Remove brake dust from alloy wheels permanently?

Remove brake dust from alloy wheels permanently?

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JMGS4

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8,740 posts

271 months

Wednesday 27th March 2002
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Help!, chaps and chapesses.
Have always had the problem that I can't keep brakedust from adhereing to my expensive alloy wheels. I do many, many, miles per year (120000kms) and I can't spend hours every weekend polishing wheels. Has anyone a patent recipe here? I thought of a teflon coating so that when one goes through the wash the wheels are cleaned? or anything similar? Can't use steel wheels and hub caps as I have a performance car with a wheel size that's not produced in iron......

JMGS4

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8,740 posts

271 months

Wednesday 27th March 2002
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castex, thanks for the brake pad tip. Tried some of these but braking efficiency dropped dramatically (75%) and at german motorway speeds that's not to be recommended! Will look at covers though...

JMGS4

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8,740 posts

271 months

Wednesday 27th March 2002
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Thanks for all the advice chaps, will be trying them.
Have a happy Easter.
I'm off to a small island where the largest cars are ford fiestas and no straight is longer than 200m... wheeee... wot fun! and 1500m high and steep!

JMGS4

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8,740 posts

271 months

Wednesday 27th March 2002
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Apart from the cooking oil and changing your brack pads, you could try not using the bracks at all
After all you are driving on the autoband or you could just get some one else to wash your car for you


Well, autobahns do have numpties who want to risk their lives changing into the outside lane when you're travelling at 250+kph and brakes are advisable in that case.. and someone else to clean the car...?? You volunteering??