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      05-21-2025, 08:14 PM   #28
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Originally Posted by miiipilot View Post
I'm experiencing levels of rage never thought possible washing my car and i need advice before i push my '24 M2 off a cliff.

Besides changing to iSweep2000 or buying new $5000 wheels, how do y'all clean your wheels
Occasionally, with regular car shampoo after spraying some wheel cleaner or iron remover.
Or not at all - brake dust is a sign of a properly working brake system!


WTF is iSweep2000?

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Can you post tools (with links) that allow you to clean your wheels thoroughly & quickly. My wheels are graphene coated but brake dust is still maddening. I use P&S wheel cleaner in a IK foam sprayer
Seams like you are using reasonable products.
Are you sure you are not over-reacting?

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I found the best way is at least once a year to remove the wheels and deep clean everything. But that is a lot of work.
I do that after swapping between winter<->summer wheel sets.
My wheels are ceramic coated, and getting dust and grime off them is super easy. At most +1 wheel cleaner spraying cycle, then rinse off, then done.

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I can't get behind the front calipers. I have to use a paint stirrer inside a thin/cheap wash mit. Still bunches. I have wheel woolies but the smallest one isn't long enough for the barrels but the larger ones won't clear the rotors. The spokes I use detail brushes and still can't it all. Behind the spokes too
I can't get behind the caliper either. I don't care.
If you do, you can clean the inner barrels that you can access, then drive the car 2" forward and clean the areas that you previously couldn't.

Or, just buy gun-metal grey wheels, and you won't be able to see the brake dust!

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