Review: Chemical Guys Diablo Gel Wheel Cleaner

So I've been using CG Diablo Gel for quite a while for maintenance washes as using something like APC isn't effective enough, but using Sonax or IronX for every wash is impractical for price reasons. While looking for something to use for this purpose, I came across the Diablo Gel. Now at first glance, it might not seem extremely cost effective, but Amazon sells it for $15, Chemical guys sells it for $10, and it dilutes about 3:1. So for not too much money, you end up with 64oz of wheel cleaner. Starting to look like more of a bargain compared to other products now.

However, using this strictly for a maintenance wash wouldn't exactly be a fair test, so I looked around and realized that my Dad's car had the worst wheels of anything around, so I grabbed that for a demo. It looks like he cleans the surface of the wheel occasionally, but has never bothered with the inside barrel of the wheel. Not super dirty, but should be a fair test.

Imgur album of test: http://imgur.com/a/34MHX

Conclusion:

This isn't a perfect solution to replace everything on your shelf for cleaning wheels, but as long as your wheels aren't in too rough of shape, it does an excellent job for the price. I only did one round of cleaning on these wheels, but further rounds should give much better results. The surface of the wheels cleaned up just fine, but the inner barrel as seen in the last couple pictures isn't nearly as good as I would like, however it was in rather rough shape to begin with.