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Soap and water is what Dodge recommends. Unless you are religious about cleaning your wheels this really doesn't cut it in my opinion.

I use and highly recommend Sonax Full Effect wheel cleaner. If you have never tried it the stuff will blow your mind. It's PH balanced, wont hurt your wheels (already been tested on my Hellcat wheels). It chemically bonds to and dissolves the iron on the rims from the break dust.

This is very similar to Iron X for paint but it is a gel formula. It's not cheap (I buy 5 liter jugs of it) but it's excellent.

It's supposed to be lemon scented but like Iron X it smells like a woman getting a perm in a porta-potty the night after she won a burrito eating contest. Smells nasty but man will it make your wheels CLEAN.

Many places sell this stuff. Here is some from Amazon

Amazon.com Sonax 230500 Wheel Cleaner Full Effect Refill - 169 fl. oz. Automotive

or

Amazon.com Sonax 230200-755 Wheel Cleaner Full Effect - 16.9 fl. oz. Automotive

I would also recommend some quality wheel brushes to get in between the spokes and to get the barrels clean. Finally some microfiber clothes to clean the back side of the spokes. I use my old micro fiber towels for the wheels and after I clean all four wheels I throw the towel out! I don't want that stuff coming out in the wash and getting deposited in towels I used on the paint.

 

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I have tried several cleaners and, like some have said, the coating is thin on the wheels so it is a risk after many uses. I have found that the only thing that really works is just soap, water and elbow grease. Everything else just leaves this nasty smear mess on the wheels that you have to wash off anyway. I just wash my wheels really well, dry them off and then apply a wax cleaner. Best thing yet.

Try the Sonax... You will love me for it

 

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Anybody thought about clearing wheels to make it easier to clean I've asked my paint guy to look into it once I get my car

Honestly these wheels are no harder to clean than any other wheels.

If you want to make them easier to clean I would consider putting a sealant type product on them. Something that you can reapply every six months or so. It will help make the surface slick and make it harder for the dust and dirt to stick. They key is that you have to clean them regularly. If you neglect your wheels then all bets are off. They will never be pristine.

There are dozens (more) of sealant products. You have to find the one you like. I would first apply it to the back side of the wheel spoke with the wheel off the car. This way you can see if it changes the sheen of the wheel at all (unless you don't care if it changes).

The key to clean wheels is regular washing (once a week minimum on a daily driver).

 

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For my regular maintenance washes I'll often spray P21 Total Auto Wash or S100 Total Cycle Cleaner on the dry wheel. I do all four and then hit them with the pressure washer. It gets them 95 to 98% clean. Good precleaner or quick maintenance clean during the week.

I recently tried Adams New Wheel Cleaner (Blue). It works like Sonnax and it's another good product.