My front callipers are about a year old... it looks like they have melted.... only looks like, they haven't really but the finish seems to have suffered.... anyone else had this, could it be TFR used by car washes...

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Yep, it'll be the 'wheel cleaner' mine have bands across them where the spokes have masked the calipers, I'm planning on using https://www.amazon.co.uk/TechniQ-Thunder-C...B07QXSN7KK with a replacement hold-down kit. I also use Sonax wheel cleaner which doesn't attack anything and everything else...
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B094J43WC4

Just had this delivered, used it before and like the finish, should look near original...

https://www.amazon.co.uk/TechniQ-Thunder-C...&psc=1 Pete
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2011 L322 Vogue SE 4.4 TDV8 Baltic Blue. Parchment over Navy Interior. Sold
2012 L322 Autobiography 5.0 Supercharged Ipanema Sand, Jet Interior. Sold
2002 L322 Vogue 4.4 V8 Epson Green, Ivory over Aspen Interior (Fatty Offroader) Sold
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I used the same paint on mine a few years back. They came up really well and still look perfect today.

What did you clean them with prior to painting? I've only ever sent them away for refurb with someone else paying, I'd imagine a heady mix of brake cleaner brass wire brush & Scotchbrite?

I've just used neat TFR in the past, a good rinse then brake and clutch cleaner... red scotchbrite and a very light coat of acid etch primer, I then paint the faces in high temp silver, use a cut vinyl logo on top, coat the whole thing with the Thunder grey, remove the sticker to reveal the logo in silver the clear coat the lot with high temp... seems to last a good long time....

Think I may go with a "Range Rover" logo instead of the "Brembo" one this time... Pete
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2014 L405 Autobiography SDV8 4.4 Loire Blue Ebony interior
2011 L322 Vogue SE 4.4 TDV8 Baltic Blue. Parchment over Navy Interior. Sold
2012 L322 Autobiography 5.0 Supercharged Ipanema Sand, Jet Interior. Sold
2002 L322 Vogue 4.4 V8 Epson Green, Ivory over Aspen Interior (Fatty Offroader) Sold
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Hmmm.... I might relieve our wishy-washies of a litre or so of wheel cleaner, that should 'bite' the brake dust a bit better than TFR. I'm not sure about the logos - but your way of masking is much better than leaving the stickers in place, which is what most do, that and 'colour coded brake pads'!

It's also as good an excuse as any to do a brake fluid change

I get the TFR from a local cleaning place, it's supposed to be diluted 100:1 to clean HGV chassis...

Neat it removes everything and has to be carefully used, and rinsed well, it's better than any wheel cleaner I've used....  Pete
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2014 L405 Autobiography SDV8 4.4 Loire Blue Ebony interior
2011 L322 Vogue SE 4.4 TDV8 Baltic Blue. Parchment over Navy Interior. Sold
2012 L322 Autobiography 5.0 Supercharged Ipanema Sand, Jet Interior. Sold
2002 L322 Vogue 4.4 V8 Epson Green, Ivory over Aspen Interior (Fatty Offroader) Sold
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From what I remember, TFR is acidic, wheel cleaner is alkaline (possibly the other way around) one of them lifts burned-on brake dust better than the other but either will do the job in it's 'diluted less than specified' form. The wishy-washies at work know not to use wheel cleaner on my car, usually because I've already sprayed Sonax on them - which turns the brake dust blood red! the TFR is sufficiently diluted to have minimal effect upon anything, least of all the 'TF'....

It cleans well but yeah, dodgy stuff, I think it's alkali, I used it neat on some old filthy wheels that were beyond saving, left it on for 10 mins and it etched the surface and the wheels ended up matt finish..

Never used that, make it red stuff, Looks good...  Pete
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2014 L405 Autobiography SDV8 4.4 Loire Blue Ebony interior
2011 L322 Vogue SE 4.4 TDV8 Baltic Blue. Parchment over Navy Interior. Sold
2012 L322 Autobiography 5.0 Supercharged Ipanema Sand, Jet Interior. Sold
2002 L322 Vogue 4.4 V8 Epson Green, Ivory over Aspen Interior (Fatty Offroader) Sold
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Im Loving the Union Jack look right now Peter...

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The standard finish looks like the cheaper anodised finish some OEMs use. On my L322 these had turned literally white from years of harsh chemicals.

As suggested, paint them. Best thing I ever did on my L322. Then ceramic coat them, after this you are unlikely to need anything other than regular shampoo to get them brand new.

TFR is highly acidic and will eat into the coating, avoid using this. Any number of wheel cleaners available now that are PH Neutral. IF you have build up, consider using a ferrous cleaner like Iron Out or any of the other traded fall out removers, this will strip the brake dust and then you can clean off the gunk with a mild wheel cleaner or degreaser.

Craig: Those look FAB!

Craig, shame to put the wheels on and mask some of the callipers, they look ace....

JamboM3,

It's persuading the local Polish car wash that they should use something more suitable that is the problem...

Numerous screws and wire fixing a broken back, extensive nerve damage, two replacement hips and a new knee mean my days of cleaning wheels is long gone....

I'll paint them with that hi temp paint (on a mates two post ramp) and they should survive a few years of car wash abuse....  Pete
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2014 L405 Autobiography SDV8 4.4 Loire Blue Ebony interior
2011 L322 Vogue SE 4.4 TDV8 Baltic Blue. Parchment over Navy Interior. Sold
2012 L322 Autobiography 5.0 Supercharged Ipanema Sand, Jet Interior. Sold
2002 L322 Vogue 4.4 V8 Epson Green, Ivory over Aspen Interior (Fatty Offroader) Sold
-Click for Project Fatty off roader-

Those Aston Callipers look great! overfinch modified

they do indeed.....but not on a range rover  ... - .- -.




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