there something really good that i could use to scrub it hard but not mess up the wheel surface, any reccomended products or anything? its really rediculus it would take me like 4 hours at my current rate to clean the 1 wheel

 

[9D9 MITSU RS]

meguiar's hot rims spray and a brush is about the best thing I know of.

 

[Defiant]

Eagle has some really good wheel cleaners, and I've had good success with Simple Green.

 

[guedo512]

Originally posted by Defiant
Eagle has some really good wheel cleaners, and I've had good success with Simple Green.

eagle all wheel cleanor a-z is great. spray it on the rim, let it sit for 30 seconds them hose off. i used to use simple green but it dulled my rims. even simple green watered down is too strong for the clear coat on my rim.