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Originally Posted by MaxVO2
****I use many of the same products others have mentioned above for my tires but have found one of the best things people seem to not mention are the stock brake pads spewing brake dust over the sticky(ish) wet look compound on the tires and dulling them quite quickly.
Once I replaced my brake pads with super low brake dust ceramic pads - the tire shine products lasted a LOT longer and brake dust went down at least 90% versus stock for me which keeps my wheels looking clean seemingly in almost perpetuity, or until I have to just wash the car anyways.
Anyway, don't discount the reason your tire shine product doesn't remain black and shiny might be due to brake dust just accumulating very quickly.
My car now has about 7500 miles on it and the brake dust was reduced so much that even behind the front of the wheel most people look at the rims remain very clean and shiny too which is pretty cool.
So, to me it would seem low dust brake pads are probably as or more important than perhaps what chemical/dressing is being used to keep the tires black and perhaps shiny or at least a nice satin type finish.
It was really a game changer for me as I am very fastidious about my cars cleanliness and the wheels full of brake dust always really bothered me.
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That was one of the first things I did was swap the stock pads to Brembo ceramics. Based on the one short drive I'd say it reduced the dust by 90% or more.