I've had Kleen Wheels for over a year now... (archive)

...with no problems whatsoever. Have 'em on all four wheels.

Caveats:
- my style 5 wheels are a fairly 'closed' style so the Kleen Wheels aren't noticeable unless you're looking for them.
- I don't drive anywhere, or in a manner, that would tend to overheat brakes normally. ie: I'm not decending mountains while towing a trailer, I'm not racing the car, I'm never required to repeatedly haul the car down from high speeds in quick succesion.

They aren't perfect. I still get a little dust on the fronts - maybe about half what I used to get on the rears pre-Kleen Wheels, and the rears now much less - almost none.

What little dust I do get I wipe off dry with a terrycloth towel I keep in a box in the trunk.

What is there to do about it? What works best?

I have had people tel me all sorts of things like:
* putting a wax-like coating on them
* installing "kleen wheels"
* installing semi-metallic brake pads
* installing porcelin brake pads
* stepping up to the Brembo Big Brake Kit.

I can't afford the last, probably best solution! And I have concerns over each of the others. I hate having to detail my rims every 2-3 days (mainly the fronts)... what do you guys do? Just "suck it up" and "pay your dues" 2-3 times per week, or is there some magical secret that I could be enlightened with (Please!)

Follow Ups:

Got any pics of how the kleen thing looks? Jose Travieso 09:15 10/15/2001 (2)
- Here's an attempt at a pic... Lon 17:09 10/15/2001 (0)
- For wheels that you can more or less see the... �gent99 09:24 10/15/2001 (0)

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