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Old 18 May 2007 | 10:27 PM
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Default Alloy wheels - Cleaning

Lots of questions now

The Alloys on my car are suffering from heavy brake dust build up. front mainly i have grooved disks with brembo pads.

I wash teh car twice a week but the dust seems Baked on and i cant remove it, i tryed wonder wheels this moved most of it but not all??

Any sugestiones for removing it all


and them sealing the wheel to keep it off??

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Old 18 May 2007 | 11:58 PM
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A clay bar may do the trick depending how bad they are. I use Swissol Autobahn Wheel Wax to seal my wheels and it works.
Old 19 May 2007 | 09:05 AM
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My brothers wife just bought a Mini Cooper and the wheels were covered in baked on brake dust - Panel Wipe wouldnt look at it.He was going to buy a new set but we tried a bar of grey Sonus clay and Megs quick detailer and the results were amazing - the brake dust came off no problem and the wheels look like new.
Old 20 May 2007 | 09:42 PM
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Can't help with getting the dust off, but I find that mine are really easy to clean when they've got Swissol wax on them. The dust just wipes off. I polish them once a month or so to keep the wax layer on.
Old 24 May 2007 | 10:08 AM
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Clay bar, then the likes of Jeffs Werkstatt Prime Strong And/or Poorboys Wheel Sealant - thats what we use on our wheels

After that you should only ever need to use the shampoo and water you use to wash your paintwork with
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