Brake Dust

[Rob 210]

Hi

Have you seen the small add for brake dust repellers that fit inside the wheel "kleenwheels" - anyone tried them?

Rob 210

 

[Ellsy Tanners]

They look horrendous and hamper cooling. But i know how annoying it gets when you just clean them and go 50 miles down the road and they are black again.

In My opinion i wouldnt bother and just clean them reqularly.

 

[wireman]

I'm with elsie on this one, they kinda work but look cak.

Polish the wheels with autoglym (or the like) regularly and throughly until the wax has built up and the dust will wash off much more easily.

To prevent the dust building up leave an extra 10-20 meters gap to the car in front so you dont need to hit the brakes as hard, its the hot dust (200-500 deg C) from heavier braking that melts the paint/laquer surface then sticks to your wheels and spoils their looks. This extra gap will also save fuel.

 

[jberks]

I'm with elsie on this one, they kinda work but look cak.

Polish the wheels with autoglym (or the like) regularly and throughly until the wax has built up and the dust will wash off much more easily.

To prevent the dust building up leave an extra 10-20 meters gap to the car in front so you dont need to hit the brakes as hard, its the hot dust (200-500 deg C) from heavier braking that melts the paint/laquer surface then sticks to your wheels and spoils their looks. This extra gap will also save fuel.

seconded. The shields are a very bad idea.

 

[rf065]

Hi

Have you seen the small add for brake dust repellers that fit inside the wheel "kleenwheels" - anyone tried them?

Rob 210

As already said, interferes with the brakes cooling, not worth having clean alloys when your brakes fade.

Russ

 

[Rob 210]

Thanks to you all

Dunno about 50 miles: I seem to spend an hour for3 miles!

 

[rf065]

I know on the USA forums there are posts on using ceramic pads which reduce the amount of brake dust on your alloys. Not sure if they are available in the UK or not yet.

Russ

 

[vijilants]

I use EBC green stuff pads. Reduces the dust in a big way.

 

[jberks]

Clean them up and add a good thick coat of proper alloy wheel wax as wireman says - works wonders, the dust just wipes off and the wheels gleam.
Reminds me - mine need re-doing.

 

[wireman]

Rob are you serious about 3 miles? I can imagine a certian small amount after 3 miles of totaly wreckless insane full power driving but on the road I would expect it to take a few hundred to show up much. If the thing is bad after only 3 miles get the brakes checked for sticky calipers or pads, do it very soon since a binding brake can over heat and be useless under emergency braking.

 

[jayeastanglia]

I got a pair on the front of my 230..But they was there when i bought it and havent taken them off yet..Havent noticed any brake fade and i drive the car a little hard on the brakes...wouldnt buy them myself and u cant check the front pads without taking the wheels off.

 

[Rob 210]

Maybe I'm really fussy but dust seems to collect pretty fast - was the same on my old Volvo - I do not thinKkits a fault just me - one Dust (is there a singular for dust) and I get the rags out. I find wheel cleaning very therapeutic. (spend time with them and you get a result, no backchat ...)


Alas it only seems to work for my car - so I cannot offer a service!!