Interior/Exterior Check Out Dr Evil's New Shoes!
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#33
And some of the OEM wheels are pretty nice. I love the 5-Star wheels I have on my CR Cooper... super easy to clean, look nice, and they also have a lot of open space to allow the red calipers to be seen.
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I highly recommend getting rid of those dust producing OEM pads. Go with some low-dust, high performing pads. Me... I went with Hawk ceramic pads. L O V E them.
I also give my wheels a good coat of wax (Epic) and hit them with some Slick every two weeks (every other wash). Others love to use Wheel Shield on theirs. Either is good. Makes cleaning them much easier.
I also give my wheels a good coat of wax (Epic) and hit them with some Slick every two weeks (every other wash). Others love to use Wheel Shield on theirs. Either is good. Makes cleaning them much easier.
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I highly recommend getting rid of those dust producing OEM pads. Go with some low-dust, high performing pads. Me... I went with Hawk ceramic pads. L O V E them.
I also give my wheels a good coat of wax (Epic) and hit them with some Slick every two weeks (every other wash). Others love to use Wheel Shield on theirs. Either is good. Makes cleaning them much easier.
I also give my wheels a good coat of wax (Epic) and hit them with some Slick every two weeks (every other wash). Others love to use Wheel Shield on theirs. Either is good. Makes cleaning them much easier.
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#42
Thanks ! I've only had to clean them once, so far, and they were much easier to clean than the S-heavies. I love having all that room to get my hands in there (and the toothbrush to clean the brake dust off the calipers). Not as easy to clean as the OEM 5-Stars on my CR Cooper... but hey, you can't have everything.
Yeah, not too many sunbursts in these pics. My record is still 11 of them. I'll do better next time.
Yeah, not too many sunbursts in these pics. My record is still 11 of them. I'll do better next time.
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#46
Not as easy to clean as I expected, but they don't seem to pick up the brake dust like the S-Heavies did.
I rate them a 9.2 out of 10.
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#49
Next time I have the wheels off, I'll have to do something.
And that brake caliper paint kit, it's the G2 kit.
#50
Okay. It was a nice day so I finally got a couple of photos of the new wheel center caps to go along with Dr. Evil's new wheels. As you can see, I went with the Red/Black UJ design with the MINI Wings in the center.
First, a reminder of the wheels as they came from the vendor:
And now with the new center caps:
And notice how clean those wheels are, even after several months. A coat of Epic, a coat of Slick, and Griots Wheel Cleaner.
First, a reminder of the wheels as they came from the vendor:
And now with the new center caps:
And notice how clean those wheels are, even after several months. A coat of Epic, a coat of Slick, and Griots Wheel Cleaner.