| Author | Message | ||
     Ferris_von_bueller |
About a year ago I installed Lyndall Gold brake pads and ever since then my rims have become increasingly poor in their appearance. There are black streaks/spots on the rims that won't come off with normal washing or treatment with wheel cleaner. I have yet to try compound cleaner but that is labor intensive. Has anyone else experienced this? What do you all use to clean your rims? Also, after winter storage I noticed a slight rusting, more like a rust haze, on my ceramic coated headers. These headers were just coated last spring. What should I use on these...chrome polish?? | ||
| Pwnzor |
This works for every surface on your Buell, whether it be painted, polished, clearcoated, color-injected plastic, anything, including your windscreen. I have Lyndall Gold pads too, they leave a fair bit of gunk on the wheels, but it comes right off easier if you use this product, because it keeps stuff from sticking next time. $5.00 at Autozone. | ||
| Zoedogg1 |
Hey those are Dust free pads....TOP DOLLAR I SAY!!! LOL...I know what you mean. I wipe mine off every couple days real quick just to keep it from building up too bad. | ||
| Ferris_von_bueller |
I dunno...I just tried using a Magic Eraser on them and it didn't work. It's not like a buildup of brake dust so much as it is a discoloration of the gold powder coat. I will give that Nano stuff a try | ||
| Spatten1 |
Damn Pwnzor, what do you charge to wash a bike? | ||
| Zoedogg1 |
I wouldnt use a metal polish on the powder coat, and be careful with anything like "goof off". It'll eat the powder coating. I'd scratch at it with my finger nail a little before that. You could wet sand it with 600 grit then buff the heck out of it with a good wax by hand or better yet with a small buffer. No chemicals though..I found that out the hard way. | ||
| Dentfixer |
I would suggest trying Mothers or another brand of clay bar.I think it was recently discussed here somewhere. It is used in the auto industry to remove fallout/pollution from paint surfaces. | ||
| Glitch |
Blasphemy! | ||
| Kmfw160 |
what about Plexus on plastics? | ||
| Ferris_von_bueller |
Nope, Nano didn't even make a dent in it. It's almost as if hot shards of flaked metal were deposited on the rim and baked in...odd...never had this problem until I switched brake pads...will try Mothers next and then clay bar?...what is that? | ||
| Cityxslicker |
No help from the NW, I never wash it. That coat of mud does a nice job protecting the paint through ;)  | ||
| Ferris_von_bueller |
Slicker, I dunno but the first thing that ran through my mind when I saw your picture was railroads and WW2 German motorcycles. | ||
| Cityxslicker |
Ferris: I have no Idea what you are talking about.  | ||
| Bads1 |
Nano is pretty good. Sometimes using something alittle more abrasive for applying it with really does the trick. Try papertowel. Also a very good polish is Flitz. I use it and have found it works just as good if not better then the Eagle 1 product Nano. |
