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Postby FiestaMental on Thu Oct 25, 2001 11:04 am

Ok, nothing big or techincal but how the hell do i get the awful brake dust off the front wheels on my si? Any particular hand lotion/oil of ulay? I could just nick my bird's if i have to?

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Postby timb551 on Thu Oct 25, 2001 11:09 am

There are products on the market like wonder wheels but they can damage the alloy coating so i have heard. Once you have got them clean just use normal car shampoo once a week and they will stay break dust free.
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Postby FiestaMental on Thu Oct 25, 2001 11:14 am

nice one. Cheers m8!
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Postby Ian C70T5 on Thu Oct 25, 2001 11:16 am

Yeah, Wonder Wheels...

Slight tip mate..

When you clean the wheels..

Stick the wonder wheels bottle in the bucket of real hot water for 5 minutes.. then use that... It will work a hell of a lot better :wink:
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Postby Project on Thu Oct 25, 2001 5:54 pm

Lol

When my mate's Escort sprayed sump oil all over the place, I found the best way to remove tar and other assorted shi'te is to take the wheels off and wash them in hot, soapy water to get the worst of it off, and then when it's dry use cellulose thinners and a few clean rags to get all the crap off.

Then polish the wheel for aaaaages and nothing much should stick afterwards.

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Postby FiestaMental on Fri Oct 26, 2001 3:35 am

cheers maties!
Wonder wheels it is then!
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Postby fiesta_fras on Fri Oct 26, 2001 4:11 am

i use glass cleaner
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Postby elm_us on Fri Oct 26, 2001 5:16 am

stop with the domestic cr*p and just use a bit of hard work and lots of polish then get some eb stuff green pads less brake dust from them :Q
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