RE: Dirty Wheels

From: Ronald Wong (ron-wong@home.com)
Date: Tue Apr 17 2001 - 10:53:52 EDT


Just be careful with it. Windex has ammonia in it and some alloys don't
like ammonia. Check with your wheel dealer. I don't know which ones or I'd
tell you.

Ron
00 PB SLT QC 4X2 5.9 46RE 3.92 LSD
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-----Original Message-----
From: owner-dakota-truck@BUFFNET.NET
[mailto:owner-dakota-truck@BUFFNET.NET]On Behalf Of Mike Crumley
Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2001 7:45 AM
To: dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net
Subject: Re: DML: Dirty Wheels

On Tue, 17 Apr 2001 09:17:50 -0400, rdf@eznet.net (Doug Fedeli) wrote:

>That is brake dust and it has nothing to do with cornering. This is normal.
On
>all vehicles the front brakes work harder than the rears. I read somewhere
that
>7016030267125f the braking is done with the front brakes. I take care of it
by cleaning
>the wheels regularly. I would stay away from the shields. They change the
air
>flow around the brakes and they heat up alot quicker.

I haven't tried this personally, but I heard someone who has done
professional detailing say that the best thing to use to remove brake
dust is Windex. Anyone?

97 V6 Auto
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