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Offline DarkGti

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Re: Removing baked on brake dust
« Reply #10 on: 19 November 2009, 20:44 »
wonder wheels is good stuff!

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Re: Removing baked on brake dust
« Reply #11 on: 19 November 2009, 23:56 »
wonder wheels is good stuff!

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Offline Dan J

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Re: Removing baked on brake dust
« Reply #12 on: 20 November 2009, 00:05 »
pics of how bad they are would be handy if poss :wink:
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Re: Removing baked on brake dust
« Reply #13 on: 20 November 2009, 00:10 »
Megs Hot Rims undiluted + claybar.

Offline nogrille

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Re: Removing baked on brake dust
« Reply #14 on: 20 November 2009, 09:28 »
don't bother with Megs hot rims - I got through a whole bottle on 4 wheels once.  It's not great so you have to use loads.  Plus it's highly toxic and smells gross.

Offline mf44

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Re: Removing baked on brake dust
« Reply #15 on: 21 November 2009, 15:20 »
Well I've tried almost everything now, spent 5 hours on 1 wheel yesterday, tried smart wheels, P21s powergel (left this to soak on for 2 hours), normal polish, T-cut, tar remover, halfords foaming cleaner, and black marks are still there.  :sad: Its almost as if its ingrained into the wheel.  I've never used a clay bar but could this be the answer, bearing in mind i've already tried polishing & T-cut with no joy?

Offline mumbles

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Re: Removing baked on brake dust
« Reply #16 on: 21 November 2009, 17:50 »
new wheels....   :lipsrsealed:

loads in classifieds section....  :lipsrsealed:
Wouldn't be fun if it was easy, but does it have to be this much fun?

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Re: Removing baked on brake dust
« Reply #17 on: 21 November 2009, 18:07 »
New wheels  :shocked:

Try wonder wheels, you can get it from Costco, it is very very strong acidic wheel cleaner, if that doesn't budge the marks nothing will.

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Re: Removing baked on brake dust
« Reply #18 on: 22 November 2009, 14:06 »
Yeah I'm thinking wonder wheels myself, last resort. Thing is they're split rims & it says not to use on these but I think I'll be ok as it will be a once only job & only on the backs, so it will just be like doing a normal alloy.

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Re: Removing baked on brake dust
« Reply #19 on: 23 November 2009, 09:55 »
can you feel the marks?  Are you sure they are above the surface?  I rcently bougth some OEM wheels are they are full of tiny holes which are catching the dirt.