Best Wheel protectant to reduce brake dust.
Been using Armor All wheel protectant. Has anyone tried the Autoglym version. Super Cheap have it on sale. A tad more expensive. At $24 retail $19 sale. Armor All around $9 and $12
Best Wheel Protectant to Reduce Brake Dust
Melb69 on 05/10/2018 - 02:20
Last edited 05/10/2018 - 20:08 by 1 other user
Last edited 05/10/2018 - 20:08 by 1 other user
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When it's time change brakes pads to ceramic.
Haven't used that particular product but almost exclusively use Autoglym stuff and haven't been let down by any of it.This seems like a quack product.
@Diji1 Which one?
Reducing brake dust. Don't get me wrong, brake dust is terrible because it kills people but I don't think this fixes the problem.
Not sure if joking or not - these products reduce brake dust build up on the wheel.
Don't stress, there hasn't been any Asbestos in brake/clutch components or decades.
A good tip is to stop braking, hold a tarp out the window to slow yourself down. Also you save heaps on brake maintenance.
I have a sports car with 19im wheels. I need to stop
Yeah well I have a sports car with 20im wheels!
Lol what does the size of the wheels have to do with it?
More surface area to catch dust, yo
take wheels off, and get them ceramic coated. Then use a decent wheel wash
this, I had my wheels Opti-Coated and it is worth it. Washing them is a breeze.
Do you just spray it on?
No, you have to apply it very carefully. In my case I took my car to a car detailer.
@Scab: I paid about $900. I did the whole car, a Mazda 3. Car paint and wheels inside and out. Very happy with the looks and very easy to wash.
I have found washing the car regularly as in weekly reduces the brake dust.
Washing a car weekly? no thanks, I have a life.
Not only that…. The poor car paint!
Next brake pads buy ones that dont dust as much. More expensive better pads have models that dont dust as bad as OEM
Ford had been installing steel plates in between the rim and brake disk on Falcons. This solution helped to eliminate almost all dust on the rims without any need to wash or use chemicals. Possibly there is something similar on the market for other vehicles too.
Sudsy water and a dust pan brush once a week is quite suffice unless you have a particularly bad situation,then apply more often.
Also, use more transmission braking and less big pedal, a natural solution to reduce dust.
Wheel (rim) protectants just make it easier to wash off dust. It's highly doubtful that they can help repel dust. Whether it's worth it or not is purely your call to make. An easy solution is to use a product like Carpro's Hydro2 Lite so you spray it on then rinse off. Do it every month or two and it will be simple to wash your rims. As a bonus, you can use it on the rest of your car, unlike dedicated rim products. If products like that seem too expensive, then perhaps just get a strong wheel degreaser and use that while washing your car.
Ok. Ceramic coating seems like the best thing to do. To make it easier to clean wheels. The protectant I have been using does seem to reduce brake dust sticking to it. By the way I have black gloss wheels which doesnt help either. Hence why I was after some ideas to reduce the look of the brake dust on the wheels and to make it easier to clean
Next car (while off) Im getting dark grey wheel rims….