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Old 05-16-2005, 07:35 PM
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Default For those of you with BBS mesh style wheels...

I have these 3 pc BBS wheels on my BMW that had some real tough caked on brake dust on the sides of the spokes, where it collects. It had been there for years, undoubtedly, and one wheel was particularly bad for some reason.

Well, I decided to cut the handle off the 'champagne glass' type bottle brush I had lying around and stick it on the drill. VOILA, after a little soaking with P21S wheel cleaner gel, the brush, using low to high speeds, cleaned it all off, or most of it (it was getting dark, tough to see).

It's not worth doing this every time, but once a year, or if you've purchased a car that needs a little help, this worked great!

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Wow. That came out great. How long did ya spend?
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maybe an hour on all four, maybe a little less...
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very nice work!... i plan to clean up my BBS mesh winter wheels a bunch this summer
Old 05-18-2005, 07:35 AM
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Funny, I cleaned mine the same way,easy too, did the twisted wire part keep breaking?
Old 05-18-2005, 08:41 PM
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Default Re: For those of you with BBS mesh style wheels...

thats a serious car collection my man!
am i seeing 2 20020vt's in those pics?
quick question. whats the size,bolt pattern,offset,width of your bbs rim? you know where i'm headed right...
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Default the little photos (in the sig) are previous cars - dunno the offset, prolly ET20.

BMW's offsets are usually closer to the '20' range, so they don't work to well on Audi.

Ebay or Ebay.de might be the best place to find them for the Audis...
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Like 10 x's over! Needs a tougher wire (this bush was coat-hanger quality)
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