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Old Apr 27, 2008 | 10:47 PM
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I have extremely bad brake dust and i cant keep the rims clean at all and they are band new what can i do?
Old Apr 27, 2008 | 10:59 PM
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Swap your pads to ceramic.
Old Apr 27, 2008 | 11:16 PM
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ceremic pads arent always the best answer but will help in certain situations

the best advice i can give is do like i do clean the wheels every couple days it is a car and you do drive it so it will keepgetting dirty
Old Apr 28, 2008 | 08:07 AM
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At the end of the day I use a paint brush and dust off the spokes of my wheels.
Old Apr 28, 2008 | 08:24 AM
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Don't hit the brakes sooo hard. What kind of pads do you have? If you have hawk's then you're gonna have dust, constantly.
Old Apr 28, 2008 | 12:21 PM
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i get dust but just spray it off so that they always look the best its a dirty place on the road you can handle it
Old Apr 28, 2008 | 02:32 PM
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I have ceramic pads on mine, they don't put out as much dust. I would try that. If you have crome rims, make sure you clean the dust regularly. My exgirlfriend had crome rims on her car and hardly ever washed it. One day I washed it for her and the break dust had pitted the crome. They looked like crap, she paid a lot of money for them and never took care of them. Keep em clean and you wont have a problem. I notice when I get my car detailed they use some stuff to clean my rims, after they do the break dust doesn't stick as bad. Ask a detail guy what they use.
Old Apr 28, 2008 | 09:29 PM
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You can actually wax your wheels, and there is a specific wax that can handle the heat better, and that will drastically reduce the brake dust.
Old Apr 29, 2008 | 08:04 AM
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RyansQuick6.........

Can you offer a brand name for that wheel wax?
Old Apr 29, 2008 | 09:13 AM
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I used to use it all the time, and honestly haven't used it in about a year, mainly due to being offshore all the time and having to wash and wax the car every time I get home without it ever moving. I want to say it was either a Poor Boy's, Adams, or Mother's product. I've heard that even regular old Turtle wax will help, and if you wash your car once a week, then it should hold up.



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