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10-30-2005, 11:45 AM

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98ctr

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Re: baked on brake dust

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do you just want to clean them or do you want to strip them to paint them

I want to clean them. the wheels are in excelent condition, except the baked on brake dust.

10-30-2005, 12:01 PM

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Re: baked on brake dust

when my caliper failed and chewed through my rotor and spewed metal everywhere, my white buddy clubs were rusty. I sat with water and a plastic scraper. let the water pour over it for about 10 minutes and I started scraping. worked well except for curves.

10-30-2005, 01:36 PM

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Dibble

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Re: baked on brake dust

I had to sand blast mine.

10-30-2005, 02:21 PM

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Re: baked on brake dust

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I would guess that the wheels are about 5yrs old. he had them on a G35 with big brake kit and an SR20DET putting down about 500 whp. So you can only imagine what kind of beating they got. Thanks guys.

if that's the case, I would get wheel cleaner and a toothbrush to agitate it a little bit. If that doesn't remove it or you don't care that much to use a toothbrush, then get some wool pad.

5 years of gunk shouldn't be that hard to remove.

10-30-2005, 04:11 PM

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krustindumm

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Re: baked on brake dust

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G35 w/ an SR

I've seen it like once before. Got any pics?

10-30-2005, 04:23 PM

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HMT-Admin

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Re: baked on brake dust

Wheel Acid, just dont let it sit to long, and scrub them down with steel wool.

then after use some polish and they will look brand new.

10-30-2005, 04:27 PM

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J-SMITH69

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Re: baked on brake dust

ever tried bleach white. its for tires but ive used it to clean brake dust before

10-30-2005, 06:38 PM

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Jmunk

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Re: baked on brake dust

Might sound crazy but Comet has came through for me in the past.

10-30-2005, 08:57 PM

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98ctr

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Re: baked on brake dust

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G35 w/ an SR

I've seen it like once before. Got any pics?

my bad its a Infinity G20 or something like that.

10-31-2005, 09:32 PM

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krustindumm

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Re: baked on brake dust

ahhh, G20 = stock SR, G35 comes with the VQ35DE, and the only one of those I saw with an SR was a drift car, where moving the primary mass into the smallest center possable is extremely important.