I hate brake dust... kleen wheels?

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Old 03-19-2004, 03:39 PM
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anyone use them? i've heard good things although they are a tad pricey ($35 for a pair, not a set) but it would be worth it to not have to spend 2 hours cleaning my wheels every few months

and - anyone know where i could find a set with 4x100 pattern for 15inch alloy... they may not even make it...
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Default They block the airflow to the brakes... get 5 spoke wheels or get Hawk low dust pads...

OR BOTH!!!!

See the dust????
That's from 3 DAYS(!!!!) of driving w/Pagid ("xtra dusty") pads, I switched to Hawks and it was like day and night!!!
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Default I get some pretty serious dust...

...but it's worse on the rear brakes than the fronts, which is confusing. Do EBC's (green or red, doesn't matter) throw much dust?
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I don't know, All I've used are the Hawks and Pagids.....
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Default 5 spoke wheels are

lame and boring... there... i said it...

at least they will be until i get a set ;-)
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Hey now!
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Default Hijack, hey Maxipad.. who else (guitarist wise) do you listen too???

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Default Ferodos are pretty good

I can't tremember which compound I have though. The only thing that usually gets on my wheels is rust spots from the surface rust on my discs that gets scraped off by the pads. It's pretty easy to clean off though.
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I've heard some Audi techs refer to them as "brake heaters"!! Kinda funny
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