Alloys & Brakedust
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Printed Date: 05-May-2024 at 12:04
Topic: Alloys & Brakedust
Posted By: mattman
Subject: Alloys & Brakedust
Date Posted: 28-April-2004 at 13:14
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Any suggestions/great ideas for keeping alloy's clean for more than a day? When I clean mine, I also use wet look tyre shine on the tyres, by the time I've been driving for a few miles, the brake dust is back again. I've seen those clean wheel discs, but also heard these can cause the brakes to overheat - any solutions for keeping them clean other than a bucket of water after each journey? ------------- E36 318i SE Get Outta My Way, I DO own the road! |
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Posted By: Webdunk
Date Posted: 28-April-2004 at 13:36
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Wax wax and more wax... oooh... and then some wax.
Not tried this myself, but having seen a Honda prelude complete a good number of track sessions and come off with almost spotlessly clean wheels I asked what the owner had done. His answer was as above. ------------- 
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Posted By: Zim Zimmer
Date Posted: 28-April-2004 at 14:00
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I always use some type of silicon spray. Dashboard sprays are the best, just spray all the wheels with it and leave to dry. I did a 450 mile round trip to Wales and back and you could still see silver sparkles. This trick was passed down from my mate who valets cars. ------------- Brendan  
North East Mallory Meet 1995 E36 318i and 1999 E36 328i Cabriolet M-Technik |
Posted By: mattman
Date Posted: 28-April-2004 at 14:46
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Cheers Brendan, I'll give it a go - Amour All is silicone based, I'll try that first ------------- E36 318i SE Get Outta My Way, I DO own the road! |
Posted By: Sohlman
Date Posted: 28-April-2004 at 16:44
just donīt get it on your brakes. -------------  Sunday 10th July Brooklands Sharkfest and Big Coupe Day. http://635csi.mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/ - Coupe Events
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Posted By: dave 328
Date Posted: 28-April-2004 at 16:47
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Change your pads!! I use Greenstuff (German compund) and they only get a slight grey dust after a weeks worth of motoring. Mintex are good on low dust aswell. As said wax and cleaning is the only way, unless you use your handbrake! |
Posted By: Defblade
Date Posted: 28-April-2004 at 20:15
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Turtle wax brake dust barrier works well, but then that's basically a wax too, so I'd say the prelude driver was right. Mind you, i just put two coats on quite some months ago, and they still rinse up clean so it may only be wax and wax. Cheers Jon ------------- 
http://www.e36coupe.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=46078 - Does this mean I can mention modding now?! |
Posted By: Madrab
Date Posted: 30-April-2004 at 14:37
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To quote Dave, Change your pads, the dust is obviously created by them and there is a massive selection so you should be able to find ones that minimise dust output? Surely even with a wax or other coating the dust will still be created and coat the wheels to some extent, it really just makes them easier to clean I would have thought? Cheers Rob ------------- 1990 E3o 325i Touring and she's definately a she! Pain in the ass sometimes but goes like a bunny :oD |
Posted By: Old shape!
Date Posted: 10-May-2004 at 16:52
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Don't know if BMW do these, but my pal has a lovely BIG (5 litre I think)Jag, with Alloy wheels. On his, there is a simple flat disc that is fitted behind the wheels. You cannot see the Calipers etc, because of this black disc. But his 15 year old Alloys look great. He uses no specialist cleaner, either. How this disc fits, I'm not sure, maybe it just fits over the studs. ------------- Paul DH 1994 E38 "Proud owner of a "3/4 engined E37.9 that's almost a real car with real paint...WITH 6 WASHER JETS!" 1989 520i (E34) Gone 1988 320i Coupe (E30) Gone 1995 520 Estate (E34) (Wife) 1992 320i SE OBC (E36) (Wife) Gone 1988 320i Saloon (E30) (Wife) Gone |
Posted By: Badger 540
Date Posted: 10-May-2004 at 17:44
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The brake dust can be more than just a cosmetically annoying thing. I had some ATE pads with the same make discs. When the dust got wet, it attacked the paint on my wheels, leaving little pit marks in the surface. I went over to some Pagid fast road from ECS and haven't had the problem. Andy West Midlands ------------- Badger540 West Midlands |
Posted By: mattman
Date Posted: 11-May-2004 at 15:03
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I've heard those clean wheel disc covers can cause the brakes to overheat and cause even more problems - is this true? ------------- E36 318i SE Get Outta My Way, I DO own the road! |
Posted By: dave 328
Date Posted: 11-May-2004 at 16:27
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Yes! The covers will stop a fair amount of cooling which comes from the air travelling through the wheels, if not all of it. TBH I think they look a bit poo, bit like the blue plastic covers you get on brand new cars to protect the discs from the elements during transport/storage - they are removed during the PDI check. I think it looks worse than sticking wheel trims on! |
Posted By: kbannon
Date Posted: 11-May-2004 at 16:31
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do these look like the pretend disks that many rice-boys use to hide their brake drums? ------------- Current: 2009 E60 520d "Sport" tractor Previous: 1989 E30 320i SE 1997 E39 523i 2003 E39 525i Sport Individual |
Posted By: dave 328
Date Posted: 11-May-2004 at 17:02
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Even crapier than them!!
And those spinny round when your stopped wheel trims! |
Posted By: Del64
Date Posted: 24-May-2004 at 13:32
| Try Mintex C-tech dustless pads? I will swap onto them once my greenstuff ones are done as I have heard great reports on them |