Steve
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Registered: 30th Mar 02
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cant seem to find anything thats actually any good?
i find unless i clean the alloys every other day, if you say leave it a week+ without cleaning and sealing the brake dust starts to stick again and requires use of other products to remove it, ie it wont just wash off.
used jetseal 109, autoglym alloy seal etc etc none of it seems to stop the brake dust sticking for periods longer then a week!
tis annoying aswell because i cant wash the insides and backs of the front wheels due to the 300mm brakes so requires jacking up and removing every time 
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mwg
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I just clean them every time I wash the car and use Bilberry wheel cleaner on them. So about once every 2 weeks.
They have the odd bit of stuck on crap but you've got to be down at wheel level and looking for it. Basically you cant tell unless you are being anal. I wouldn't worry about it.
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mwg
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I am reading this right? You are jacking your car up and taking the wheels off to clean them inside and out every other day? 
OCD?
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Ben J
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I also use Jetseal 109. It won't stop it sticking totally but it will make it alot easier to wash off.
Had my backs off last weekend and totally blitzed them so they were like new and then gave them 3 coats of Jestseal.
Doing fronts this weekend hopefully.
[Edited on 01-07-2010 by Ben J]
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Steve
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nah weekly
its when i remove them i notice theres inground dust from the previous clean which is difficult to remove, i dont want to let it build up because it becomes impossible to remove so id rather reduce the times they are needing to be washed and use something which stops the stuff getting ground in
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Rich H
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Can you not even get a wheel brush between discs and wheels? Not seen a photo to see how little gap there is.
Nothing makes it 100% protected imo, 2 best ones I've found are Jetseal 109 and Poorboys Wheel Sealant.
Using a pressure washer rather than a normal water flow through a hose helps too.
[Edited on 01-07-2010 by Rich H]
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Steve
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gap lol
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mwg
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Just stick a wheel brush through then move the car forward so you can get to the part of the wheel that was behind the calliper?
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Steve
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are you a mans man?
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mwg
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Would you like a wheel brush inserted up your back bottom?
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whitter45
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why are you bothered about part of a wheel you cant even see
The BMW is terrible for brake dust
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Steve
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because you can see it, that photo above proves you can see it, the back ones even more so because no disk, they are wide spoke design, if they were multispokes id be less bothered about it
[Edited on 01-07-2010 by Steve]
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Ojc
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Get a EZ wheel brush, you are so dumb though tbh.
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Steve
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is that the one you had in germany
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3CorsaMeal
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Steve if i could find a way to post you a bit of the wax i bought recently i would, am never going to get through a whole pot.
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3CorsaMeal
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you could try it out and report back to me
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Steve
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what is it
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Nic Barnes
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just dont use your brakes. Problem solved.
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3CorsaMeal
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quote:
Originally posted by Steve
what is it
http://www.elitecarcare.co.uk/wheelwax.php
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Steve
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send me some to try lol
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3CorsaMeal
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i will figure out a way to scoop some into a small pot or something, its like a wet cream, buts drys on really hard then you have to buff off with your dads old pants
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Steve
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what happens when me and you reply to each other in the same thread, is it Steve replying to Steve or 3corsameal replying to 3corsameal, think we need to ask Nic Barnes
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Nic Barnes
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you are just replying to yourself as you are both the same person.
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Steve
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so which username is it to be then, who is the real me?
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3CorsaMeal
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I think the real 3CM never came back, but someone else did instead, am sure 3corsameal just uses the corrado forum now
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