The Mini wheels get so covered with breakdust its crazy. I'll wash my car and 2 days later the wheels are covered again. I've never seen a set of wheels get so dirty so quickly.

Howard

 

These had about 35K miles on them when this was pic was taken. A good coat of wax and the brake dust washes right off. Plus the dust is not so bad after you get some miles on them.

 

Changing to the brake pads helps the most with the dust. EBC greens or Mintex. A good wheel wax job helps some.

Whatever BMW makes these pads out of is the worst dust producing pad ever.

 

I gotta hand it to you lot15, keeping the white holeys look that good.
I switched to the Hawk Ceramic pads,extremely low dust. Now i can just wash the wheels with the car and not every two days.

 

My matte black wheels are awesome in that regard.
:-)
H

 

If I wanted white wheels on my MINI I'd just do it in spite of any extra work involved. It'd be worth it!

 

Black, or gunmetal wheels is an excellent way to keep the dust down.

I will be buying some white aftermarket wheels, it will be good way to force me to keep my car clean.

 

I like my white wheels so well I'd be happy to wash them three times a day if they needed it.

 

I have the EBC Green Brake pads and I painted the calipers white.Takes about two weeks to have a gray tint but comes off using just the power hose.

 

After adding EBC Green pads to my car, my dusting problems have pretty much disappeared. That is not to say my white wheels are brite white, but I can at least live with whatever dusting I get until my next car wash...without having to take time to redetail the wheels in between washings.

 

I want some white holies! They'd be even more cheeky than my silver ones!!

 

Once you put a coat of wax on your wheels, try "dusting" your wheels when the dust begins to appear...it works well with light dust build-up, and you don't have to wash the whole car because the wheels are dusty. I use an old tee shirt and use it over and over again... it gets really black and grungy so I use a pair of work gloves, but between dusting and using a California duster I can keep down the number of washes to keep my car "lookin" good in the summer months

 

What kind of wax is best for the white wheels?

 

Most polymer waxes work well. Carnubas not so good.