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Old Feb 12, 2004 | 06:54 AM
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Angry WARNING: Do not use ORANGE BLAST by Greased Lightning on your wheels!

WARNING: Don't use Greased Lightning "Orange Blast All Wheel Cleaner" on your wheels!

I bought and used it to clean my chrome wheels of my c5 vert. Unfortunately, it completely discolored and etched my drilled and slotted Zinc-Plated Rotors. There is no warning on the label and the company told me to take a hike. Not even an appology. I called them to tell them about the problem and to have them change their labels to warn others that it could hurt their expensive aftermarket rotors but they didn't care and didn't want to hear about it. The woman that I talked with when I called their customer service number didn't even want to hear what I had to say.

I just want to warn you, my brothers and sisters, to stay away from this product and the company that makes it. A&M Cleaning Products doesn't care about their customers.

GREASED LIGHTNING "ORANGE BLAST" ALL WHEEL CLEANER IS GARBAGE! Don't Damage your vehicle by using it. If you have some, return it to the store for a refund.

A link to their website: http://www.greased-lightning.com/abo...last_auto.html
Old Feb 12, 2004 | 07:15 AM
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Sorry to hear about that, it is a shame that customer service can be so poor. I vow to never buy their products!!!
Old Feb 12, 2004 | 11:48 AM
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Hehe I used just regular greased lighting on some painted wheels and it took the paint off I never expected it to do that and I just busted out laughing
Old Feb 12, 2004 | 09:00 PM
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Man that sucks!! I use it on my chrome plated wheels it does better than anything else i found. But my friend used it on his bike. It was polished alumium, it damn near ate his side cover. we polished it but it still looked like sh#t.
Old Feb 12, 2004 | 11:03 PM
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Did the same thing about a month ago to my TTII's.What a crappy product.
Old Feb 13, 2004 | 10:12 AM
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Man that sucks. I would call the better business bureau. At least give the fckers a bad track record.
Old Feb 13, 2004 | 09:28 PM
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Originally posted by 95_RipperZ
Man that sucks. I would call the better business bureau. At least give the fckers a bad track record.
I 2nd that!!
Old Feb 14, 2004 | 07:34 AM
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SIMPLE GREEN all the way... I use that stuff on anything that doesn't get waxed... works AWESOME...

but that really blows dude... My brother had something similar happen to him with his polished Billet wheels on his truck, I don't know if it was that stuff or not, but it took a slightly dirty polished wheel, and started eating the aluminum away...
Old Feb 14, 2004 | 03:15 PM
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Originally posted by 97FormulaWS-6
SIMPLE GREEN all the way... I use that stuff on anything that doesn't get waxed... works AWESOME...

but that really blows dude... My brother had something similar happen to him with his polished Billet wheels on his truck, I don't know if it was that stuff or not, but it took a slightly dirty polished wheel, and started eating the aluminum away...
just told some guy in another thread to use that stuff SIMPLE GREEN rules. used it to clean my TT2's and it works like a charm the i just polish and wax. i mix it about half and half with water even though it says to go full strength
Old Feb 19, 2004 | 07:04 PM
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Man I used it on the factory wheels on my 2000 and it did the same thing to the OEM rotors. Now they look like crap , but i'm glad I found out before i got some cross-drilled. It can be mostly bought at Autozone or Advance so buyer beware. Personaaly if it woulda happened to my dubz, I woulda been ready to kick some **** lol.
Old Feb 20, 2004 | 12:58 PM
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Originally posted by 95_RipperZ
Man that sucks. I would call the better business bureau. At least give the fckers a bad track record.

Turn them in !!
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