removing brake dust from wheel...

NYSpeed Automotive
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I was forced to drive my mustang into work a while back (it had bad brakes on it) and one of my calipers locked up a little bit and now I have brake dust all over my one wheel. I’m sure theres probably not much I can do about it, as it looks likes it’s etched into the rim. Thanks god the paints ok (same thing ruind a wheel and the paint on my old tbird supercoupe)

you have any ideas on how to remove it? I tried scrubbing it with a sponge with soap/water and it removed a little of it… but not all.

or you think I’m gonna have to just buy a new wheel?

thanks
-steve

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Try one of those wheel cleaners from an autoparts store. I bought some Eagle 1 stuff a while back that cuts brake dust pretty easily. There are harsher chemicals out there for cleaning aluminum but they may affect the wheel coating. Assuming it has one.

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Michelin makes a 3 part system that works pretty good but if its caked on elbow grease is the only thing you can use

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yeah it does paint/clearcoat

I’ll try some of that wheel cleaner stuff with a brillo pad or something. :tup:

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It doesn’t take much to scratch up the clear coat. My fiance’s car has polished alloy wheels with a layer of clear and when scrubbing the wheel in a spot it scractched the clear.

If these are stock Mustang wheels, the paint on them is pretty tough. I don’t know if its powder coated or not but I’ve never had any problems scratching them.

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goto a u wash it and dont be afraid to get the nozzle almost on top of the rim. itll come off

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yea usually wheel cleaners will get it off

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claybar

and if you use a brillo pad, you deserve the results you get, use it to get that bird shit off the hood too

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yeah… it might actually be powdercoat with a clear top coat (for the polished lip on them). I usually use a plastic bistle brush and a green brillo/scrubby pad when I clean them (followed by a layer of wax) and never had a problem with scratching them either(which somewhat worries me about my chances of getting this crap off)

edit: or maybe I’ll just say fuck it and buy some new wheels lol
http://store1.yimg.com/I/mustangtuning_1879_2086111
I liked the dished look better than stock

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This seems like a redgoober4life question. He always seems to know his cleaning/cosmetic car care really well. PM him?

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good idea :tup:

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as funny as this sounds, MR Clean Magic Eraser

We used to use them on wheels sometimes. If you dont want the cheap route, use a pice of claybar. DO NOT USE AN ACID BASED WHEEL CLEANER FROM A PARTS STORE or you will in fact need a new wheel

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Not funny. Those things work great!

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:word: Claybar is the way to go…