What Is the best brake dust remover
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What Is the best brake dust remover
Who knows what the best brake dust remover for your wheels is? I've used armoral wheel cleaner it does alright but not the best job. In addition to the best brake dust remover what can I put on my wheels to keep the brake dust OFF? I have the stock wheels on my Larry. Any input is very welcomed...
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For cleaning, there are many good commercal grade products especially from the UK, but....this is what I use.....
1 spray bottle
50/50 mix of simple green (commercial or automotive grade) and water or regular simple green at a 75/25 mix- add 1 teaspoon of joy (or similiar) soap.
When drying the wheels, if chrome, have a second bottle with a 50/40 mix of denatured alcohol/water and add 10% of white vinegar. Lightly spray your rag and wipe- it will shine like it was new.
To repel the dust, there is really no way to keep it off your rims without eating your pads up. There are dust shields that install inbetween the rim & hub but this causing the brake not to cool, inducing rotor warp and reduces your pad life considerable.
When time to replace, I use pads & shoes from Carbotech Engineering (for 20 years), they produce about 20% more friction, dissipate heat faster than oem units, produce about 50% less dust (street & street/strip applications) and on all my vehicles I typically get 80k-100k miles out of a set. cost is about $120 a set.
1 spray bottle
50/50 mix of simple green (commercial or automotive grade) and water or regular simple green at a 75/25 mix- add 1 teaspoon of joy (or similiar) soap.
When drying the wheels, if chrome, have a second bottle with a 50/40 mix of denatured alcohol/water and add 10% of white vinegar. Lightly spray your rag and wipe- it will shine like it was new.
To repel the dust, there is really no way to keep it off your rims without eating your pads up. There are dust shields that install inbetween the rim & hub but this causing the brake not to cool, inducing rotor warp and reduces your pad life considerable.
When time to replace, I use pads & shoes from Carbotech Engineering (for 20 years), they produce about 20% more friction, dissipate heat faster than oem units, produce about 50% less dust (street & street/strip applications) and on all my vehicles I typically get 80k-100k miles out of a set. cost is about $120 a set.
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Originally Posted by elite64a
I haven't found anything quite like armoral's wheel cleaner. It comes in a grey bottle you spray it on let it soak spray it off. Its like the brake dust just washes away. It will also restore your raised white letter back to white.
In any case, do yourself a favor and ditch the crappy stock brake pads and get some better pads that don't produce dust. Myself and many others have had good results with Porterfield carbon kevlar pads.
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