Everytime I wash car this happens.....Tricks to avoid?

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BlackV

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Everytime I wash my car, and dry it, I get rust dust which gets whipped all over the newly washed and dried wheels with the little moisture left on the rotors (rotor exterior rusts slightly during washing....and brakes cook this rust off)....

Are there ANY tricks to avoid this?

How do detailers keep this from happening....wash/dry/drive....remove wheels REWASH wheels, put wheels back on? seems absurd....

btw car is an 08 z06.

thanks.

jb
 
BlackV said:
Everytime I wash my car, and dry it, I get rust dust which gets whipped all over the newly washed and dried wheels with the little moisture left on the rotors (rotor exterior rusts slightly during washing....and brakes cook this rust off)....

Are there ANY tricks to avoid this? No

How do detailers keep this from happening....wash/dry/drive....remove wheels REWASH wheels, put wheels back on? seems absurd....

btw car is an 08 z06. Simple advice, live with it. Or after the fact use something like PB wheel sealant then when it happens you can use something like PB spray and wipe or ONR to clean the wheels again

thanks.

jb
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thanks ronkh....

figured with all the solutions for issues these days...i thought potentially there was one for this
 
I would assume that you have already brought this problem up at a few Corvette forums. I for one have never seen or noticed this happen but maybe a car speciffic foum could help with a suggestion of different or better rotors or something like that. I am sure as you thought, there has to be a soltion but sometimes at a large price. Just curious, what color is your Z06?
 
Re: Every time I wash car this happens.....Tricks to avoid?

I have never heard of a Corvette having any more of a rusting problem than any other car.
When I had stock brakes on my Corvette I did not experience this problem and now that I have much bigger brakes still no problem.

If it sets for days after washing the rotors do show some surface rust but it is not a problem.

I have the Hawk high performance brake pads and they dust real bad so I have to clean wheels very often but I see no rust.

If I had your problem I think I would use a small garden blower or compressed air and blow the rotors dry after washing.

Even then they will rust if left to sit ALL cars rotors will rust when left to set after all it is bare metal.
 
Thats strange never heard of this one. Could be the tire dressing your using and you are mistaking it for the brake rust, just athought.

PICs of car please:cool:
 
I get this on my details also. After I am done with everything but the tire dressing, I back the car up slowly and apply the brakes. You can use the hand brake if you have one to focus on the rears. You can also drive slowly forward riding the brakes. This will take the surface rust off on the rotors. Then I use some quick detail and a rag to mop up the rust dust on the inside of the wheel. Follow with a an Air compressor gun to blow out the rest and one last quick detail.
 
I had this problem on a '93 Celica I had forever. Didn't think there was anything to do to get rid of it. Then I had a brake job. The shop put on a different brand of brake pad (never went back to find out what kind) and I never had the problem again.

You might try a different brand of brake pad. No guarantee that it'll work, though.
 
04Si said:
I get this on my details also. After I am done with everything but the tire dressing, I back the car up slowly and apply the brakes. You can use the hand brake if you have one to focus on the rears. You can also drive slowly forward riding the brakes. This will take the surface rust off on the rotors. Then I use some quick detail and a rag to mop up the rust dust on the inside of the wheel. Follow with a an Air compressor gun to blow out the rest and one last quick detail.
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Every car is different make sure you know which on you have when your doing this...

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Some cars with four-wheel disc brakes have a separate drum brake integrated into the hub of the rear wheels. This drum brake is only for the emergency brake system, and it is actuated only by the cable; it has no hydraulics.

Other cars have a lever that turns a screw, or actuates a cam, which presses the piston of the disc brake.


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Try Changing the brake pads to a high grade ceramic .

Or hire 4 rent a drunks to follow you around & wipe off the wheels & each stop sign . LOL;)



SR66:bigups
 
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