That sucks big time Picus, heck half the time on the 401 you can go 130 just to keep up with the flow. Good luck with the ticket, those demerit points hurt .
Wayne

 

Ya, I was in the right lane and was being passed pretty regularly, I just got unlucky and was the only car for a km or so when he got me. Oh well, when I moved back to Ontario from CA I know this was one of the cons - cops here are way more diligent about speeding and way less likely to give you a break when they pull you over.

But at least I have shiny rims!

Edit - here is a pic of the rims after the first leg of the trip (~600km). There is still some dust but those of you with 03/04 sedans know this is nothing compared to what we would normally see after 600km. You can see my finger mark where I wiped some off. I usually see about that much dust after a short trip around the corner, so I'm a convert.

 

Picus112,

Was the majority of the driving that you did on your trip on the highway?
My driving is about 40% city and 60% highway in a typical week. The pic you show would be about a day of city driving for me( starting from a clean rim).
Thanks for the info!!!

Bill

 

Picus, that brake dust is not much at all for 600kms. I have been putting the Michelan repellent on about once a week or so and it has been holding up pretty darn good. Your wheels without the repellent after 600kms would of been black!

 

LOL, I remember my Sedan and more recently my Coupe for brake dust, and as you say, that's nothing for 600 km. I'd get that in a day like Bill does.
One up for the Brake dust Repellent.
Good stuff for sure.

C.

 

Bill - that was 90% highway, so the brake dust had that in it's favor - still, knowing these cars like we do it's pretty clear that whatever that repellent does it works at least to some extent. I just wish I'd remembered to not coat the other front rim so I could have compared.

 

I picked up a bottle of wheelwax today, tested it on a wheel and it works really well. It only cost $25 plus tax if u pick it up locally in Vaughan, Onatio.

 

For those owners in the West, I good friend of mine is the local WheelWax rep and he sells cleaning kits.

Anyone interested let me know and I'l put you on to him.