Fuchs Cleaning Advise wanted?

I have read all the previous posts on Fuchs
Pronounced (FOOKS like books ,meaning,fox,I learned in my invesitgation)I would like to ask the best way to remove all the brake dust,road swag and built up crud on the back of the used Fuchs I received today.Thick,Black and dusty are words that describe the back.Tips and tricks are what I am after!!!
PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!!!!!

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Mully 911

I think Fuchs is pronounced "foo-ks" (with the "foo" as in "Foo-Fighters") which is close to rhyming with "books" but not exactly. But, I'm sure there are several ways to pronounce it.
I'd clean the backs up with Simple Green and a brush.
For the fronts, the best advice for Fuchs (and all alloys, actually) is to not use anything on the wheels that you would not use on the other painted surface on your car. If you keep them reasonably clean, whatever car wash soap you use to wash the car is good enough to clean the wheels.
Many wheel cleaners are way too harsh, and will ruin the anodized finish (which is why you see so many "home-polished" wheels!).

Sounds like a trip to the hand/wand car wash is in order ... wash your parts chasing vehicle first to be sure it is plain detergent coming out, then give the wheels a couple of $$$ worth of going over followed by thorough rinsing, including 'soft' water final rinse, if available. When you get them home, rinse with distilled water and hand dry as if fine crystal! Then, do the Vaseline treatment!

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Warren Hall
1973 911S Targa

I Have a pressure washer at home ,what type of soap Simple Green? as mentioned?

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Mully 911

Heh i always thought that Fuchs were pronounced Few-ShAs and not fooks....wow now its weird to call the fooks after being used to Few-ShAs

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85.5 Porsche 944

I thought it was pronounced "fewks" and I thought it was the German word for "forged"
Perhaps Mikel can tell us?

I hope it doesn't rhyme with books otherwise it sounds a bit offensive!

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'72 911E Sporto

Funny how I just spent the better part of 2 hours trying to remove the same brake dust/grime from the backs of your... I mean, my RUF wheels ;-)
I went the simple green route. It works fairly well. There's still a lot of muscle involved. I used P21s and some Honda-Brite (something I had laying around) when I cleaned my Fuchs (phew-ks). I somehow remember it working better.
You need to tell us if your wheels are still anodized, or if they are now just polished. Harsher chemicals can be used if the annodization is gone.
Good luck , and thanks for the wheels.

Hey all, I thought I read that Simple Green was not good for the anodizing. Did I misread something? I've been using Simple Green to clean all sorts of grimey car stuff over the years and will be glad to find out I can go back to using it on my anodized Fuchs.
TIA,
Buck

Oh well, here goes.
Just saw this on the 914 board.
It was posted by Herb Meeder.


"Well, not to sound like a now-it-all nerd but German is my first language and I lived there for quite a while and spent 5 years as a German translator so, you I can finally get all of you to pronounce it right. It drives me nuts when it isn't done correctly.
It is not pronounced 'fukes' (as in rhymes with pukes)

Chris is right, it rhymes with 'books' and is the German word for fox. It also is incorrect to singularize it by removing the 's'. Fuchs (with the 's')is the singular.

There, I finally got that off my chest. Freud was right, confession is good for the soul. Ahhh"

IF anyone is really interested.
But "Few-ShAs" is definitely the most unique. Kinda sounds French.

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Clint
73T mfi coupe

[This message has been edited by Rustbucket (edited 03-20-2001).]

I like how a small thread is able to go from "dirty wheels" to "proper German pronunciation"...

Because when you hear a German pronounce it, it sounds -- to American ears -- like a pretty 'dirty' word.

It's like 'books,' but a little bit closer to 'trucks' then 'kooks.'

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Jack Olsen
1973 911 T (3.6) sunroof coupe
jackolsen@mediaone.net

For many who remember the B & W newsreels and TV documentaries from the early Cold War, 'Fuchs' was pronounced fee-oowks by Walter Cronkite and it was a dirty word, as in atomic spy -- Klaus Fuchs, who successfully got away with his work at Los Alamos ... until the Canadians alerted the FBI about what they discovered after he had returned to UK!

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Warren Hall
1973 911S Targa

So like when a german mechanic needs a wheel he goes to the other mechanic and says get the f*ck over here...meaning the Fuchs

I still like Few-shAs better

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85.5 Porsche 944

Haha,

Warren's post reminded me of a couple of guys at high school who used to make up quotes on whatever subject for their assignments and exams from the eminent Dr Werner Fuchs (the imaginery German scientist, classicist, economist, geographist and historian).

They thought they were pretty funny.

Cam

Try this.

Babelfish

Type in "fox" and translate from English to German.

I use soap and water and a soft brush on my wheels. For my polished ones I give 'em the vaseline treatment.

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Mark Szabo
1986 911 Targa 3.2
1987 Escort 5-speed 1.9 RIP
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