Brake pads and brake dust
Brake pads and brake dust
Im losing the will to live with this problem...has anyone found a pad that doesnt blacken their front wheels within 25 miles of `spririted driving`?
RS2 s yep ive had a few... it started with a Brilliant Black lhd then a Polar Silver and finally an RS Blau.
RE: Brake pads and brake dust
You could learn to enjoy wheel cleaning.
"I'm not being much help, am I Dad?"
"I'm not being much help, am I Dad?"
Volcano Black 1995 RS2. Standard.
Gone - but understood to be alive and well and living in Cornwall.
Gone - but understood to be alive and well and living in Cornwall.
Go on, you know you want to...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBKcr1lM3rQ
And after all these years I find I've been getting one of my favourite quotations wrong
And they miss the punchline, "Oh yes, it'll have sand in it."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBKcr1lM3rQ
And after all these years I find I've been getting one of my favourite quotations wrong
And they miss the punchline, "Oh yes, it'll have sand in it."
Volcano Black 1995 RS2. Standard.
Gone - but understood to be alive and well and living in Cornwall.
Gone - but understood to be alive and well and living in Cornwall.
Mmmm... Bacon roll.
There are certain female members of the family who consider the prospect of driving for an hour and half to spend time around cars and eating bacon rolls as being close to insanity.
What do they know?
Thanks very much for that, Al, I'll do my best although I've got a nasty feeling there's a family do on. This normally entails driving an hour and half to endure some dodgy relations or flogging round someone else's shops for hours on end. Insanity.
If it's okay, I'll let you know later.
There are certain female members of the family who consider the prospect of driving for an hour and half to spend time around cars and eating bacon rolls as being close to insanity.
What do they know?
Thanks very much for that, Al, I'll do my best although I've got a nasty feeling there's a family do on. This normally entails driving an hour and half to endure some dodgy relations or flogging round someone else's shops for hours on end. Insanity.
If it's okay, I'll let you know later.
Volcano Black 1995 RS2. Standard.
Gone - but understood to be alive and well and living in Cornwall.
Gone - but understood to be alive and well and living in Cornwall.
Sorry just got in and noticed your reply Ricardo... i wonder where Als been? i hear you ask... ive been outside cleaning them blinkin wheels again 
Back on topic... anyone re the original question???
Back on topic... anyone re the original question???RS2 s yep ive had a few... it started with a Brilliant Black lhd then a Polar Silver and finally an RS Blau.
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Wheel cleaning made easy:
Autoglym's wheel cleaner spray* and a bucket of warm water with two capfuls of their conditioning car wash stuff. Do one wheel at a time; spray it, leave for a few seconds, agitate any stubborn areas with an old toothbrush**, then wash it off with the soapy water. Done. If you keep on top of it, all four will only take five minutes tops. Take the car round the block to dry the discs and you won't even have to use a chamy.
A former neighbour who ran a tyre bay swore by old fashioned hard car wax*** worked well into the surface of the wheels. The waxing is hard work, but only done annually. The wax stops the dirt from getting engrained and it comes straight off with soap and water. Again, if you keep up with it.
Unfortunately you have to choose between the two methods as the wheel cleaner sprays are pretty agressive and, I think I'm right in saying, will take the wax off.
* Other wheel cleaning sprays are available
** You have discovered the joy that is an old toothbrush when car cleaning, I suppose? Badges respond particularly well to a visit from a manually operated oral hygeine bristle device.
*** Was it Simoniz in the yellow tin? Anyway, the one in the yellow tin was the one he recommended.
[If you're wondering, years ago I spent a day at Aston Martin being schooled by their top valetter for an article I was doing for the owners club magazine. I've had nice clean cars ever since. Except the stupid Vectra, of course, which I deliberately neglect. How any car brought in to replace an RS2 expects to be treated well is beyond me.]
Autoglym's wheel cleaner spray* and a bucket of warm water with two capfuls of their conditioning car wash stuff. Do one wheel at a time; spray it, leave for a few seconds, agitate any stubborn areas with an old toothbrush**, then wash it off with the soapy water. Done. If you keep on top of it, all four will only take five minutes tops. Take the car round the block to dry the discs and you won't even have to use a chamy.
A former neighbour who ran a tyre bay swore by old fashioned hard car wax*** worked well into the surface of the wheels. The waxing is hard work, but only done annually. The wax stops the dirt from getting engrained and it comes straight off with soap and water. Again, if you keep up with it.
Unfortunately you have to choose between the two methods as the wheel cleaner sprays are pretty agressive and, I think I'm right in saying, will take the wax off.
* Other wheel cleaning sprays are available
** You have discovered the joy that is an old toothbrush when car cleaning, I suppose? Badges respond particularly well to a visit from a manually operated oral hygeine bristle device.
*** Was it Simoniz in the yellow tin? Anyway, the one in the yellow tin was the one he recommended.
[If you're wondering, years ago I spent a day at Aston Martin being schooled by their top valetter for an article I was doing for the owners club magazine. I've had nice clean cars ever since. Except the stupid Vectra, of course, which I deliberately neglect. How any car brought in to replace an RS2 expects to be treated well is beyond me.]
Volcano Black 1995 RS2. Standard.
Gone - but understood to be alive and well and living in Cornwall.
Gone - but understood to be alive and well and living in Cornwall.
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