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    Cleaning Rims

    Hey
    what’s the best way to clean your rims from brake dust.
    thanks

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    Always brush and detergent. Swap the brake pads for ceramic brake pads and you can throw away brush.

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    Dedicated wheel sponge & carwash detergent using 2 bucket method.

    Prevention better than cure, so fit low dust brake pads (I've got Wagner pads on my rear brakes and they are 90% better than the OEM).

    Claybar and wax / seal the rims and you're set.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Transporter View Post
    Always brush and detergent. Swap the brake pads for ceramic brake pads and you can throw away brush.
    Transporter is spot on


    Thats what rating i give ceramic pads will never go back to black dust oem
    2017 Golf Alltrack 135tdi All options
    19 inch Brescia Wheels Golf R brakes front and rear
    Calipers painted Candy apple gold
    New rear sway bar and linkages

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    I used the Meguiar's spray bottle wheel cleaner on my factory 16s, worked amazingly well for the hardened dust. It's some kind of acid - you need to keep it away from the calipers.

    I'm sticking with the OEM pads. They put out a lot of dust but they never squeal and I think they're pretty easy on the rotors.

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    Quote Originally Posted by bloödstorm View Post
    I used the Meguiar's spray bottle wheel cleaner on my factory 16s, worked amazingly well for the hardened dust. It's some kind of acid - you need to keep it away from the calipers.

    I'm sticking with the OEM pads. They put out a lot of dust but they never squeal and I think they're pretty easy on the rotors.
    You'll go through a set of rotors to a set of OEM pads. It's not the pads. it's the soft rotors.
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