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Originally Posted by Matt L
It's certainly not limited to European cars, but rather any car with alloy wheels. Steel wheels and hubcaps tend to keep the dust on the inside.
I don't like the look of the dust, but I don't like cleaning my wheels either. I live with it.
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European cars seem to use softer brake pads. Ie you can wash the car pretty often but after a week the front wheels black. I see this on BMW's the most, maybe because people tend to drive them a bit harder.
My wheels are painted, so I treat them like the paint on my hood. I wouldn't use a strong wheel cleaner like the kind tha Autozone mostly sells on my hood. So I won't use it on my wheels either.
Griots wheel cleaner is quite good as well.
Another solution mentioned above is to put low dust brake pads up front. The SD has a set of these it makes a huge difference!