How dirty do your rims get.

[Mr_Bob]

My forester isn't any better.
After washing the car, my bronze rims can look almost black after 1 spirited drive.
if i'm just pottering around, i get about 200-300ks before the wheels need to be cleaned.

I don't complain, when i upgraded the brakes i put some cheap Bendix ultimates pads in, knowing that they are dusty.
I wanted to go with better pads, but the pedal feel I have at the moment is awesome
so there's no need until they're ready to be replaced

[Super]

My forester isn't any better.
After washing the car, my bronze rims can look almost black after 1 spirited drive.

Presumably theres is a trade off between brake performance/feel and how much dust comes off them.
My GTI with sub 1000kms on the clock seems to get the Detroits fairly dirty after a few hundred kilometres, but the finish on them does seem to be pretty easy to clean. Who knows if they'll get more dusty once theyve seen more wear - hopefully not!

[blanch0b]

my front detroits get dirter about twice as fast as the back ones... which is interesting,

very easy to clean though - a dry rag on a wet rim gets the dirt of with one wipe (u just need to be careful not to wipe the clean bits with the dirty rag) easy... thinking of getting an alloy cleaner which aparently u just spray on, leave on for a bit, then rinse with water and it all comes off (save a rag or two)

[AdamD]

my front detroits get dirter about twice as fast as the back ones... which is interesting

Makes sense. Irrespective of the pad compound, road cars have a significantly greater bias on the front brakes than the rears. More bias means more braking pressure, more heat generated by more friction, and more dust. This is why front discs and calipers are frequently larger than the rears for a given car - to provide greater retardation, and to dissipate that extra heat more effectively.

[Beaker]

My S3 has EBC Green Stuff pads and they dont seem to give off any dust at all

Is that a road car? If so what are they like?

Most track oriented pads are absolute crap without any heat in them and tend to be noisy.

[gareth_oau]

green stuff are marketed as a road pad, I have no problems in their road use, no warming up required and no noise at all.

The red and blue ones are track pads

[hooba]

Makes sense. Irrespective of the pad compound, road cars have a significantly greater bias on the front brakes than the rears. More bias means more braking pressure, more heat generated by more friction, and more dust. This is why front discs and calipers are frequently larger than the rears for a given car - to provide greater retardation, and to dissipate that extra heat more effectively.

It does make sense, however VWs (along with BMWs as any X5 owner will tell you) are well known for wearing out the rear pads / discs well before the fronts. The reason is that the rears are set up to bite fractionally quicker than the fronts in order to provide better stability under braking (i.e. reduce front end dive).

[blanch0b]

pretty easy to clean regardless - i bought the armor-all wheel cleaner for my detroits and it works a treat - apply and rinse with water (i rinsed with a high pressure hose being careful not to go beyond the rims), thats it... i dried them off with a clean white towel and towel showed no real signs of dirt..... very impressed

[REXman]

Im thinking Jenna Jameson.

[Corey_R]

lol... nah - that's one of the things Jenna won't do for the camera