[BobeRT-]

I have tried everything from getting brake dust build up off of my BBS's. For everyone that is having trouble, you can get it from walmart, it is called Easy-Off Oven Cleaner, You spray it on let it sit for 5 minutes, then loosen it all up with a little brush, then spray it off with a high pressure hose, and then your wheels will look new.

[Parker]

i was curious about this too but are there any downsides to using this? paint removal? scratching?

[BobeRT-]

Nope it works great for all aluminum wheels, i even have a little bit of touch up paint on mine, and i thought it would eat that off but it did not. Just try to get it on your skin, it burns like hell.

[PlatinumTurbo]

I would not recommend this. Even though at first it seems like the wheels come out nice and clean, the oven cleaner damages the wheel finish. Eventually the wheel will start to peel. I have seen it done on 2 cars before and both wheels started peeling a few weeks later. Personally, there is no way in hell I would do that to my wheels.

[BobeRT-]

Mine are fine, and i have been using it for a few months now.

[reeksti]

thats nice but ima stick with the turtle wax platimun wheel cleaner

[Mykl]

I buy some teflon wheel cleaner at Autozone. I'll look at the specific brand when I get home from work.

It makes wheel cleaning easy. Spray it on, let it soak for a minute, scrub it with a wheel paint friendly brush, rinse with water, and keep scrubbing and rinsing with water until all the brake dust is gone.

It also helps to have a big-ass brush too. I was using the little tiny ones until I discovered this big-ass Black Magic brand wheel brush with soft bristles. It makes cleaning a lot easier and faster.

[blksubie]

I just clean the wheels as good as I can with what ever wheel cleaner and that is it, If any body like "hay man your wheel are not clean all the way" and I say "I have Brembo's and you don't". I just deal with the fact that the wheels will never look like they where when the car was new. My rims are not getting any smaller and they are still forged. Brake dust is just the bye product of having bad ass braking system on my car....

[Peleg]

P21S can take the Brembo dust right off.

If you have dust buildup that will still not come off, a clay bar and clay bar spray is your friend.

PM for more details.


* I wouldn't use anything that isn't water based on your wheels if you'd like to keep them in great shape.

[reeksti]

Originally Posted by blksubie

I just clean the wheels as good as I can with what ever wheel cleaner and that is it, If any body like "hay man your wheel are not clean all the way" and I say "I have Brembo's and you don't". I just deal with the fact that the wheels will never look like they where when the car was new. My rims are not getting any smaller and they are still forged. Brake dust is just the bye product of having bad ass braking system on my car....

i totally agree with you

[BobeRT-]

^^^ I agree. I am going to have to try a variety of things. The oven cleaner seemed to be the best for the build up, like i actually had it built up in the corners of the rims and it was not coming off, and i tried everything to get it off, and nothing worked, i mean ya most things work for just a day or 2 worth of brake dust build up. But to take the corroded and built up brake dust int he corners, the oven cleaner worked the best.

[Peleg]

Here is a link where you can get the P21S if anyone is interested.

If there are 10 or more people interested, I can get a group buy on it. 1 bottle should last for a while, thus you can mix some with water. I also recommand an OXO wheel brush, it will make your job alot easier.


<a href="http://store.yahoo.com/cgi-bin/clink?autopia+TezQNw+tires---wheels.html+" target="_blank">P21S</a>

[Edward]

You can also get S100 products at any Harley dealership. It's just repackaged P21S. Or is it the other way around?

[Peleg]

Originally Posted by Edward

You can also get S100 products at any Harley dealership. It's just repackaged P21S. Or is it the other way around?

Just looked it up on Google. It's possible, the packaging looks the same and it's also made in Germany.

I'm no chemistry expert and never used S100, so I can't comment on it.

I personally use the products that I bring up here on my 04 STi before I offer them.

[Edward]

Originally Posted by Peleg

Just looked it up on Google. It's possible, the packaging looks the same and it's also made in Germany.

I'm no chemistry expert and never used S100, so I can't comment on it.

I personally use the products that I bring up here on my 04 STi before I offer them.

I used to use S100 and P21S wheel cleaners interchangeably when I had my billet wheels. I was impressed how well they worked without etching the rims. I thought it had been pretty much hashed out on autopia that they are the same product.