2007 S60: Dirty Front Wheels

brake dust.......go to your local auto parts store and get some cleaner and a brush.....they will look like new...careful w/the wheels...they can be damaged if you use the wrong cleaner....

You're joking - aren't you?? Seriously, just stirring for a reaction?

I use a pressure washer (1300 psi) to clean the wheels. It makes life about ten times easier. Also use it to make the car wet and rinse after hand wash with Meguiar car detergent.

If using a pressure washer, make sure you use a low psi, like 1300. Otherwise, you could be removing the paint from your car.

P.S. Never use a chamois to dry it up. You'll only be dragging tiny particles over the paint and scratch it. I use old bath cloth.

yea, i have heard some of the high pressure washers can not only remove paint...but blast a hole in your skin....be careful w/them...

Not at 1300 psi. It is so gentle you can easily put your hand right in front of it. Mags used to be a pain to clean, but with a gentle p.w. it is a piece of cake. I actually look forwards to cleaning the Volvo.

This is the one I use,

I would return the car! :-)

I wonder if the obvious has truly gone by him or maybe he's just trolling? Just in case he really doesn't know, the wheels get dirty from material worn off the brake pads. The front brakes do approximately 80% of the braking effort so the pads wear much more quickly.

I have cut my hand with the jet from a pressure washer. It is very slow to heal.

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it dosen't take much pressure to bend a fin....

That's disc pad dust. It's a problem for any car with front wheel disc brakes, which by my estimation would be almost any modern car on the road by now.

Like I said, use a LOW pressure washer. 1300 psi is safe enough. The one I mentionned is a gentle one. It is for this reason I bought the weakest p.w. I could find. Prevents me from doing damages. And it is great for cleaning the mags!