Splattering wheels (insides...)

[red_slr]

Arrgh!!
Washed the car yesterday ready for waxing today.
Drove the car about 100m to put it back on the drive after it was washed.
Got out to find all the insides of the wheels were splattered with rusty brown water... hm.... had to rewash them.

I have noticed this before.. where am I going wrong folks?

The brakes are big and they are drilled (Porshce) so I guess the water is getting in.

How do I stop this?

[belleair302]

The fact is water is getting trapped around the bell housing of the wheel hub and in the calipers. When you drive the car to hopefully dry the disks before storing your car this water escapes.

The only solution is to dry the wheels after you have driven the car with a microfible and use a quick detailer to remove this muddy water. There is nothing else I can suggest sorry.

Its a pretty common problem on any car.

[red_slr]

I have never noticed it to this extent on other cars though - it really splatters the wheels.
My car does very very few miles (like less than 60 a week) and I clean the car every weekend.
I would expect the build up of brake dust to be fairly low over that distance.
I guess like you say I am stuck really - will just have to drive it and then clean them again but avoid getting water on the discs.

[belleair302]

Don't worry my BMW M5 suffers from the same problem. I wash my car, drive it maybe 1/2 a mile after washing to dry the disks etc and when I get home the insides of the alloys are covered in brown spray and water marks. I just use a cloth to dry them again. C'est la vie.

[mneame]

go and get yourself a new leaf blower, don't use one you've used in the garden, and blow all the water out before driving it

[red_slr]

You know you have a good point.... I have a fairly hefty air line at work (we use it to remove wheels of trucks and such like).... just a shame its hooked up to a gigillian gallon tank. I do have an ikkle 2.5 bar air brush at home... sod it will just have to dry the things..