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I wash my car weekly but within several days of driving around and maybe some rain my rims are once again caked in dirt and brake dust. What products or processes do yall recommend to cut down on buildup to keep my wheels looking clean for longer than a few days?
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AKEBONO EURO brake pads ! Difference between this ceramic pad and OEM pads-night & day!
Last edited by MIKYZZ4; 05-24-2016 at 06:33 PM.
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Brake pads, ceramic or other low dusting type.Originally Posted by 843e46
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There is no product to put on the wheel to prevent build up. You can get products that will make your wheels easier to clean, though. You need to change your pads to reduce the amount of brake dust.
'98 M3 5spd - '03 540it 6spd M-Sport
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The only way to prevent the build up is ceramic pads. Now, you can coat your wheels to make it easier to clean. Most people apply a sealant. A step up from that would be taking it to a good detailer and have them apply opticoat or cquartz
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Even the Akebono pads dust. CarPro Hydro2 works well to make wheels easier to clean. Easy to apply.
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They dust but they dust light gray. You can go weeks and weeks and it will never look black like the OEM pads do. You can also wipe it off with just soap and water
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Just use a good wheel wax. Armorall wheel protectant also helps repel brake dust.
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Subscribed. What would be a good product to apply before a track day? I would be using a track compound pad. I picked up some Girots poly wax for the paint before track days.
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'95 M3 Cosmos Schwarz Metallic on Dove Grey: AA CAI, AA bump up kit, Euro HFM, JC chip, AA track pipe, AA Gen III exhaust, AA ltw flywheel and clutch package, X brace, front strut brace, Koni SA shocks, H&R sport springs, GC RSMs, 71 deg T-stat, aluminium housing, JT-D underpanel, Hamann black out grill kit, oem euro lights all around, 18" BBS RC 10s, UUC motorwerks pulley kit, 3 spoke steering wheel, silverstar H1s fog light bulbs, ZKWs w/CCFL, Prolumen 4300k HIDs, Powerflex RTAB and LCAB
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id highly recommend CarPro Hydro2, stupid easy to use. mix 3:1, 3 spritz on wheel, power wash off wheel, amazing protection
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how does this stuff hold up to track temps?
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'95 M3 Cosmos Schwarz Metallic on Dove Grey: AA CAI, AA bump up kit, Euro HFM, JC chip, AA track pipe, AA Gen III exhaust, AA ltw flywheel and clutch package, X brace, front strut brace, Koni SA shocks, H&R sport springs, GC RSMs, 71 deg T-stat, aluminium housing, JT-D underpanel, Hamann black out grill kit, oem euro lights all around, 18" BBS RC 10s, UUC motorwerks pulley kit, 3 spoke steering wheel, silverstar H1s fog light bulbs, ZKWs w/CCFL, Prolumen 4300k HIDs, Powerflex RTAB and LCAB
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'00 M Coupe Oxford Green II Metallic Sunroof Delete on Oregon Beige: (under construction)
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Low dust pads, Brembo etc
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Here's another option to consider:
Detailer's Pride Wheel Coating. Detailer's Pride recently changed their name to McKee's so it might be called McKee's Wheel Coating but here's a link for more info:
http://www.autopia.org/forums/detail...l-coating.html
The review was impressive.
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