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[Newjack]

Yeah. Never had a problem. Dirt is always just being pushed away with falling water. But maybe the Canadian dirt is better. wheels take me 30 seconds a corner. I have a wheel brush with long bristles. It gets the face, the inside spokes, and spoke ends easily! Again I just use running water and it’s clean. I just do it when I start seeing a different layer on the wheel.

Do you have a link to the wheel brush you use? I really need to get something better than what I have. Heard good things about wheel woolies or whatever they are called but if memory serves me they were pretty expensive.

It’s because he has ceramic coating. I have it (needs reapplying in spring) but I would still never wash a car with a mitt/sponge if there wasn’t soap in the water—bad habit imo. Don’t @ me.

Is the ceramic coating something I can apply myself or is this a professional thing? I used Chemical Guys Jetseal 109 on the ZHP one year and it was great. Would love to get something on the 135 before winter comes in full force.

[Rovert]

Do you have a link to the wheel brush you use? I really need to get something better than what I have. Heard good things about wheel woolies or whatever they are called but if memory serves me they were pretty expensive.

Is the ceramic coating something I can apply myself or is this a professional thing? I used Chemical Guys Jetseal 109 on the ZHP one year and it was great. Would love to get something on the 135 before winter comes in full force.

This is more of less what it looks like. The bristles are long and soft! They get into everywhere I need it too quickly. Maybe once every couple months if it's nice out and I'm patient I'll use my wheel mitt to clean the brake dust in the barrels and behind the spokes. Your 135M wheels do take more effort though...I hated cleaning those. LOL


You can apply ceramic yourself. You just want to get a really good 1 or 2 step polish to remove all swirls so it's mirror finish. Then you apply a layer of ceramic/glass over it to lock it in! I paid to have it professionally clear coat corrected and ceramic. I paid a lot of money so I can buy back my time to keep this car clean and "detailed" looking. My whole front end is also wrapped in XPEL self healing wrap. I have easily made the money back in professional productivity with the time saved. It's not that I don't care about my car, it's that the car isn't my life as much as when I was younger so I would like to spend my resources to make it easy to maintain a shiny ride while enjoying the more important parts of my life which is not detailing my car constantly because I like it clean. LOL

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Reminded myself why I can't have a splitter

[Newjack]

This is more of less what it looks like. The bristles are long and soft! They get into everywhere I need it too quickly. Maybe once every couple months if it's nice out and I'm patient I'll use my wheel mitt to clean the brake dust in the barrels and behind the spokes. Your 135M wheels do take more effort though...I hated cleaning those. LOL


You can apply ceramic yourself. You just want to get a really good 1 or 2 step polish to remove all swirls so it's mirror finish. Then you apply a layer of ceramic/glass over it to lock it in! I paid to have it professionally clear coat corrected and ceramic. I paid a lot of money so I can buy back my time to keep this car clean and "detailed" looking. My whole front end is also wrapped in XPEL self healing wrap. I have easily made the money back in professional productivity with the time saved. It's not that I don't care about my car, it's that the car isn't my life as much as when I was younger so I would like to spend my resources to make it easy to maintain a shiny ride while enjoying the more important parts of my life which is not detailing my car constantly because I like it clean. LOL

Thanks for the advice. This is the route I plan to go. When I sealed the ZHP I spent all weekend washing buffing and clay barring the car. Made sure it was nice and smooth before sealing. If I knew of a professional place around here that I could trust I would strongly considering spending a good chunk of change to have some of these taken care of. Like you said, time is money.

I'll look around for brushes like that one. My wheels get dusty so fast with the OEM pads but I won't ever exchange performance for less dust.

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[az3579]

It's not that I don't care about my car, it's that the car isn't my life as much as when I was younger so I would like to spend my resources to make it easy to maintain a shiny ride while enjoying the more important parts of my life which is not detailing my car constantly because I like it clean. LOL

Yeah I really wish there was a professional detailer that would just take the car and wash it for me on a regular basis.

And that is why my car hasn't been washed in over 3 months...

[Rovert]

My wheels get dusty so fast with the OEM pads but I won't ever exchange performance for less dust.

I have no idea what is on my car right now but I'm usually cleaning dirt more than dust. It takes 300 miles to start showing any significant collection of dust and I love that balance. It's completely opposite as how I experienced with my ZHP and OEM pads. My braking performance is still the same as OEM ZHP. When I changed my ZHP to Stoptech Street performance pads, that completely transformed my wheel cleaning experience while still holding decent cold pad/rotor feel. If I needed to, I could still get into ABS with cold pads, so stopping power was never compromised. I may have lost a tiny bit of the initial bite/grab that OEM has but I gained a more linear experience.

I believe BMW went that route to give most drivers (who won't work brakes hard enough to get searing hot) a huge confidence boost knowing they can stop so effectively with a slight tap for city driving. What you give up with OEM (lots of dust) is the ability to repetitively stop from high-speed down to slow speed before brake fade sets in while I gain the ability to brake hard over and over again. Again you will have to find that balance "for you" in higher performance pads as there is no "perfect" pad for everyone.

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[704sw]

That art/graffiti is friggin’ awesome. Great backdrop.

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