Many thanks Peter, sounds like great advice.
Can I take it that alloy wheel cleaning spray is a no-no?
Can you please suggest a grease type - yes, I'm a novice at this game!
Presumably one type of grease works everywhere - as in front suspension?
Nick
Nick,
ignore all these alloy wheel modernists. A proper British period sports car rides on wire wheels, as does a proper British motorcycle.
Yes, cleaning them needs some care and effort, but they are in many ways superior to alloys. I'm not going to trade claims with the "alloy disk brigade" but sufficient to say stainless spoked wheels can't corrode and are much harder to damage by light kerbing...
As to cleaning agent, they are stainless steel, nothing you can buy as car cleaning chemicals will damage the polish unless you leave it on beyond the makers recommended time. The fronts get mostly brake dust mixed with dirt and a bit of grease if the splines have been over greased. The rears don't get any brake dust on them to speak of.
Spline grease MUST be copper based, sometimes sold as coppaslip.
As has been said you need to be careful not to cut yourself, do wear gloves.
If you can, get someone to show you how. I was lucky, Dad had a Mk2 Jaguar with spoked wheels and I learnt from him.
