Cleaning Severe Brake Dust from Wheels

[Darren]

Brian Minkin wrote:

Darren wrote:

Enough people do it and I've never personally saw an aluminum wheel fail because of that. The issue is that they heat treat the wheels and the temp of powder coating (400 degrees or so) comes close to the same temp.

I had BBS 3pc centers powder coated about 10 years ago and the next season 2 of the wheels developed cracks. Maybe just coincidence due to age but no cracks when they powder coated as they bead blasted and inspected prior to powder coating.

Could be, you're right though, esp if powder coated it's important to check your wheels. I cracked one of my CCH inners last year...racing is tough on parts.