Cleaning yellow Calipers

[Vintage]

Brave man!

I wouldn’t recommend that if you have the upper black pack. I think a car wash would, in the words of my father, “scratch the fool out of the paint”.

Kudos to you for treating it like an object and not a baby!

I have a track record of trading my cars in every 2 to 3 years. With that in mind they all go through the car wash.

 

[ADC]

I have a track record of trading my cars in every 2 to 3 years. With that in mind they all go through the car wash.

Don't take this the wrong way, but you sir are a monster...

 

[Vintage]

Don't take this the wrong way, but you sir are a monster...

Lol, I've been called worse.

 

[scc.131.fe]

Lol, I've been called worse.
A few a my cars that slide through the car wash on a weekly basis.

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We accept you, just not your behavior...

 

[Enut]

Another vote for ceramic coating. Had mine done when new by a professional and, whilst they still get dirty, they clean really easily with just ordinary car shampoo, sort wheel brush and detail brush.

Oh and taking your car through a car wash? Well if I did that I'd have to sell mine every two or three years as I couldn't live with the paint damage!

 

[Blackthought_]

Recently got wheel ceramic coat from ammo nyc for $95. Was super easy to apply. Really just need to be thorough and get the wheels and calipers squeaky clean. It makes cleaning them SO easy. All I need is very little agitation and a power washer and the dirt comes right off.

 

[cyanmauve]

There are paint jobs and then there are paint jobs. I think some cars would stand up to a carwash with nary a problem.

I love my Emira, I just don’t trust that it would fare well in an automated carwash.

 

[Vintage]

We accept you, just not your behavior...

 

[Mole911sse]

Interested to learn what other are doing to keep their yellow calipers clean.

I love my car but the brake dust is a bit much and calipers are not looking as clean as I would like.

Having read all of the comments here, tried lots of suggestions and what must be every wheel and brake cleaner on the market , it turns out that Gtechniq citrus multi purpose cleaner and a tooth brush work really well!

 

[Beachbum]

Having read all of the comments here, tried lots of suggestions and what must be every wheel and brake cleaner on the market , it turns out that Gtechniq citrus multi purpose cleaner and a tooth brush work really well!

Toothbrush !!! Sod that. If I can do it with a Jet wash, its unlikely to get done. I have sprayed Citrus wash on the whole wheel, which obviously gets the calliper, and they come up pretty good after that. I use the citrus wash neat on the wheels.

 

[MB-SC-LTSE]

I agree with what others here proposed that the best thing you can do is apply a good ceramic coating the wheels and calipers with a wheel specific ceramic coating that is made for the harsher conditions the wheels see. If that is not an option you want to do, then spraying on a gyeon wetcoat or a carpro hydro2 lite solution after you clean the wheels every time will help with future cleanings to repel the dust a bit and help with making the future maintenance cleanings easier. While there are many excellent wheel cleaners on the market now, choose the ones that have iron removers that chemically react with and remove the iron deposits. I also agree with the cleaners recommended earlier in this thread: Sonax, Brake Buster and Armour Detail Supply Wheel all are great wheel cleaners that are safe for the Emira wheels but make sure you're using microfiber or wheel safe brushes to not scratch or mar the finish.