Wheel Cleaner = Caliper Painting + Brake Pad Squeeling

[dcooper]

I've come to realize from talking to the dealer that brake pad squeeling (assuming you have plenty of meat still on the pads) and caliper paint fading can be caused by:

Wheel cleaner.

It's evil.

It faded my brake calipers to a dull milky white/grey from black and I'm now getting my calipers re-painted as a result, at a cost of about $400.00 per pair. Since I'm repainting anyway, I'm going gloss Porsche Guards Red + adding black Porsche caliper logos I got from Suncoast Motors and doing clear coat on top of that.

One very expensive lesson, unfortunately.

Damon

[PAULSPEED]

Hi,

Use Copaslip from Mr. Moly. This stuff will

stop your break squeak. I use this stuff on my

Pagrid Blue race pads with excellent results.

Paul

[silver arrow]

You can paint your own calipers very easily for very little money. If I lived near you I'd do it for you. It's pretty easy.