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If you are reading the Autoglym blog, chances are you love your car and want to keep it in the best condition possible inside and out. Whether your car is kept in the shed as a collector’s item, daily driven or the weekend warrior, it is important to always maintain and protect your car’s components [...]

With winter quickly approaching, early morning fog or late night condensation is a common occurrence. Because of this, the chances of environmental contaminants such as road grime and dirt are more likely to stain and stay on your windows. This reduces visibility, makes your eyes grow tired quicker and can cause safety issues at night [...]

What makes a car shampoo?   We all remember growing up washing our parent’s car, hoping they never saw us drop the sponge on the driveway and even thinking waxing the windows was a good idea (no way it’s only me as a kid). For most it was part of our weekly chores, a chance [...]

Autoglym’s storied history within motorsports has grown just that little bit more. For the 2017 Supercars season, Autoglym has partnered up with Nissan Motorsport. Autoglym has been supporting the motorsport scene for almost three decades. Everything from British GT, Formula 1, drift cars, off-roaders and drag cars – and now, the Supercars Championship. The NISMO [...]

At Autoglym, we love motorsports – from sponsoring Paul Kovaceski’s Porsche 944 at World Time Attack Challenge to Michael Caruso’s Nissan Altima in the Supercars Championship. What most people may not realise is that Autoglym has been supporting the motorsport scene for almost three decades. Everything from British GT, Formula 1, drift cars, off-roaders and [...]

Cleaning tyres before dressing can be either be done with the shampoo or for contaminated tyres, wheel cleaner when cleaning the wheels. Dressing a tyre should always be done at the very end after washing the car BUT Before Wheel Protector is added. For those suffering browning on tyres, this is a whole topic on [...]

In this article you will find out what you can do after cleaning the wheel to ensure they stay cleaner for longer. If you have dark coloured wheel we also look at the ways you can keep the shine using the same products used on the car panels. FINISHING & DRESSING THE WHEEL Once you [...]

In this section we look at how to apply the correct wheel cleaner to the wheels, how to agitate correctly, rinse and ensure you have clean wheels. HOW TO APPLY WHEEL CLEANER PROPERLY Not applying wheel cleaner correctly, leaving it on too long or not rinsing enough is one of the most common mistakes and [...]

Choosing the Correct Wheel Cleaner & Tools Once you know what your wheels and finish are made from, then selecting the best wheel cleaner and tools to do the job is the next step. Traditional alloy wheels – those that come as the plain silver looking wheels have been the traditional wheel for many manufacturers. [...]

Understanding Your Wheels & Nuts Compound & Finish Not many cars sold or on the road today come with the classic steel wheels and plastic hub caps. Modern manufacturing processes have taken the alloy wheel from the options list onto the standard kit over the last decade, however these alloys and designs are again evolving. [...]